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Changes in characteristics of veterans using the VHA health care system between 1996 and 1999

Health Research Policy and Systems, 2005
Background The Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Health Administration (VHA) provides a health care safety net to veterans. This study examined changes in characteristics of veterans using the VHA health care system between 1996 and 1999 when VHA ...
Maciejewski Matthew L, Liu Chuan-Fen, Sales Anne EB   +2 more
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Women Veterans’ experiences discussing household firearms with their intimate partners: collaborative, devalued, and deferential relational types

Injury Epidemiology, 2023
Background Rates of firearm suicide have increased among women Veterans. Discussing firearm access and reducing access to lethal means of suicide when suicide risk is heightened are central tenets of suicide prevention, as is tailoring suicide prevention
Evan R. Polzer, Carly M. Rohs, Suzanne M. Thomas, Ryan Holliday, Christin N. Miller, Joseph A. Simonetti, Katherine M. Iverson, Lisa A. Brenner, Lindsey L. Monteith   +8 more
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Incorporation of Student Pharmacists into a Proton Pump Inhibitor Deprescribing Telehealth Program for Rural Veterans

INNOVATIONS in Pharmacy, 2022
Background: Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are among the most widely prescribed class of medications in the United States. Although effective in the treatment of acid related disease, inappropriate PPI use is prevalent, and long-term PPI use has been ...
Sonia Bhardwaj, Stephanie Garvin, Sierra Kuehl, Johanna Van Epps, Frederick Dunkerson, Molly Lehmann, Stephanie Gruber, Mara Kieser, Qianqian Zhao, Edward Christopher Portillo   +9 more
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Characteristics and likelihood of ongoing homelessness among unsheltered veterans [PDF]

, 2016
INTRODUCTION: Unsheltered homelessness is an important phenomenon yet difficult to study due to lack of data. The Veterans Health Administration administers a universal homelessness screener, which identifies housing status for Veterans screening ...
Byrne, Thomas H., Culhane, Dennis P., Montgomery, Ann Elizabeth, Treglia, Daniel   +3 more
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The "trauma pitch": How stigma emerges for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans seeking disability compensation.

PLoS ONE, 2022
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder continues to be a highly stigmatized disease for the veteran population and stigma, experienced as a mark of discredit or shame, continues to be identified as the main deterrent in treatment seeking.
Katinka Hooyer
doaj   +1 more source

Transgender Veterans and the Veterans Health Administration: Exploring the Experiences of Transgender Veterans in the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System

Transgender Health, 2016
Purpose: The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has provided transgender transition-related care to veterans since 2011. However, little is known about the experiences of transgender veteran patients accessing transgender transition-related healthcare at Veterans Affairs (VA) clinics since the establishment of this care. The purpose of this study was
Joshua Trey Barnett, Brandon J. Hill, Brandon J. Hill, Connie Lu, Kris Rosentel   +4 more
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Mental health utilization among older Veterans with coexisting depression and dementia

SAGE Open Medicine, 2015
Objective: We compared mental health service utilization among older, depressed Veterans (60 years or older) with and without coexisting dementia. Methods: This retrospective study examined data from the 2010 Veterans Health Administration National ...
Elizabeth A DiNapoli, Jeffrey A Cully, Juliette M Mott, Natalie E Hundt, Joseph Mignogna, Shubhada Sansgiry, Hong Jen Yu, Lisa H Trahan, Mark E Kunik   +8 more
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Trends in cardiovascular disease in Scottish military veterans: a retrospective cohort study

BMJ Open, 2021
Objectives To examine the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in Scottish military veterans in comparison with people who had never served in long-term follow-up to 2017, and to compare the findings with our earlier study to 2012 to assess trends.Design
Daniel F Mackay, Jill P Pell, Beverly P Bergman   +2 more
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Whole Health Use and Interest Across Veterans With Co-Occurring Chronic Pain and PTSD: An Examination of the 18 VA Medical Center Flagship Sites

Global Advances in Health and Medicine, 2022
Objective Veterans Healthcare Administration (VHA) conducted a large demonstration project of a holistic Whole Health approach to care in 18 medical centers, which included making complementary and integrative health (CIH) therapies more widely available.
David E. Reed, Barbara G. Bokhour, Lauren Gaj, Anna M. Barker, Jamie H. Douglas, Rian DeFaccio, Rhonda M. Williams, Charles C. Engel, Steven B. Zeliadt   +8 more
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Fatigue in Cambodia veterans [PDF]

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 2000
In 1992 and 1993, Dutch military personnel were deployed in the peace operation UNTAC in Cambodia. Since returning, Cambodia veterans have reported health complaints which they perceive to be related to their service. Their symptoms strikingly resemble health problems reported by Gulf War veterans.
Vries, M. de, Soetekouw, P.M.M.B., Meer, J.W.M. van der, Bleijenberg, G.   +3 more
openaire   +5 more sources