Download or read book Female Veterans Obstacles and Barriers to Veterans Administration VA Healthcare Services written by Joyce E. Neal and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to determine the difference in perceived barriers accessing medical care between female and male veterans, to determine the perceptions of satisfaction with healthcare services received, and healthcare differences between dualinsured and single insured-female veterans. One hundred thirty-eight female and male veterans submitted responses to a modified Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire-III electronic survey and fourteen veterans agreed to a face-to-face interview. A one-way ANOVA, a Chi square analysis and a Qualitative Content-Thematic Analysis were utilized to determine the differences in accessing medical care and general satisfaction of medical care received. The results of the study indicated there were no significant differences in medical care access or perceived differences in medical care satisfaction.
Download or read book Evaluation of the Department of Veterans Affairs Mental Health Services written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2018-03-29 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Approximately 4 million U.S. service members took part in the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Shortly after troops started returning from their deployments, some active-duty service members and veterans began experiencing mental health problems. Given the stressors associated with war, it is not surprising that some service members developed such mental health conditions as posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and substance use disorder. Subsequent epidemiologic studies conducted on military and veteran populations that served in the operations in Afghanistan and Iraq provided scientific evidence that those who fought were in fact being diagnosed with mental illnesses and experiencing mental healthâ€"related outcomesâ€"in particular, suicideâ€"at a higher rate than the general population. This report provides a comprehensive assessment of the quality, capacity, and access to mental health care services for veterans who served in the Armed Forces in Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation New Dawn. It includes an analysis of not only the quality and capacity of mental health care services within the Department of Veterans Affairs, but also barriers faced by patients in utilizing those services.
Download or read book Returning Home from Iraq and Afghanistan written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2010-03-31 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly 1.9 million U.S. troops have been deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq since October 2001. Many service members and veterans face serious challenges in readjusting to normal life after returning home. This initial book presents findings on the most critical challenges, and lays out the blueprint for the second phase of the study to determine how best to meet the needs of returning troops and their families.
Download or read book VA Health Care Services for Women Veterans written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Veterans' Affairs and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book VA Health Care written by Randall B. Williamson and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 59 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2008, the VA provided health care to over 281,000 women veterans, a fast growing subgroup of veterans. Women veterans seeking VA health care need access to an array of services, and Congress has raised concerns about how well VA is prepared to meet the physical and mental health care needs of women. This report examined: (1) the on-site availability of health care services at VA facilities for women vets; (2) the extent to which VA facilities are following VA policies that apply to the delivery of health care to women vets; and (3) key challenges that VA facilities face in providing health care to women vets and how VA is addressing these challenges. The auditor visited a sample of 9 VA medical centers and 10 community-based outpatient clinics.
Download or read book California s Women Veterans written by Lisa K. Foster and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Eliminating the Gaps written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book VA Health Care Preliminary Findings on VA s Provision of Health Care Services to Women Veterans written by Randall B. Williamson and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2010-02 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dept. of Vet. Affairs (VA) provided health care to over 281,000 women vets in 2008 ¿ an increase of about 12% since 2006 ¿ and the number of women vets is projected to increase by 17% between 2008 and 2033. Women vets seeking care at VA medical facilities need access to a full range of health care services, including basic and specialized gender-specific services. This testimony discusses: (1) the on-site availability of health care services for women vets at VA facilities; (2) the extent to which VA facilities are following VA policies that apply to the delivery of health care services for women vets; and (3) key challenges that VA facilities are experiencing in providing health care services for women vets. Illustrations.
Download or read book Status of Women s Health Care Programs in the Department of Veterans Affairs written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Health and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Female Veteran Population written by Mark S. Russell and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book VA Gender specific Health Care Services for Women Veterans and Related Issues written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book VA Provision of Health Care to Women Veterans and Related Issues written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Issues Facing Women and Minority Veterans written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Health and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book VA Health Care for Women written by David P. Baine and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Factors Related to Utilization of Veterans Affairs VA Mental Healthcare Services by Female Veterans with Depression written by Lisa A. Williams and published by . This book was released on 2023 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Depression ranks as the second highest service-connected disability for female veterans. In 2015, approximately 26,500 female veterans, representing 6.5% of all females with service-connected disabilities, received compensation for major depressive disorder (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 2018). However, studies indicate that veterans, inclusive of female veterans, demonstrate low VA mental health services utilization rates for mental health problems, particularly depression (Gorman et al., 2016; Harpaz-Rotem et al, 2014; Miles et al., 2017). Davis et al. (2016) examined the use of mental health care services in 874 female veterans with depression and reported that 43.5% of the women did not receive adequate depression care. Evidence suggests that predisposing attitudes, caretaking, and employment, illness perceptions, alcohol use, and depression influences utilization of healthcare facilities. Based on the Andersen Healthcare Utilization Model, this study examined relationships between predisposing (attitudes, employment, caretaking), need factors (depression, illness perceptions, alcohol use) and utilization of mental healthcare services in 110 female veterans enrolled for care in an urban VA healthcare facility. Results indicated that the majority of the employed women (59%) reported employment barriers and the majority of women (55%) who were caring for either children or adults reported caretaking barriers to utilization of healthcare services. Overall, the women reported positive attitudes toward mental healthcare services, viewed depression as somewhat threatening rather than benign, and reported low alcohol intake. Based on the past twelve months, the majority of women (60%) had 1-8 appointments and 12% had 10 - 21 appointments. However, the majority of women (66%) had at least one "no-show" appointment within the past 12 months. Multivariate analyses indicated that depression and attitudes accounted for 10.9% of the variance in utilization, F = 6.089, p = .003. Average and high levels of depression moderated the relationship between attitudes and utilization, p = .02, R2 = .22.
Download or read book Survey of Female Veterans written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Women Veterans written by G.L.A. Harris and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-03-14 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women who fight in wars also have to fight for their right to do so. But what are the obstacles impeding their progress in achieving equal status as both active service members and as veterans? This book, written by a team of female veterans and military scholars, demonstrates the ways in which women service members and veterans experience a unique set of challenges when attempting to both honorably serve their country and reintegrate into civilian society following military service. These challenges include – but are not limited to – discrimination, staggering rates of suicide, and barriers to obtaining treatment for military sexual trauma and other critical benefits through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Women Veterans: Lifting the Veil of Invisibility examines current service-related policies and gender in the military’s hierarchical power structure. Here, a confluence of white male privilege and entitlement, the culture of domination, and the effeminization of the enemy manifest themselves as a backlash against women, calling into question a woman’s agency and her very status as a citizen. Special attention in the book is paid to the civil-military divide, representative bureaucracy, and the function of the military and civilian justice systems. Moreover, the need for appropriate healthcare policies and structures is examined within a ‘wicked problems’ framework. The authors conclude that the responsibility for women veterans, and all veterans for that matter, must become a matter of compelling government interest. This ground-breaking book is required reading for practitioners of public policy and administration with an interest in military and veterans affairs, public health, NGOs and activist groups, as well as scholars of gender and public service, public personnel management, and nonprofit management.
