ArticleMedical care2015
Access to mental health care among women Veterans: is VA meeting women's needs?
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- Investigation of the role of perceived access to primary care in mediating and moderating racial and ethnic disparities in chronic disease control in the veterans health administration.Health services research · 2024Article
- 'Treat everyone like they're a man': Stakeholder perspectives on the provision of health and social care support for female veterans in the UK.Health & social care in the community · 2022Article
- Table for two: Perceptions of social support from participants in a weight management intervention for veterans with PTSD and overweight or obesity.Psychological services · 2022Article
- Getting Connected: a Retrospective Cohort Investigation of Video-to-Home Telehealth for Mental Health Care Utilization Among Women Veterans.Journal of general internal medicine · 2022Article
- Mental Health Beliefs, Access, and Engagement with Military Sexual Trauma-Related Mental Health Care.Journal of general internal medicine · 2022Article
- Understanding Who Uses Whole Health Services: A Program Evaluation.Global advances in health and medicine · 2022Article
- Psychometric evaluation of a patient-reported item bank for healthcare engagement.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2021Article
- A Latent Class Analysis of Mental Health Beliefs Related to Military Sexual Trauma.Journal of traumatic stress · 2021Article
- Risk and protective factors associated with mental health among female military veterans: results from the veterans' health study.BMC women's health · 2021Article
- A Patient-Centered Study Examining Self-Identification of Mental Health Challenges Among Female Military Officers.Journal of patient-centered research and reviews · 2021Article
- An Examination of the Association Between Patient Experience and Quality of Mental Health Care Among Women Veterans.Administration and policy in mental health · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundPatient-centered access to mental health describes the fit between patient needs and resources of the system. To date, little data are available to guide implementation of services to women veterans, an underrepresented minority within Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) health care. The current study examines access to mental health care among women veterans, and identifies gender-related indicators of perceived access to mental health care.
methodsA population-based sample of 6287 women veterans using VA primary care services participated in a survey of past year perceived need for mental health care, mental health utilization, and gender-related mental health care experiences. Subjective rating of how well mental health care met their needs was used as an indicator of perceived access.
resultsHalf of all women reported perceived mental health need; 84.3% of those women received care. Nearly all mental health users (90.9%) used VA services, although only about half (48.8%) reported that their mental health care met their needs completely or very well. Gender related experiences (availability of female providers, women-only treatment settings, women-only treatment groups, and gender-related comfort) were each associated with 2-fold increased odds of perceived access, and associations remained after adjusting for ease of getting care.
conclusionsWomen VA users demonstrate very good objective access to mental health services. Desire for, and access to specialized mental health services for women varies across the population and are important aspects of shared decision making in referral and treatment planning for women using VA primary care.
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