Empowerment In Veterans

This research was conducted by Morey, Peterson, Pieper, Sloane, Crowley, Cowper, McConnell, Bosworth, Ekelund, and Pearson in a year of 2009. This study took a different perspective and measured the effect of multi-component physical activity counseling (PAC) while promoting physical activity functions on older veterans over the age of 70. The population of the study lived at the Veterans’ Affairs Medical Center of Durham. This center provided physical activity exercises for the veterans who lived too far away to participate in a facility based program on their own. This study is important to include in my research interest because it focuses on a different type of disability. Elderly veterans who are physically unable to work have a hard time

Paralympic Military Sport CAMP in order to increase an understanding of community-based sports, recreation and physical activity services. The majority of participants reported that physical activity resulted in a positive change in their mood and quality of life. Physically disabled veterans reported that physical activity promoted a sense of empowerment, sense of freedom, and the ability to feel equal to others. This article connects with Hawkin’s research using the concept of empowerment in rehabilitative sports which supports the idea of sport providing the feeling of power and an ability to build-on self-confidence through physical challenges faced in sport activities. This study used in-depth interviews to examine service members who currently or have in the past participated in the recreational sports during and after a U.S. Paralympic Camp. Paralympic events contain about twenty-five different sporting events in which military and non-military Paralympians participated. Most importantly, results showed the participant’s involvement in recreation sports and their ability to see beyond their physical injuries which shows significant improvement in their self-acceptance and expansion of what they value in life. Also, motivational sources were discussed as veterans admitted that sports give them a motivational burst through participating in recreation sports, and motivation through involving themselves with other injured service members and their physical abilities and skills. It is so significant to understand that physical activity is not just being active and physically capable of participating. It is much more valuable for veterans with disabilities as they discover their new purpose in life and relate their challenges to those who already dealt with them. Hawkins, Cory, and Crowe supported the finding of the study that