• Carlson GC, Kelly MR, Grinberg AM, Mitchell M, McGowan SK, Culver NC, Kay M, Alessi CA, Washington DL, Yano EM, Martin JL. Insomnia Precipitating Events among Women Veterans: The Impact of Traumatic and Nontraumatic Events on Sleep and Mental Health Symptoms. Behavioral sleep medicine. 2020 Nov 30; 1-17.
• Mattocks KM, Kroll-Desrosiers A, Kinney R, Bastian LA, Bean-Mayberry B, Goldstein KM, Shivakumar G, Copeland L. Racial Differences in the Cesarean Section Rates Among Women Veterans Using Department of Veterans Affairs Community Care. Medical care. 2020 Nov 16.
• Bean-Mayberry BA, Chanfreau CC, Clair K, Schweizer CA, Dyer KE, Brunner JW, Moreau JL, Huynh AK, Moin T, Hamilton AB. Women Veterans' Knowledge of Cardiovascular Disease Risk: Higher Than National Samples and an Opportunity for Innovations. [Abstract]. Circulation. 2020 Nov 12; 142(Suppl_3):Abstract 17395.
• Martin JL, Carlson G, Kelly M, Fung CH, Song Y, Mitchell MN, Zeidler MR, Josephson KR, Badr MS, Zhu R, Alessi CA, Washington DL, Yano EM. Sleep apnea in women veterans: results of a national survey of VA health care users. Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. 2020 Oct 30.
• Leung LB, Rubenstein LV, Post EP, Trivedi RB, Hamilton AB, Yoon J, Jaske E, Yano EM. Association of Veterans Affairs Primary Care Mental Health Integration With Care Access Among Men and Women Veterans. JAMA Network Open. 2020 Oct 1; 3(10):e2020955.

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• VA’s Primary Care-Mental Health Integration Affects Access Differently for Women and Men Veterans
  This study of 5.4 million Veterans (including 448,455 women), who received care at one of 396 VA primary care clinics between FY2013 and FY2016, set out to answer the following question: Did VA’s national Primary Care-Mental Health Integration (PC-MHI) initiative improve access to care equally among men and women Veterans? Findings showed that PC-MHI was associated with greater use of all outpatie...
  
  Date: October 20, 2020
• Gender Differences in Thought Processes among Veterans who Attempted Suicide
  This study sought to better understand gender differences in the development of suicidal behaviors among U.S. Veterans to inform future research and gender-tailored prevention efforts. Findings revealed two gendered narratives of suicide attempts that incorporated the primary themes of self-concept, social power, relationships, coping, and stress. When discussing reasons for their suicide attempts...
  
  Date: September 1, 2020
• Majority of Women Veterans Feel Welcome at VA
  Investigators in this study analyzed patient suggestions on how to make the VA healthcare system more welcoming to women. Findings showed that of the study participants, 85% felt welcome within the VA healthcare system. Overall, 490 distinct responses were provided to a question asking for suggestions to make VA more welcoming to women Veterans (260 comments and 230 suggestions). Comments included...
  
  Date: July 1, 2020
• Both PTSD Symptoms and Moral Injury are Associated with Adverse Perinatal Outcomes among Women Veterans
  This longitudinal study is the first to examine the impact of PTSD symptoms and moral injury on adverse perinatal outcomes among women who became pregnant in the first three years after separating from military service. Findings showed that after adjusting for age, racial/ethnic minority status, socioeconomic status, and lifetime trauma, both PTSD symptoms and moral injury were associated with adv...
  
  Date: June 1, 2020
• One-third of Reproductive-Age Women Veterans Perceive Gender-based Discrimination in VA Healthcare System
  This study examined the prevalence of perceived gender-based discrimination – and factors with which it is associated – among reproductive-aged women Veterans seeking VA healthcare. Findings showed that among 2,294 women Veterans, 34% perceived gender-based discrimination when receiving VA care. However, the mean perceived discrimination score was 8 on a 24-point scale, indicating a relatively low...
  
  Date: May 1, 2020

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• VA Healthcare for Women Veterans || In Progress

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• Women Veterans Healthcare CREATE || In Progress

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• Evaluating Outsourced Care for Women Veterans || In Progress

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• VA Healthcare for Women Veterans || In Progress

  ...recruits are women, and it's estimated that by 2018, 10% of the Veteran population...population will consist of women. Our March issue focuses on HSR&D research intended...skip to page content Talk to the Veterans Crisis Line now An official website...Call MyVA311: 844-698-2311 TTY: 711 Veterans Benefits and Health Care About VA

• Management Briefs eBrief-no119 -- Evidence Map: Women Veterans

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Videos

• Investigator Insights: Qualitative Research and Women Veterans 01/15/20
• 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

Podcasts

• Newly-separated Women Veterans’ Use of VA and Community Care 08/03/2020
• Women Veterans’ Experiences in Obtaining VA Mental Health 07/20/2020
• Women’s Healthcare and Family Planning in VA 06/20/2019
• Optimizing Maternal Health and Family Planning for Women Veterans 06/25/2018
• 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 or their women’s health topic page to learn more about research milestones.
• Visit VA's Center for Women Veterans website.