Health Services Research & Development

• Bergman AA, Hamilton AB, Chrystal JG, Bean-Mayberry BA, Yano EM. Primary Care Providers' Perspectives on Providing Care to Women Veterans with Histories of Sexual Trauma. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2019 Apr 23.
• Katon JG, Zephyrin L, Meoli A, Hulugalle A, Bosch J, Callegari L, Galvan IV, Gray KE, Haeger KO, Hoffmire C, Levis S, Ma EW, Mccabe JE, Nillni YI, Pineles SL, Reddy SM, Savitz DA, Shaw JG, Patton EW. Reproductive Health of Women Veterans: A Systematic Review of the Literature from 2008 to 2017. Seminars in reproductive medicine. 2019 Apr 19; 36(6):315-322.
• Callegari LS, Tartaglione EV, Magnusson SL, Nelson KM, Arteburn DE, Szarka J, Zephyrin L, Borrero S. Understanding Women Veterans' Family Planning Counseling Experiences and Preferences to Inform Patient-Centered Care. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2019 Apr 10.
• Maynard C, Nelson K, Fihn SD. Characteristics of younger women Veterans with service connected disabilities. Heliyon. 2019 Mar 1; 5(3):e01284.
• Yano EM. Women Veterans' Research and Interventions to Improve Care: Briefing before the Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-CA-26th); 2019 Mar 1; Thousand Oaks, CA.

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• Over-Prescribing of Medication for Insomnia, Particularly among Women Veterans
  Zolpidem, a non-benzodiazepine sedative hypnotic, is extensively prescribed in the U.S. for short-term treatment of insomnia. FDA recommends cutting the dose for women in half because women metabolize the same dose of zolpidem more slowly than men; VA’s national Pharmacy Benefits Management service policy is in line with FDA guidelines. This study examined prescribing patterns among all VA patient...
  
  Date: March 1, 2019
• Cardiovascular Care and Research for Women Veterans
  This review presents important information on five areas of cardiovascular disease (CVD) care for women Veterans: 1) rapidly changing demographics; 2) prevalence of traditional risk factors; 3) prevalence of less traditional risk factors (i.e., homelessness, military sexual trauma, and mental health disorders); 4) treatment and outcomes of CVD; and 5) the current state and future directions of wom...
  
  Date: February 19, 2019
• Women Veterans Who Report Stranger Harassment on VA Grounds More Likely to Delay or Miss Healthcare
  This study examined the prevalence of self-reported harassment among women Veterans who use VA healthcare. Findings showed that one in four women Veterans reported inappropriate and/or unwanted comments or behavior by male Veterans on VA grounds. Eight percent said that this usually or always took place at VA. Negative interactions included sexual/derogatory comments and questions about the women’...
  
  Date: January 24, 2019
• Women’s Health VA Stakeholders Discuss “Ideal” Care
  As part of a multisite implementation trial of evidence-based quality improvement for tailoring PACT to women Veterans’ healthcare needs, investigators conducted semi-structured interviews with 86 local leaders. At the conclusion of interviews about women’s primary care, participants were asked to describe their conceptualizations of “ideal care” for women Veterans. Respondents commonly discussed ...
  
  Date: January 1, 2019
• Women Veterans with Pain More Likely to Use Complementary and Integrative Therapies
  This study sought to examine complementary and integrative health (CIH) therapy use by gender among Veterans with chronic musculoskeletal pain, and variations in gender differences by race/ethnicity and age. Findings showed that of Veterans with chronic musculoskeletal pain, more women than men used CIH therapies (36% vs. 26%). Black women, regardless of age, were least likely to use CIH therapies...
  
  Date: September 1, 2018

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• In Progress: VA Healthcare for Women Veterans
  ...and healthcare of women Veterans, including: Women Veterans Healthcare CREATE Evaluating Outsourced Care for Women Veterans VA Maternity Care...
  
  
• Management Briefs eBrief-no40 - Women's Health Issues Journal: Focus on Women Veterans
  ...the health and care of women Veterans. Reference Health and Health Care of Women Veterans and Women in the Military: Research Informing Evidence-...
  
  
• Management Briefs eBrief-no39 - Health Effects of Military Service on Women Veterans
  ...had enrolled in VA healthcare, compared to women from previous conflicts (51.3% vs. 11%). And of the OEF/OIF women Veterans currently enrolled...
  
  
• Management Briefs eBrief-no69 - JGIM Supplement Highlights Women Veterans' Health
  ...data from the National Survey of Women Veterans — conducted in 2008-2009 among 3,611 women Veterans — study investigators found that over...
  
  
• Management Briefs eBrief-no119 - Evidence Map: Women Veterans' Health Research Literature (2008-2015)
  ...women Veterans. In this situation, study results cannot be directly interpreted and applied by women Veterans' providers and researchers. The...
  
  

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Videos

• Understanding and Improving Pre- and Post-Natal Care for Women Veterans 11/06/15
• Access to Care for Women Veterans 09/25/14
• Intimate Partner Violence 09/25/14

Podcasts

• Optimizing Maternal Health and Family Planning for Women Veterans 06/25/2018
• The Women's Health Experience Survey 07/24/2017
• Women Veterans: Housing Instability and Intimate Partner Violence 07/20/2017
• Measuring Quality of Care for Women Veterans 06/26/2017

Other Resources

• Visit VA's Office of Research & Development's Women's Health Research Program Page or their women’s health topic page to learn more about research milestones.
• Visit VA's Center for Women Veterans website.