• Vander Weg MW, Sadler AG, Abrams TE, Richardson K, Torner JC, Syrop CH, Mengeling MA. Lifetime History of Sexual Assault and Emergency Department Service Use among Women Veterans. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2020 Jun 19.
• Hayes P, Yano EM. Resilience and Coping: Mental Health of Women Veterans: Briefing before the US House of Representatives Veteran Affairs Subcommittee on Health and Women Veterans Task Force Virtual Round Table; 2020 May 19; Washington, DC.
• MacDonald S, Judge-Golden C, Borrero S, Zhao X, Mor MK, Hausmann LRM. Experiences of Perceived Gender-based Discrimination Among Women Veterans: Data From the ECUUN Study. Medical care. 2020 May 1; 58(5):483-490.
• Moreau JL, Dyer KE, Hamilton AB, Golden RE, Combs AS, Carney DV, Frayne SM, Yano EM, Klap R, VA Women. Women Veterans' Perspectives on How to Make Veterans Affairs Healthcare Settings More Welcoming to Women. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2020 Apr 24.
• Quinn DA, Sileanu FE, Zhao X, Mor MK, Judge-Golden C, Callegari LS, Borrero S. History of unintended pregnancy and patterns of contraceptive use among racial and ethnic minority women veterans. American journal of obstetrics and gynecology. 2020 Mar 3.

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• Majority of Women Veterans Feel Welcome at VA
  Investigators in this study analyzed patient suggestions on how to make the VA healthcare system more welcoming to women. Findings showed that of the study participants, 85% felt welcome within the VA healthcare system. Overall, 490 distinct responses were provided to a question asking for suggestions to make VA more welcoming to women Veterans (260 comments and 230 suggestions). Comments included...
  
  Date: July 1, 2020
• Both PTSD Symptoms and Moral Injury are Associated with Adverse Perinatal Outcomes among Women Veterans
  This longitudinal study is the first to examine the impact of PTSD symptoms and moral injury on adverse perinatal outcomes among women who became pregnant in the first three years after separating from military service. Findings showed that after adjusting for age, racial/ethnic minority status, socioeconomic status, and lifetime trauma, both PTSD symptoms and moral injury were associated with adv...
  
  Date: June 1, 2020
• One-third of Reproductive-Age Women Veterans Perceive Gender-based Discrimination in VA Healthcare System
  This study examined the prevalence of perceived gender-based discrimination – and factors with which it is associated – among reproductive-aged women Veterans seeking VA healthcare. Findings showed that among 2,294 women Veterans, 34% perceived gender-based discrimination when receiving VA care. However, the mean perceived discrimination score was 8 on a 24-point scale, indicating a relatively low...
  
  Date: May 1, 2020
• Positive IPV Screen Significantly Associated with Health Outcomes and Healthcare Use among Women Veterans Over 45
  This study examined the proportion of women older than childbearing age who screen positive when routinely screened for past-year intimate partner violence (IPV) at VA clinics, as well as associations of a positive screen with health conditions and use of healthcare services. Findings showed that of the study cohort, 255 middle-aged (45-59 years; 9%) and 79 older (60 years and older, 5%) women scr...
  
  Date: April 21, 2020
• Women Veterans Significantly More Likely than Male Veterans to Use Any Healthcare Up to One Year Post-Discharge
  This study examined gender differences among a national sample of Veterans in the use of VA and non-VA health services during the first 15 months of the transition from military to civilian life. Findings showed that women Veterans were twice as likely as men to use any healthcare (VA or non-VA) immediately post-military and 84% more likely than men to do so a year later – but the use of VA care w...
  
  Date: March 1, 2020

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• Health Effects of Military Service on Women Veterans
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• Mapping the Evidence: Sex Effects in High-impact Conditions for Women Veterans - Depression, Diabetes, and Chronic Pain
  ...Mapping the Evidence: Sex Effects in High-impact Conditions for Women Veterans Depression, Diabetes, and Chronic Pain Mapping the Evidence:...
  
  
• ESP Report: An Evidence Map of the Women Veterans' Health Research Literature (2008 - 2015)
  ...policy, and clinical activities in women Veterans' health. The population of interest was US women Veterans. We included all interventions, comparators,...
  
  
• Systematic Review of Women Veterans Health Research 2004-2008
  ...systematic review focused on women veterans. To address the growing demand and potential needs of women veterans in the Department of Veterans...
  
  
• 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...
  
  

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Videos

• Investigator Insights: Qualitative Research and Women Veterans 01/15/20
• 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

• Women’s Healthcare and Family Planning in VA 06/20/2019
• 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.