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Army STARRS Historical Administrative Data Study (HADS): Looking at the Past
The Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS) is an unprecedented research study focusing on factors that affect a soldier’s risk of suicide. In order to get a complete picture of Army life, the study’s five main components look at both new and existing data. The New Soldier Study and All Army Study collect survey data directly from soldier volunteers while the Historical Administrative Data Study (HADS) uses data already on file with the Army and the Department of Defense (DoD).
The Army and the DoD routinely gather and store information about soldiers during their Army service. HADS uses Army and DoD administrative records (medical, legal, personnel, etc.) to look for predictors of suicide in data on soldiers’ characteristics, experiences, and exposures. Through a data use agreement, Army STARRS investigators received de-identified administrative information on all Re
Army STARRS New Soldier Study (NSS): The First Days of Service
The New Soldier Study (NSS) is one of five main parts of the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS). Data from the NSS component help the research team learn more about the men and women who chose to enter the military
as they begin their Army careers. To capture this information, soldiers were asked, in their first hours of initial entry training, to consider volunteering for Army STARRS. Data collection took place at three training installations and began in February 2011. By the time the data collection phase ended in November 2012, more than 55,000 soldiers had volunteered for the study.