Health Services Research & Development

• Yano EM. VA's Research Efforts on Women Veterans. Panelist Briefing at Capitol Hill Lunch and Learn Event on Women Veterans in Response to Women Veterans: The Journey Ahead, a Report from Disabled American Veterans (DAV): Briefing before the Congressional members and staffers, Capitol Hill Visitor Center; 2018 Sep 12; Washington, DC.
• Giannitrapani KF, Huynh AK, Schweizer CA, Hamilton AB, Hoggatt KJ. Patient-centered substance use disorder treatment for women Veterans. Jornal of Military, Veteran, and Family Health. 2018 Sep 10; 4(1):DOI: 10.3138/jmvfh.2017-0006.
• Judge-Golden CP, Borrero S, Zhao X, Mor MK, Callegari LS. The Association between Mental Health Disorders and History of Unintended Pregnancy among Women Veterans. Journal of general internal medicine. 2018 Sep 5.
• Washington DL, Ijadi-Maghsoodi R, Bruce L. Homelessness Among Women Veterans: An Overview (Part II). Women's Health Monthly Webinar [Cyberseminar]. The Office of Women's Health Services and the Veterans Health Administration Employee Education System. 2018 Aug 21.
• Weiss BJ, Azevedo K, Webb K, Gimeno J, Cloitre M. Telemental Health Delivery of Skills Training in Affective and Interpersonal Regulation (STAIR) for Rural Women Veterans Who Have Experienced Military Sexual Trauma. Journal of traumatic stress. 2018 Aug 2; 31(4):620-625.

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• LGBT Women Veterans Report Missing Needed Health Care Due to Concerns about Interacting with Other Veterans
  This study sought to examine LGBT women Veterans’ experiences within the VA healthcare system, and whether their experiences impact use of VA care. Findings showed that the majority of women Veterans reported feeling welcome at their VA. However, fewer LGBT women reported feeling welcome and safe at VA compared with non-LGBT women Veterans. After controlling for demographics, health status, and p...
  
  Date: July 1, 2018
• Evaluating Care Coordination Program for Pregnant Veterans
  The VA Maternity Care Coordinator Telephone Care Program (MCC-TCP) was created to support MCCs and includes outlines to guide up to eight calls with Veterans on topics such as VA maternity care benefits, chronic health problems, substance use cessation, and depression and suicide screening. Investigators evaluated the program and assessed its feasibility, as well as facilitators and barriers to it...
  
  Date: May 23, 2018
• Most Women Veterans Report Timely Access to Mental Healthcare, Leading to High Satisfaction with VA Care
  This study evaluated access to mental healthcare by assessing women Veterans’ perceptions of the timeliness and quality of care. Findings showed that of the 419 women Veterans in this study cohort, 59% reported "always" getting an appointment for mental healthcare as soon as needed, and another 22% reported “usually” getting an appointment as soon as needed. Two problems were negatively associated...
  
  Date: April 5, 2018
• Women Veterans Who Experienced Past-Year Intimate Partner Violence Significantly More Susceptible to Housing Instability
  This study used VA clinical screening data to assess the relationship between recent experience of intimate partner violence (IPV) and housing instability among women Veterans. Findings showed that female Veteran patients who screened positive for past-year IPV had up to four times the odds of experiencing housing instability. Women Veterans who screened positive for past-year IPV were significant...
  
  Date: April 1, 2018
• Phone Communication and Care Coordination Associated with Access to Needed Care as Reported by Women Veterans
  This study used a survey of women Veterans to examine associations between key care team functions and patient-rated access to needed care (routine and urgent). Findings showed that overall, 74% of study participants reported usually or always being able to see a provider for routine care, and 68% for urgent care. In addition, 62% of patients gave high ratings of care coordination, and 76% gave hi...
  
  Date: March 1, 2018

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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

• 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
• Women's Health Research 01/26/12

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.
• Visit VA's Center for Women Veterans website.
• Watch the Women's Health video series in which HSR&D investigators discuss various aspects of their research into improving care for women Veterans.