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Stakeholder Approach to Better Understand the Psychological Health Services in the Military
Author(s) -
Ippolito Andrea,
Srinivasan Jayakanth
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
incose international symposium
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2334-5837
DOI - 10.1002/j.2334-5837.2011.tb01316.x
Subject(s) - stakeholder , thematic analysis , public relations , health care , perspective (graphical) , psychology , principal (computer security) , business , political science , sociology , qualitative research , computer science , social science , artificial intelligence , law , operating system
Ensuring the psychological well‐being of service members and their families has emerged as one of the principal challenges of today's armed services. Given that the system of care of psychological health services in the United States Military cannot be divorced from the large healthcare delivery system, an enterprise perspective is needed to truly understand the dynamics of care. This paper makes two key contributions: it identifies the key stakeholders of the military health enterprise with respect to psychological health, and analyzes the espoused senior leadership values over the last decade as seen in the stakeholder reports. This stakeholder analysis highlights the challenges faced in melding the constituent organizations into an enterprise, especially in the face of leadership turnover. The thematic analysis of senior leadership values shows an evolution of focus from managing execution of care to emphasizing healthy lifestyles and psychological health.