ArticleBMC women's health2017
Experiences with VHA care: a qualitative study of U.S. women veterans with self-reported trauma histories.
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- Women Veterans' perspectives, experiences, and preferences for firearm lethal means counseling discussions.PloS one · 2023Article
- Perspectives of VA healthcare from rural women veterans not enrolled in or using VA healthcare.PloS one · 2023Article
- '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
- Pilot trial ofCouple & family psychology · 2022Article
- "We really need this": Trauma-informed yoga for Veteran women with a history of military sexual trauma.Complementary therapies in medicine · 2021Article
- Military Sexual Trauma Survivor Preferences for Provider Gender and Associations With Mental Health Evaluation Attendance.The Behavior therapist · 2020Article
- Smoking Cessation among Female and Male Veterans before and after a Randomized Trial of Proactive Outreach.Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health · 2019Article
- Video to Home Delivery of Evidence-Based Psychotherapy to Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2019Article
- Female Veterans' Experiences With VHA Treatment for Military Sexual Trauma.Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS · 2019Article
- Psychotherapy Utilization, Preferences, and Retention among Women Veterans with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder.Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's HealthArticle
- "We Have a Long Way to Go:" A Case Study Examination of Older Women Veterans' Experiences in VA Primary Care.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingArticle
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Abstract
backgroundWomen veterans in the United States, particularly those with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or a history of military sexual assault, have unique health care needs, but their minority status in the US Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has led to documented healthcare disparities when compared to men. This study's objective was to obtain a richer understanding of the challenges and successes encountered by women veterans with self-reported service-related trauma histories (particularly those with a history of military sexual assault and/or posttraumatic stress symptomology) receiving VHA care.
methodsThirty-seven female Vietnam and post-Vietnam (1975-1998) era veterans were randomly selected from a cohort of PTSD disability benefit applicants to complete semi-structured interviews in 2011-2012. Grounded-theory informed procedures were used to identify interview themes; differences between veterans with and without a history of military sexual assault were examined through constant comparison.
resultsAt the time of the interviews, many women believed that VHA was falling short of meeting women veterans' needs (e.g., lack of women-only mental health programming). Also common, but particularly among those with a military sexual assault history, was the perception that VHA's environment was unwelcoming; being "surrounded by men" yielded emotions ranging from discomfort and mistrust to severe anxiety. A few veterans reported recent positive changes and offered additional suggestions for improvement.
conclusionsFindings suggest that while at the time of the interviews gains had been made in the delivery of gender-sensitive outpatient medical care, women veterans with a history of military sexual assault and/or posttraumatic stress symptomology perceived that they were not receiving the same quality of care as male veterans.
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