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Homeless Veterans: It Takes a Community

Journal of Veterans Studies, 2020
Veterans’ Voices is a unique space for the contributions of veterans, active military, and military family members to voice their perspectives and experiences with areas of military or veteran life of interest to Journal of Veterans Studies readership ...
Joseph M. Moranda
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Strengths and vulnerabilities: Comparing post-9/11 U.S. veterans’ and non-veterans’ perceptions of health and broader well-being

SSM: Population Health, 2022
Background: Prior research has examined how the post-military health and well-being of both the larger veteran population and earlier veteran cohorts differs from non-veterans. However, no study has yet to provide a holistic examination of how the health,
Dawne Vogt, Shelby Borowski, Shira Maguen, John R. Blosnich, Claire A. Hoffmire, Paul A. Bernhard, Katherine M. Iverson, Aaron Schneiderman   +7 more
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Department of Veterans' Affairs

, 2007
Updated irregularly; Began in 2002?; Title from home page (publisher's Web site, viewed Mar. 21, 2011).; Official website of the Connecticut Dept. of Veterans' Affairs.

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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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Reducing barriers to post-9/11 veterans’ use of programs and services as they transition to civilian life

BMC Health Services Research, 2020
Background Numerous programs exist to support veterans in their transitions to civilian life. Programs are offered by a host of governmental and non-governmental stakeholders. Veterans report encountering many barriers to program participation.
Nicole R. Morgan, Keith R. Aronson, Daniel F. Perkins, Julia A. Bleser, Katie Davenport, Dawne Vogt, Laurel A. Copeland, Erin P. Finley, Cynthia L. Gilman   +8 more
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Paralympics and veterans

The Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, 2011
Sports and recreation are essential components of medical rehabilitation. Through these, people with disability learn to adjust to a new self-image; build strength, stamina, and coordination; and learn adaptive skills that help them throughout their life.
Rory A, Cooper, Christopher J, Nowak
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Addressing Veteran Homelessness to Prevent Veteran Suicides [PDF]

Psychiatric Services, 2018
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is shifting its focus from ending veteran homelessness to preventing veteran suicides. With supporting data, this Open Forum argues that VA homelessness services also help address veteran suicides. Analysis of a nationally representative survey of U.S.
Jack, Tsai, Louis, Trevisan, Minda, Huang, Robert H, Pietrzak   +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
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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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Veterans Using and Uninsured Veterans Not Using Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Care [PDF]

Public Health Reports®, 2007
Objectives. The objectives of this study were to: ( 1) examine veteran reliance on health services provided by the Veterans Health Administration (VA), ( 2) describe the characteristics of veterans who receive VA care, and ( 3) report rates of uninsurance among veterans and characteristics of uninsured veterans.
Karin M, Nelson, Gordon A, Starkebaum, Gayle E, Reiber   +2 more
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