Canadian Armed Forces Veterans’ Perspectives on the Effects of Exposure to Children in Armed Conflict During Military Service: Protocol for a Qualitative Study

Catherine Baillie Abidi   ¹ , PhD ;   San Patten   ² , MA ;   Stephanie A Houle   ³ , PhD ;   Ken Hoffer   ² , BSc ;   Kathryn Reeves   ¹ , BSc ;   Stéphanie Bélanger   ⁴ , PhD ;   Anthony Nazarov   ³ , PhD ;   Samantha Wells   ⁵ , PhD

¹ Department of Child & Youth Study, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, NS, Canada

² Dallaire Institute for Children, Peace & Security, Halifax, NS, Canada

³ MacDonald Franklin Operational Stress Injury Research Centre at Lawson Health Research Institute, London, ON, Canada

⁴ Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research, Kingston, ON, Canada

⁵ Center for Addictions and Mental Health, Toronto, ON, Canada