ArticleWomen's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health
Understanding Gender Sensitivity of the Health Care Workforce at the Veterans Health Administration.
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- Gender-Sensitive Nursing: An Operationalizing Concept Analysis.Journal of clinical nursing · 2026Pooled it
- An Evidence Map of the Women Veterans' Health Literature, 2016 to 2023: A Systematic Review.JAMA network open · 2025Pooled it
- The experiences of medical and pharmacy students participating in a collaborative online international learning on social accountability and global health: a qualitative study.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- 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
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Abstract
backgroundGender sensitivity of providers and staff has assumed increasing importance in closing historical gender disparities in health care quality and outcomes. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has implemented several initiatives intended to improve gender sensitivity of its health care workforce. The current study examines practice- and individual-level characteristics associated with gender sensitivity of primary care providers (PCPs) and staff.
methodsWe surveyed PCPs and staff (nurses, medical assistants, and clerks) at 12 VA medical centers (VAMCs) (n = 256 of 649; response rate, 39%). Gender sensitivity was measured using a 10-item scale adapted from the Gender Awareness Inventory-VA. We used weighted multivariate regression with maximum likelihood estimation to identify individual- and practice-level characteristics associated with gender sensitivity of PCPs and staff.
resultsPCPs and staff had similar gender sensitivity but differed in most characteristics associated with that gender sensitivity. Among PCPs, women's health training and positive communication with others in the clinic were associated with greater gender sensitivity. For staff, prior work experience caring for women, working in Women's Health Patient-Aligned Care Teams, and rural location were associated with greater gender sensitivity, whereas more years of VA service was associated with lower gender sensitivity. Working at VA medical centers with a higher volume of women veteran patients was associated with greater gender sensitivity for both PCPs and staff.
conclusionsWomen's health training and experience in working with other women's health professionals are strongly correlated with greater gender sensitivity in the clinical workforce.
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