Research for repatriated prisoners of war

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Long-Term Health Consequences and Sources of Health Care for RPOWs
September 1, 2001
The goal of the Repatriated Prisoners of War (RPOW) program and the Center for Prisoner of War Studies is to evaluate the former prisoners and their experience to learn how to help others from future conflicts. CNA was asked to do a descriptive study of the general health status of prisoners of the Vietnam War, nearly 25 years after their repatriation. We have shown that the RPOWs are now in poorer health than those in the control group and a group of like-aged retired military personnel.
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User's Guide for the Repatriated Prisoners of War (RPOW) Data Supplement: The Master Tapes
September 1, 2001
As part of the CNA's support to the Robert E. Mitchell Center for Prisoner of War Studies at the Naval Operational Medicine Institute (NOMI), CNA is examining Repatriated Prisoners of War (RPOW) data sources that currently reside at the Mitchell Center. Thirty-four tapes were created with data on Vietnam-era RPOWs. There has been no attempt to make these data available to researchers, or to document the status of the data stored on the tapes. NOMI and the Mitchell Center have asked us to examine all of these data sources to see if they contain information that could be made available to both internal and external researchers exploring the effects of long-term captivity.
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