ArticleJournal of general internal medicine2022
Prevalence and Correlates of Firearm Access Among Post-9/11 US Women Veterans Using Reproductive Healthcare: a Cross-Sectional Survey.
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- Perspectives of military-affiliated women on lethal means safety: A systematic review.PloS one · 2026Pooled it
- An Evidence Map of the Women Veterans' Health Literature, 2016 to 2023: A Systematic Review.JAMA network open · 2025Pooled it
- Household firearm access, storage, perceptions, and discussions among U.S. military veterans: population-based estimates from the 2022 ASCEND survey.Injury epidemiology · 2026Article
- Rural-urban differences in post-9/11 women veterans' firearm ownership and characteristics.Injury epidemiology · 2025Article
- Violent Experiences and Patterns of Firearm Ownership From Childhood to Young Adulthood.JAMA network open · 2023Article
- Women Veterans' experiences discussing household firearms with their intimate partners: collaborative, devalued, and deferential relational types.Injury epidemiology · 2023Article
- Women Veterans' perspectives, experiences, and preferences for firearm lethal means counseling discussions.PloS one · 2023Article
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- Preventing Suicide Among Women Veterans: Gender-Sensitive, Trauma-Informed Conceptualization.Current treatment options in psychiatry · 2022Review
- Firearm Lethal Means Counseling Among Women: Clinical and Research Considerations and a Call to Action.Current treatment options in psychiatry · 2022Review
- Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Attempts Among Women Veterans Using VA Reproductive Health Care: Prevalence and Associations With Fertility-, Pregnancy- and Parenting-related Factors.Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's HealthArticle
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Abstract
backgroundSuicide rates have increased among women Veterans, with increased use of firearms as the method. Addressing suicide risk in this population requires understanding the prevalence and correlates of firearm access in healthcare settings frequented by women Veterans.
objectivesCharacterize the prevalence and correlates of firearm ownership and storage practices among women Veterans using Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) reproductive healthcare (RHC) services.
designCross-sectional national survey conducted in 2018-2019 (17.9% response rate).
participantsPost-9/11 women Veterans using RHC (n=350). MAIN MEASURES: VA Military Sexual Trauma Screen, PTSD Checklist for DSM-5, Hurt/Insult/Threaten/Scream, Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale screener, self-reported firearm access. KEY
results38.0% (95% confidence interval [95% CI]: 32.9, 43.3) of participants reported personally owning firearms, and 38.9% (95% CI: 33.7, 44.2) reported other household members owned firearms. Among those with firearms in or around their homes, 17.8% (95% CI: 12.3, 24.4) and 21.9% (95% CI: 15.9, 28.9) reported all were unsafely stored (loaded or unlocked, respectively). Women who experienced recent intimate partner violence were less likely to report personally owning firearms (adjusted prevalence ratio [APR]=0.75; 95% CI: 0.57, 0.996). Those who experienced military sexual harassment (APR=1.46; 95% CI=1.09, 1.96), were married (APR=1.74; 95% CI: 1.33, 2.27), or lived with other adult(s) (APR=6.26; 95% CI: 2.87, 13.63) were more likely to report having household firearms owned by someone else. Storing firearms loaded was more prevalent among women with lifetime (APR=1.47; 95% CI=1.03, 2.08) or past-month (APR=1.69; 95% CI=1.15, 2.48) suicidal ideation and less likely among those with other adult(s) in the home (unadjusted PR=0.62; 95% CI=0.43, 0.91). Those with parenting responsibilities (APR=0.61; 95% CI=0.38, 0.97) were less likely to store firearms unlocked.
conclusionsFirearm access is prevalent among post-9/11 women Veterans using VA RHC. Interpersonal factors may be important determinants of firearm access in this population. Safe firearm storage initiatives are needed among women Veterans using RHC, particularly for those with suicidal ideation.
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