Health Services Research & Development

• Brunner J, Schweizer CA, Canelo IA, Leung LB, Strauss JL, Yano EM. Timely access to mental health care among women veterans. Psychological Services. 2018 Apr 5.
• Hoggatt KJ, Simpson T, Schweizer CA, Drexler K, Yano EM. Identifying women veterans with unhealthy alcohol use using gender-tailored screening. The American journal on addictions. 2018 Mar 1; 27(2):97-100.
• Narain K, Bean-Mayberry B, Washington DL, Canelo IA, Darling JE, Yano EM. Access to Care and Health Outcomes Among Women Veterans Using Veteran's Administration Health Care: Association With Food Insufficiency. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2018 Feb 20.
• Montgomery AE, Sorrentino AE, Cusack MC, Bellamy SL, Medvedeva E, Roberts CB, Dichter ME. Recent Intimate Partner Violence and Housing Instability Among Women Veterans. American journal of preventive medicine. 2018 Feb 9; 54(4):584-590.
• Bean-Mayberry BA, Damschroder L, Goldstein K, Haskell S, Maher N, Moin T, Lutes L. Research Update on Cardiovascular Health in Women Veterans: Identifying and Managing Risk Factors. Spotlight on Women's Health [Cyberseminar]. HSR&D. 2018 Jan 10.

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• Women Veterans Screening Positive for Intimate Partner Violence More Likely to Receive Mental Illness Diagnosis
  This cross-sectional study is the first large-scale investigation into the associations between intimate partner violence (IPV) and mental health using IPV clinical screening and mental health diagnosis data from VA medical records. Findings showed that female VA patients who screened positive for past-year IPV were more than twice as likely to have a mental health diagnosis – or more than two men...
  
  Date: December 1, 2017
• HCV-Related Complications Increasing among Women Veterans
  This study examined gender-related differences in the incidence and prevalence of cirrhosis, decompensated cirrhosis, and hepatocellular cancer (HCC) between 2000 and 2013. Findings showed that the incidence and prevalence of hepatitis C virus (HCV) complications was higher in men than in women. However, the rate of increase in the incidence rates of cirrhosis and decompensated cirrhosis among HCV...
  
  Date: November 1, 2017
• Unintended Pregnancy and Contraceptive Use among Women Veterans
  This study sought to determine rates of contraceptive use, unmet need for prescription contraception, and unintended pregnancy in a national sample of reproductive-aged women Veterans who receive VA healthcare. Findings showed that while rates of contraceptive use, unmet contraceptive need, and unintended pregnancy among women Veterans served by VA are similar to those in the U.S. population, thes...
  
  Date: August 1, 2017
• Current Diagnosis of PTSD is Risk Factor for Pregnant Women
  This analysis evaluated the associations between PTSD and antepartum complications to explore how PTSD’s pathophysiology impacts pregnancy in a large cohort of women Veterans. Findings showed that a current diagnosis of PTSD increases the risk of hypertensive/ischemic placental complications of pregnancy, specifically preeclampsia, and is a risk factor for gestational diabetes. PTSD also was assoc...
  
  Date: May 1, 2017
• VA’s Patient Aligned Care Teams’ Challenges in Providing Care for Women Veterans
  In this study, investigators conducted interviews with primary care providers and staff in eight VA medical centers to assess provider and staff experiences with PACT, implementation of core medical home features, and facilitators and barriers encountered in providing PACT care to women Veteran patients. Findings showed that providers and staff have generally positive attitudes toward PACT. Howeve...
  
  Date: March 1, 2017

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• Improving the Quality of Healthcare for Women Veterans
  ...of importance to the care and health of women Veterans. Identifying Women Veterans Vulnerable to Homelessness Completed in 2013, this QUERI Quality...
  
  
• Research for Women Veterans
  ...declining, the number of homeless women Veterans is increasing: women Veterans are four times more likely than non-Veteran women to experience...
  
  
• Health Effects of Military Service on Women Veterans
  ...Health Effects of Military Service on Women Veterans Health Effects of Military Service on Women Veterans Subscribe to the ESP Report RSS feed...
  
  
• 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...
  
  
• 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:...
  
  

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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

• 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.