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SDR 10-012 – HSR Study

 
SDR 10-012
Women's Health Research Consortium/Practice-Based Research Network
Elizabeth M Yano, PhD MSPH
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Sepulveda, CA
Sepulveda, CA
Susan Frayne MD MPH
VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA
Palo Alto, CA
Funding Period: June 2010 - September 2026
BACKGROUND/RATIONALE:
The rapid growth of women Veteran (WV) VA users created demand for a stronger evidence base to better understand WVs' needs and improve their access, use, quality and outcomes of VA care. VA HSR&D sought to systematically build capacity to foster women's health (WH) research to address these critical knowledge gaps by first developing a VA WH research agenda (2004) and then funding the VA WH Research Consortium/Practice-Based Research Network (PBRN) -together, the WH Research Network (WHRN). WHRN (2010-14) was originally designed to respond to broad agenda recommendations to build a Consortium of investigators through training, technical support, mentorship and dissemination and to create a PBRN capable of facilitating multisite recruitment of women Veterans in VA research. WHRN was renewed (Phase 2.0) to leverage knowledge gained from the first phase to further increase focus on interventions, implementation and high-impact (I3) research; strategically focus on key areas of the agenda; further expand the PBRN's capabilities to conduct multisite research by adding more diverse settings; and identify barriers to and facilitators of multilevel stakeholder engagement in VA WH research (2014-16). Given ongoing impacts, WHRN has been extended under an approved concept paper (Phase 3.0) to sustain core functions, support research development in high-priority areas (e.g., suicide prevention), accelerate research impacts, and test strategies to support ongoing transformation of the VA toward a learning healthcare system.

OBJECTIVE(S):
WHRN's current objectives are to: (1) enable conduct of high-quality, progressively actionable WH research, inclusion of WVs, and more systematic analyses of gender differences; (2) further advance VA capabilities for practice-based research, innovation development, evaluation, and implementation using learning healthcare system and multilevel stakeholder engagement principles; and (3) promote multilevel stakeholder engagement in Consortium and PBRN activities and in VA WH research more broadly.

METHODS:
WHRN supports training (direct, web-based, and cyber-seminars), technical consultations (including pre-submission scientific review, access to a professional network of experts), collaborative research development (through national topical work groups), and dissemination support (cyber-seminars, conferences, journal supplements, training) for a national Consortium of VA investigators. The Consortium also supports HSR&D as a clearinghouse and synthesizer of WH research (e.g., web summaries, briefings). The PBRN provides PI technical support in use of the PBRN and trains Site Leads to engage local clinicians, managers and staff in the conduct of multisite research. The PBRN also conducts practice scans (brief key informant organizational surveys) and card studies (assessments of WVs' preferences/experiences). Regular calls among PBRN Site Leads promote collaboration and cross-site learning. Qualitative interviews with WV patients, WH providers, VA leaders, and VA researchers have also been conducted to better understand the conceptual and practical tenets underlying multilevel stakeholder engagement needed to strengthen VA WH intervention capabilities, implementation readiness and spread using evidence-based quality improvement (EBQI), which is now being applied to the PBRN with Consortium and engagement training plans underway.

FINDINGS/RESULTS:
Since its inception, WHRN has met or exceeded its deliverables, and has served as a model for increasing impacts through multilevel stakeholder engagement of VA researchers, providers, staff, leaders, and WVs, leading to WHRN's identification in major VA policy documents as essential to advancing innovation in WVs' health care. WHRN accelerated achievement of VA's WH research agenda through HSR&D, QUERI, and operations funding, leveraging research-clinical partnerships to yield highly responsive stakeholder-driven research and evaluation. The PBRN has grown from 4 to 37 to now 60 VA sites, with over 40 studies underway. The PBRN has also fielded a series of rapid-turnaround practice scans and card studies at the request of operations partners, with over 1,000 women Veterans across over 20 VA facilities providing their perspectives on key topics like complementary & integrative health and culture change. Strategic research development through national collaborative work groups has transformed VA's research portfolio to cover previously unstudied topics in reproductive health, women's primary care, LGBT health, older WVs' needs, and, most recently, WV suicide prevention, as well as work on gender differences and gender tailoring of interventions to mitigate disparities. Projects include major initiatives such as the WH CREATE Initiative, the EMPOWER QUERI Program, and WH Services/QUERI Partnered Evaluation Initiative. WHRN has helped over a dozen VA career development awardees (CDAs) get funded and created a widely-lauded national CDA cyber-seminar series. All PBRN Site Leads have received engagement and EBQI skills training. Multilevel stakeholder interviews revealed consistent interest in increasing engagement in WH research, strategies for achieving greater engagement (e.g., a research repository), and recommendations to improve dissemination of results back to participants.

IMPACT:
WHRN has supported advances in employee and Veteran engagement in the context of the learning healthcare system initiative and VA priorities and informed the strategic direction for VA WH research, both in terms of identifying evidence gaps requiring research attention (e.g., for under-studied conditions with high prevalence or equity gaps for women) and pushing the boundaries of methodologic frontiers (e.g., multilevel engagement, diffusion, implementation and spread of best practices). WHRN's impacts led to its explicit integration in the Blueprint for Excellence as essential to accelerating innovations in women's health care, high-level briefings, partnerships with critical partners within and outside the VA (e.g., NIH Office of Research on Women's Health), and a community of practice and network capable of accelerating the generation and implementation of evidence for practice and policy. WHRN-informed work has led to a national VA culture campaign, gender-tailored care models and interventions, knowledge about community care needs driving policy, greater inclusion of women in VA research, and increased awareness of women Veterans' health and healthcare needs, recognized by the highest levels of VA leadership, Veteran Service Organizations, and external agencies. WHRN operational partnerships have also grown substantially, as we work with national program offices to generate rapid data for use in policy and planning (e.g., Office of Patient-Centered Care & Cultural Transformation, LGBT National Program Office) and networks and facilities to feedback data to inform regional and local improvements. Long-term goals are to extend HSR&D's ability to support research-driven improvements in practice and policy in increasingly agile ways and to improve system capacity for addressing gender differences in Veterans' health and health care through learning healthcare system principles in action.


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PUBLICATIONS:

Journal Articles

  1. Rohrer LD, Gierisch JM, Fish LJ, Blakeney JK, Bastian LA. A five-step guide for moving from observational studies to interventional research for women veterans. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2011 Jul 1; 21(4 Suppl):S98-102. [view]
  2. Funk LM, Gunnar W, Dominitz JA, Eisenberg D, Frayne S, Maggard-Gibbons M, Kalarchian MA, Livingston E, Sanchez V, Smith BR, Weidenbacher H, Maciejewski ML. A Health Services Research Agenda for Bariatric Surgery Within the Veterans Health Administration. Journal of general internal medicine. 2017 Apr 1; 32(Suppl 1):65-69. [view]
  3. Yano EM. A partnered research initiative to accelerate implementation of comprehensive care for women veterans: the VA women's health CREATE. Medical care. 2015 Apr 1; 53(4 Suppl 1):S10-4. [view]
  4. Huynh AK, Hamilton AB, Farmer MM, Bean-Mayberry B, Stirman SW, Moin T, Finley EP. A Pragmatic Approach to Guide Implementation Evaluation Research: Strategy Mapping for Complex Interventions. Frontiers in public health. 2018 May 18; 6:134. [view]
  5. Monson CM, Shields N, Suvak MK, Lane JEM, Shnaider P, Landy MSH, Wagner AC, Sijercic I, Masina T, Wanklyn SG, Stirman SW. A randomized controlled effectiveness trial of training strategies in cognitive processing therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder: Impact on patient outcomes. Behaviour Research and Therapy. 2018 Nov 1; 110:31-40. [view]
  6. Yano EM, Hamilton AB. Accelerating delivery of trauma-sensitive care: Using multilevel stakeholder engagement to improve care for women veterans. Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare. 2017 Sep 1; 35(3):373-375. [view]
  7. Goldstein KM, Bastian LA, Duan-Porter W, Gray KE, Hoggatt KJ, Kelly MM, Wilson SM, Humphreys K, Klap R, Yano EM, Huang GD. Accelerating the Growth of Evidence-Based Care for Women and Men Veterans. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2019 Jun 25; 29 Suppl 1:S2-S5. [view]
  8. LaCroix AZ, Rillamas-Sun E, Woods NF, Weitlauf J, Zaslavsky O, Shih R, LaMonte MJ, Bird C, Yano EM, LeBoff M, Washington D, Reiber G. Aging Well Among Women Veterans Compared With Non-Veterans in the Women's Health Initiative. The Gerontologist. 2016 Feb 1; 56 Suppl 1:S14-26. [view]
  9. Hoggatt KJ, Jamison AL, Lehavot K, Cucciare MA, Timko C, Simpson TL. Alcohol and drug misuse, abuse, and dependence in women veterans. Epidemiologic Reviews. 2015 Jan 21; 37:23-37. [view]
  10. Simpson TL, Rillamas-Sun E, Lehavot K, Timko C, Rubin A, Cucciare MA, Williams EC, Padula CB, Hunt JR, Hoggatt KJ. Alcohol Consumption Levels and All-Cause Mortality Among Women Veterans and Non-Veterans Enrolled in the Women's Health Initiative. The Gerontologist. 2016 Feb 1; 56 Suppl 1:S138-49. [view]
  11. Katon JG, Bossick AS, Tartaglione EV, Enquobahrie DA, Haeger KO, Johnson AM, Ma EW, Savitz D, Shaw JG, Todd-Stenberg J, Yano EM, Washington DL, Christy AY. Assessing Racial Disparities in Access, Use, and Outcomes for Pregnant and Postpartum Veterans and Their Infants in Veterans Health Administration. Journal of women's health (2002). 2023 Jul 1; 32(7):757-766. [view]
  12. Sternke LM, Serpi T, Spiro A, Kimerling R, Kilbourne AM, Cypel Y, Frayne SM, Furey J, Huang GD, Reinhard MJ, Magruder K. Assessment of a Revised Wartime Experiences Scale for Vietnam-Era Women: The Health of Vietnam-Era Women's Study (HealthViEWS). Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2017 Jul 1; 27(4):471-477. [view]
  13. Rosenbaum DL, Kimerling R, Pomernacki A, Goldstein KM, Yano EM, Sadler AG, Carney D, Bastian LA, Bean-Mayberry BA, Frayne SM. Binge Eating among Women Veterans in Primary Care: Comorbidities and Treatment Priorities. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2016 Jul 1; 26(4):420-8. [view]
  14. Han JK, Yano EM, Watson KE, Ebrahimi R. Cardiovascular Care in Women Veterans. Circulation. 2019 Feb 19; 139(8):1102-1109. [view]
  15. Cordasco KM, Katzburg JR, Katon JG, Zephyrin LC, Chrystal JG, Yano EM. Care coordination for pregnant veterans: VA's Maternity Care Coordinator Telephone Care Program. Translational behavioral medicine. 2018 May 23; 8(3):419-428. [view]
  16. Fenwick KM, Luger TM, Dyer KE, Chrystal JG, Hamilton AB, Yano EM, Klap R. Challenges to Addressing Patient-Perpetrated Sexual Harassment in Veterans Affairs Healthcare Settings. Journal of general internal medicine. 2021 Aug 1; 36(8):2332-2338. [view]
  17. Olmos-Ochoa TT, Luger TM, Oishi A, Dyer KE, Sumberg A, Canelo I, Gideonse TK, Cheney A, Yano EM, Hamilton AB. Challenges to Engaging Women Veterans in Quality Improvement From Patient Care to Policy: Women's Health Managers' Perspectives. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2022 Sep 22; 33(2):199-207. [view]
  18. Bastian LA, Fish LJ, Gierisch JM, Rohrer LD, Stechuchak KM, Grambow SC. Comparative effectiveness trial of family-supported smoking cessation intervention versus standard telephone counseling for chronically ill veterans using proactive recruitment. Comparative Effectiveness Research. 2012 Jan 1; 2012(2):45-56. [view]
  19. deKleijn M, Lagro-Janssen AL, Canelo I, Yano EM. Creating a roadmap for delivering gender-sensitive comprehensive care for women Veterans: results of a national expert panel. Medical care. 2015 Apr 1; 53(4 Suppl 1):S156-64. [view]
  20. Yano EM, Haskell S, Hayes P. Delivery of gender-sensitive comprehensive primary care to women veterans: implications for VA Patient Aligned Care Teams. Journal of general internal medicine. 2014 Jul 1; 29 Suppl 2:S703-7. [view]
  21. Klap R, Humphreys K. Designing Studies for Sex and Gender Analyses: How Research Can Derive Clinically Useful Knowledge for Women's Health. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2019 Jun 25; 29 Suppl 1:S12-S14. [view]
  22. Steffen KM, Lin JC, Malone S, Doctor A, Hartman ME. Development of a Structured Outcomes Assessment and Implementation Program in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality. 2019 Jan 1; 34(1):23-29. [view]
  23. Bright TJ, Wong A, Dhurjati R, Bristow E, Bastian L, Coeytaux RR, Samsa G, Hasselblad V, Williams JW, Musty MD, Wing L, Kendrick AS, Sanders GD, Lobach D. Effect of clinical decision-support systems: a systematic review. Annals of internal medicine. 2012 Jul 3; 157(1):29-43. [view]
  24. Fox AB, Hamilton AB, Frayne SM, Wiltsey-Stirman S, Bean-Mayberry B, Carney D, Di Leone BA, Gierisch JM, Goldstein KM, Romodan Y, Sadler AG, Yano EM, Yee EF, Vogt D. Effectiveness of an Evidence-Based Quality Improvement Approach to Cultural Competence Training: The Veterans Affairs' "Caring for Women Veterans" Program. The Journal of Continuing Education in The Health Professions. 2016 Jan 1; 36(2):96-103. [view]
  25. Stirman SW, Gamarra J, Bartlett B, Calloway A, Gutner C. Empirical Examinations of Modifications and Adaptations to Evidence-Based Psychotherapies: Methodologies, Impact, and Future Directions. Clinical psychology : a publication of the Division of Clinical Psychology of the American Psychological Association. 2017 Dec 1; 24(4):396-420. [view]
  26. Relyea MR, Portnoy GA, Klap R, Yano EM, Fodor A, Keith JA, Driver JA, Brandt CA, Haskell SG, Adams L. Evaluating Bystander Intervention Training to Address Patient Harassment at the Veterans Health Administration. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2020 Sep 1; 30(5):320-329. [view]
  27. Danan ER, Ullman K, Klap RS, Yano EM, Krebs EE. Evidence Map: Reporting of Results by Sex or Gender in Randomized, Controlled Trials with Women Veteran Participants (2008 to 2018). Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2019 Jun 25; 29 Suppl 1:S112-S120. [view]
  28. Fenwick KM, Dyer KE, Klap R, Oishi K, Moreau JL, Yano EM, Bean-Mayberry B, Sadler AG, Hamilton AB. Expert Recommendations for Designing Reporting Systems to Address Patient-Perpetrated Sexual Harassment in Healthcare Settings. Journal of general internal medicine. 2022 Nov 1; 37(14):3723-3730. [view]
  29. Chanfreau-Coffinier C, Washington DL, Chuang E, Brunner J, Darling JE, Canelo I, Yano EM. Exploring the association of care fragmentation and patient ratings of care quality: A mediation analysis of women Veterans' experience with VA care. Health services research. 2019 Aug 1; 54(4):816-826. [view]
  30. Hargrave AS, Danan ER, Than CT, Gibson CJ, Yano EM. Factors Associated with Military Sexual Trauma (MST) Disclosure During VA Screening Among Women Veterans. Journal of general internal medicine. 2023 Nov 1; 38(14):3188-3197. [view]
  31. Dyer KE, Potter SJ, Hamilton AB, Luger TM, Bergman AA, Yano EM, Klap R. Gender Differences in Veterans' Perceptions of Harassment on Veterans Health Administration Grounds. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2019 Jun 25; 29 Suppl 1:S83-S93. [view]
  32. Cordasco KM, Mengeling MA, Yano EM, Washington DL. Health and Health Care Access of Rural Women Veterans: Findings From the National Survey of Women Veterans. The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association. 2016 Sep 1; 32(4):397-406. [view]
  33. Yano EM, Frayne SM. Health and health care of women veterans and women in the military: research informing evidence-based practice and policy. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2011 Jul 1; 21(4 Suppl):S64-6. [view]
  34. Goldstein KM, Melnyk SD, Zullig LL, Stechuchak KM, Oddone E, Bastian LA, Rakley S, Olsen MK, Bosworth HB. Heart matters: Gender and racial differences cardiovascular disease risk factor control among veterans. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2014 Sep 1; 24(5):477-83. [view]
  35. Stirman SW, Gutner CA, Suvak MK, Adler A, Calloway A, Resick P. Homework Completion, Patient Characteristics, and Symptom Change in Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD. Behavior Therapy. 2018 Sep 1; 49(5):741-755. [view]
  36. Callegari LS, Gray KE, Zephyrin LC, Harrington LB, Gerber MR, Cochrane BB, Weitlauf JC, Bean-Mayberry B, Bastian LA, Mattocks KM, Haskell SG, Katon JG. Hysterectomy and Bilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy: Variations by History of Military Service and Birth Cohort. The Gerontologist. 2016 Feb 1; 56 Suppl 1:S67-77. [view]
  37. Hardy KV, Noordsy DL, Ballon JS, McGovern MP, Salomon C, Wiltsey Stirman S. Impact of age of onset of psychosis and engagement in higher education on duration of untreated psychosis. Journal of mental health (Abingdon, England). 2018 Jun 1; 27(3):257-262. [view]
  38. Yano EM, Than C, Brunner J, Canelo IA, Meredith LS, Rubenstein LV, Hamilton AB. Impact of Evidence-Based Quality Improvement on Tailoring VA's Patient-Centered Medical Home Model to Women Veterans' Needs. Journal of general internal medicine. 2024 Feb 29. [view]
  39. Bielawski MP, Goldstein KM, Mattocks KM, Bean-Mayberry B, Yano EM, Bastian LA. Improving care of chronic conditions for women veterans: identifying opportunities for comparative effectiveness research. Journal of comparative effectiveness research. 2014 Mar 1; 3(2):155-66. [view]
  40. Bastian LA, Hayes PM, Haskell SG, Atkins D, Reiber GE, LaCroix AZ, Yano EM. Improving Our Understanding of Health Issues in Older Women Veterans. The Gerontologist. 2016 Feb 1; 56 Suppl 1:S10-3. [view]
  41. Ovsepyan H, Chuang E, Brunner J, Hamilton AB, Needleman J, Heilemann M, Canelo I, Yano EM. Improving primary care team functioning through evidence based quality improvement: A comparative case study. Healthcare (Amsterdam, Netherlands). 2023 Jun 1; 11(2):100691. [view]
  42. Keefe JR, Wiltsey Stirman S, Cohen ZD, DeRubeis RJ, Smith BN, Resick PA. In rape trauma PTSD, patient characteristics indicate which trauma-focused treatment they are most likely to complete. Depression and anxiety. 2018 Apr 1; 35(4):330-338. [view]
  43. Chrystal JG, Dyer KE, Gammage CE, Klap RS, Carney DV, Frayne SM, Yano EM, Hamilton AB. Increasing Engagement of Women Veterans in Health Research. Journal of general internal medicine. 2022 Apr 1; 37(Suppl 1):42-49. [view]
  44. Bastian LA, Mattocks KM, Rosen AK, Hamilton AB, Bean-Mayberry B, Sadler AG, Klap RS, Yano EM. Informing policy to deliver comprehensive care for women veterans. Medical care. 2015 Apr 1; 53(4 Suppl 1):S1-4. [view]
  45. Yano EM, Hayes P, Wright S, Schnurr PP, Lipson L, Bean-Mayberry B, Washington DL. Integration of women veterans into VA quality improvement research efforts: what researchers need to know. Journal of general internal medicine. 2010 Jan 1; 25 Suppl 1:56-61. [view]
  46. Pomernacki A, Carney DV, Kimerling R, Nazarian D, Blakeney J, Martin BD, Strehlow H, Yosef J, Goldstein KM, Sadler AG, Bean-Mayberry BA, Bastian LA, Bucossi MM, McLean C, Sonnicksen S, Klap R, Yano EM, Frayne SM. Lessons from Initiating the First Veterans Health Administration (VA) Women's Health Practice-based Research Network (WH-PBRN) Study. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM. 2015 Sep 1; 28(5):649-57. [view]
  47. Brunner J, Cain CL, Yano EM, Hamilton AB. Local Leaders' Perspectives on Women Veterans' Health Care: What Would Ideal Look Like? Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2019 Jan 1; 29(1):64-71. [view]
  48. Luger TM, Hamilton AB, True G. Measuring Community-Engaged Research Contexts, Processes, and Outcomes: A Mapping Review. The Milbank Quarterly. 2020 Jun 1; 98(2):493-553. [view]
  49. Chanfreau-Coffinier C, Gordon HS, Schweizer CA, Bean-Mayberry BA, Darling JE, Canelo I, Yano EM. Mental Health Screening Results Associated with Women Veterans' Ratings of Provider Communication, Trust, and Care Quality. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2018 Sep 1; 28(5):430-438. [view]
  50. Washington DL, Bird CE, LaMonte MJ, Goldstein KM, Rillamas-Sun E, Stefanick ML, Woods NF, Bastian LA, Gass M, Weitlauf JC. Military Generation and Its Relationship to Mortality in Women Veterans in the Women's Health Initiative. The Gerontologist. 2016 Feb 1; 56 Suppl 1:S126-37. [view]
  51. Dyer KE, Hamilton AB, Yano EM, Moreau JL, Frayne SM, Carney DV, Golden RE, Klap R. Mobilizing embedded research and operations partnerships to address harassment of women Veterans at VA medical facilities. Healthcare (Amsterdam, Netherlands). 2021 Jun 1; 8 Suppl 1:100513. [view]
  52. Lehavot K, Rillamas-Sun E, Weitlauf J, Kimerling R, Wallace RB, Sadler AG, Woods NF, Shipherd JC, Mattocks K, Cirillo DJ, Stefanick ML, Simpson TL. Mortality in Postmenopausal Women by Sexual Orientation and Veteran Status. The Gerontologist. 2016 Feb 1; 56 Suppl 1:S150-62. [view]
  53. Hamilton AB, Schwarz EB, Thomas HN, Goldstein KM. Moving Women Veterans' Health Research Forward: a Special Supplement. Journal of general internal medicine. 2022 Sep 1; 37(Suppl 3):665-667. [view]
  54. Oishi SM, Rose DE, Washington DL, MacGregor C, Bean-Mayberry B, Yano EM. National variations in VA mental health care for women veterans. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2011 Jul 1; 21(4 Suppl):S130-7. [view]
  55. Kimerling R, Pavao J, Wong A. Patient Activation and Mental Health Care Experiences Among Women Veterans. Administration and policy in mental health. 2016 Jul 1; 43(4):506-13. [view]
  56. Kimerling R, Bastian LA, Bean-Mayberry BA, Bucossi MM, Carney DV, Goldstein KM, Phibbs CS, Pomernacki A, Sadler AG, Yano EM, Frayne SM. Patient-centered mental health care for female veterans. Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.). 2015 Feb 1; 66(2):155-62. [view]
  57. Brunner J, Chuang E, Washington DL, Rose DE, Chanfreau-Coffinier C, Darling JE, Canelo IA, Yano EM. Patient-Rated Access to Needed Care: Patient-Centered Medical Home Principles Intertwined. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2018 Mar 1; 28(2):165-171. [view]
  58. Kilbourne AM, Schumacher K, Frayne SM, Cypel Y, Barbaresso MM, Nord KM, Perzhinsky J, Lai Z, Prenovost K, Spiro A, Gleason TC, Kimerling R, Huang GD, Serpi TB, Magruder KM. Physical Health Conditions Among a Population-Based Cohort of Vietnam-Era Women Veterans: Agreement Between Self-Report and Medical Records. Journal of women's health (2002). 2017 Nov 1; 26(11):1244-1251. [view]
  59. Shaw JG, Asch SM, Katon JG, Shaw KA, Kimerling R, Frayne SM, Phibbs CS. Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Antepartum Complications: a Novel Risk Factor for Gestational Diabetes and Preeclampsia. Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology. 2017 May 1; 31(3):185-194. [view]
  60. Lehavot K, O R, Washington DL, Yano EM, Simpson TL. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptom Severity and Socioeconomic Factors Associated with Veterans Health Administration Use among Women Veterans. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2015 Sep 1; 25(5):535-41. [view]
  61. Goldstein KM, Vogt D, Hamilton A, Frayne SM, Gierisch J, Blakeney J, Sadler A, Bean-Mayberry BM, Carney D, DiLeone B, Fox AB, Klap R, Yee E, Romodan Y, Strehlow H, Yosef J, Yano EM. Practice-based research networks add value to evidence-based quality improvement. Healthcare (Amsterdam, Netherlands). 2018 Jun 1; 6(2):128-134. [view]
  62. Klap R, Darling JE, Hamilton AB, Rose DE, Dyer K, Canelo I, Haskell S, Yano EM. Prevalence of Stranger Harassment of Women Veterans at Veterans Affairs Medical Centers and Impacts on Delayed and Missed Care. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2019 Mar 1; 29(2):107-115. [view]
  63. Golden RE, Klap R, Carney DV, Yano EM, Hamilton AB, Taylor SL, Kligler B, Whitehead AM, Saechao F, Zaiko Y, Pomernacki A, Frayne SM, WH-PBRN-CIH Writing Group. Promoting learning health system feedback loops: Experience with a VA practice-based research network card study. Healthcare (Amsterdam, Netherlands). 2021 Jun 1; 8 Suppl 1:100484. [view]
  64. Iverson KM, Hendricks AM, Kimerling R, Krengel M, Meterko M, Stolzmann KL, Baker E, Pogoda TK, Vasterling JJ, Lew HL. Psychiatric diagnoses and neurobehavioral symptom severity among OEF/OIF VA patients with deployment-related traumatic brain injury: a gender comparison. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2011 Jul 1; 21(4 Suppl):S210-7. [view]
  65. Hamilton AB, Finley EP. Qualitative methods in implementation research: An introduction. Psychiatry Research. 2019 Oct 1; 280:112516. [view]
  66. Carter A, Borrero S, Wessel C, Washington DL, Bean-Mayberry B, Corbelli J, VA Women's Health Disparities Research Workgroup. Racial and Ethnic Health Care Disparities Among Women in the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System: A Systematic Review. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2016 Jul 1; 26(4):401-9. [view]
  67. Weitlauf JC, Jones S, Xu X, Finney JW, Moos RH, Sawaya GF, Frayne SM. Receipt of cervical cancer screening in female veterans: impact of posttraumatic stress disorder and depression. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2013 May 1; 23(3):e153-9. [view]
  68. Duan-Porter W, Goldstein KM, McDuffie JR, Hughes JM, Clowse ME, Klap RS, Masilamani V, Allen LaPointe NM, Nagi A, Gierisch JM, Williams JW. Reporting of Sex Effects by Systematic Reviews on Interventions for Depression, Diabetes, and Chronic Pain. Annals of internal medicine. 2016 Aug 2; 165(3):184-93. [view]
  69. Katon JG, Hoggatt KJ, Balasubramanian V, Saechao FS, Frayne SM, Mattocks KM, Feibus KB, Galvan IV, Hickman R, Hayes PM, Haskell SG, Yano EM, Phibbs CS, Zephyrin LC. Reproductive health diagnoses of women veterans using department of Veterans Affairs health care. Medical care. 2015 Apr 1; 53(4 Suppl 1):S63-7. [view]
  70. Katon JG, Rodriguez A, Yano EM, Johnson AM, Frayne SM, Hamilton AB, Miller LJ, Williams K, Zephyrin L, Patton EW. Research Priorities to Support Women Veterans' Reproductive Health and Health Care Within a Learning Health Care System. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2023 Jan 24; 33(3):215-221. [view]
  71. Shaw JG, Joyce VR, Schmitt SK, Frayne SM, Shaw KA, Danielsen B, Kimerling R, Asch SM, Phibbs CS. Selection of Higher Risk Pregnancies into Veterans Health Administration Programs: Discoveries from Linked Department of Veterans Affairs and California Birth Data. Health services research. 2018 Dec 1; 53 Suppl 3:5260-5284. [view]
  72. Bastian LA, Bosworth HB, Washington DL, Yano EM. Setting the stage: Research to inform interventions, practice and policy to improve women veterans' health and health care. Journal of general internal medicine. 2013 Jul 1; 28 Suppl 2:S491-4. [view]
  73. Farmer MM, Stanislawski MA, Plomondon ME, Bean-Mayberry B, Joseph NT, Thompson LE, Zuchowski JL, Daugherty SL, Yano EM, Ho PM. Sex Differences in 1-Year Outcomes After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in the Veterans Health Administration. Journal of women's health (2002). 2017 Oct 1; 26(10):1062-1068. [view]
  74. Rissling MB, Gray KE, Ulmer CS, Martin JL, Zaslavsky O, Gray SL, Hale L, Zeitzer JM, Naughton M, Woods NF, LaCroix A, Calhoun PS, Stefanick M, Weitlauf JC. Sleep Disturbance, Diabetes, and Cardiovascular Disease in Postmenopausal Veteran Women. The Gerontologist. 2016 Feb 1; 56 Suppl 1:S54-66. [view]
  75. Maietta R, Mihas P, Swartout K, Petruzzelli J, Hamilton AB. Sort and Sift, Think and Shift: Let the Data Be Your Guide. An Applied Approach to Working With, Learning From, and Privileging Qualitative Data. The qualitative report : an online journal dedicated to qualitative research since 1990. 2021 Jun 1; 26(6):2045-2060. [view]
  76. Fenwick KM, Potter SJ, Klap R, Dyer KE, Relyea MR, Yano EM, Luger TM, Bergman AA, Chrystal JG, Hamilton AB. Staff and Patient Perspectives on Bystander Intervention Training to Address Patient-Initiated Sexual Harassment in Veterans Affairs Healthcare Settings. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2021 Nov 1; 31(6):576-585. [view]
  77. Galovski TE, Street AE, Creech S, Lehavot K, Kelly UA, Yano EM. State of the Knowledge of VA Military Sexual Trauma Research. Journal of general internal medicine. 2022 Sep 1; 37(Suppl 3):825-832. [view]
  78. Campbell DG, Bonner LM, Bolkan CR, Lanto AB, Zivin K, Waltz TJ, Klap R, Rubenstein LV, Chaney EF. Stigma Predicts Treatment Preferences and Care Engagement Among Veterans Affairs Primary Care Patients with Depression. Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine. 2016 Aug 1; 50(4):533-44. [view]
  79. Zephyrin LC, Katon JG, Yano EM. Strategies for transforming reproductive healthcare delivery in an integrated healthcare system: a national model with system-wide implications. Current opinion in obstetrics & gynecology. 2014 Dec 1; 26(6):503-10. [view]
  80. Cucciare MA, Simpson T, Hoggatt KJ, Gifford E, Timko C. Substance use among women veterans: epidemiology to evidence-based treatment. Journal of addictive diseases. 2013 Jan 1; 32(2):119-39. [view]
  81. Bean-Mayberry B, Yano EM, Washington DL, Goldzweig C, Batuman F, Huang C, Miake-Lye I, Shekelle PG. Systematic review of women veterans' health: update on successes and gaps. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2011 Jul 1; 21(4 Suppl):S84-97. [view]
  82. German RE, Adler A, Frankel SA, Stirman SW, Pinedo P, Evans AC, Beck AT, Creed TA. Testing a Web-Based, Trained-Peer Model to Build Capacity for Evidence-Based Practices in Community Mental Health Systems. Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.). 2018 Mar 1; 69(3):286-292. [view]
  83. Breland JY, Phibbs CS, Hoggatt KJ, Washington DL, Lee J, Haskell S, Uchendu US, Saechao FS, Zephyrin LC, Frayne SM. The Obesity Epidemic in the Veterans Health Administration: Prevalence Among Key Populations of Women and Men Veterans. Journal of general internal medicine. 2017 Apr 1; 32(Suppl 1):11-17. [view]
  84. Brunner J, Rose DE, Chuang E, Canelo I, Yano EM. The role of healthcare system hassles in delaying or forgoing care. Healthcare (Amsterdam, Netherlands). 2020 Jun 1; 8(2):100411. [view]
  85. Reddy SM, Rose DE, Burgess JF, Charns MP, Yano EM. The Role of Organizational Factors in the Provision of Comprehensive Women's Health in the Veterans Health Administration. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2016 Nov 1; 26(6):648-655. [view]
  86. Shelton RC, Cooper BR, Stirman SW. The Sustainability of Evidence-Based Interventions and Practices in Public Health and Health Care. Annual review of public health. 2018 Apr 1; 39:55-76. [view]
  87. Moreau JL, Cordasco KM, Young AS, Oishi SM, Rose DE, Canelo I, Yano EM, Haskell SG, Hamilton AB. The Use of Telemental Health to Meet the Mental Health Needs of Women Using Department of Veterans Affairs Services. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2018 Mar 1; 28(2):181-187. [view]
  88. Frayne SM, Carney DV, Bastian L, Bean-Mayberry B, Sadler A, Klap R, Phibbs CS, Kimerling R, Vogt D, Yee EF, Lin JY, Yano EM. The VA Women's Health Practice-Based Research Network: amplifying women veterans' voices in VA research. Journal of general internal medicine. 2013 Jul 1; 28 Suppl 2:S504-9. [view]
  89. Washington DL, Gray K, Hoerster KD, Katon JG, Cochrane BB, LaMonte MJ, Weitlauf JC, Groessl E, Bastian L, Vitolins MZ, Tinker L. Trajectories in Physical Activity and Sedentary Time Among Women Veterans in the Women's Health Initiative. The Gerontologist. 2016 Feb 1; 56 Suppl 1:S27-39. [view]
  90. Yano EM, Bastian LA, Bean-Mayberry B, Eisen S, Frayne S, Hayes P, Klap R, Lipson L, Mattocks K, McGlynn G, Sadler A, Schnurr P, Washington DL. Using research to transform care for women veterans: advancing the research agenda and enhancing research-clinical partnerships. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2011 Jul 1; 21(4 Suppl):S73-83. [view]
  91. Thompson R, Simiola V, Schnurr PP, Stirman SW, Cook JM. VA residential treatment providers' use of two evidence-based psychotherapies for PTSD: Global endorsement versus specific components. Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy. 2018 Mar 1; 10(2):131-139. [view]
  92. Katon JG, Gray KE, Gerber MR, Harrington LB, Woods NF, Weitlauf JC, Bean-Mayberry B, Goldstein KM, Hunt JR, Katon WJ, Haskell SG, McCutcheon SJ, Gass ML, Gibson CJ, Zephyrin LC. Vasomotor Symptoms and Quality of Life Among Veteran and Non-Veteran Postmenopausal Women. The Gerontologist. 2016 Feb 1; 56 Suppl 1:S40-53. [view]
  93. Weitlauf JC, Washington DL, Stefanick ML. Who Are the Women Veterans in the Women's Health Initiative? The Gerontologist. 2016 Feb 1; 56 Suppl 1:S6-9. [view]
  94. Chrystal JG, Frayne S, Dyer KE, Moreau JL, Gammage CE, Saechao F, Berg E, Washington DL, Yano EM, Hamilton AB. Women Veterans' Attrition from the VA Health Care System. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2021 Dec 28; 32(2):182-193. [view]
  95. Fenwick KM, Golden RE, Frayne SM, Hamilton AB, Yano EM, Carney DV, Klap R, VA Women's Health Practice-Based Research Network Stranger Harassment Veteran Feedback Project Collaborators. Women Veterans' Experiences of Harassment and Perceptions of Veterans Affairs Health Care Settings During a National Anti-Harassment Campaign. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2021 Jul 5; 31(6):567-575. [view]
  96. Sheahan KL, Goldstein KM, Than CT, Bean-Mayberry B, Chanfreau CC, Gerber MR, Rose DE, Brunner J, Canelo IA, Darling Mshs JE, Haskell S, Hamilton AB, Yano EM. Women Veterans' Healthcare Needs, Utilization, and Preferences in Veterans Affairs Primary Care Settings. Journal of general internal medicine. 2022 Sep 1; 37(Suppl 3):791-798. [view]
  97. Moreau JL, Dyer KE, Hamilton AB, Golden RE, Combs AS, Carney DV, Frayne SM, Yano EM, Klap R, VA Women's Health Practice-Based Research Network. Women Veterans' Perspectives on How to Make Veterans Affairs Healthcare Settings More Welcoming to Women. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2020 Jul 1; 30(4):299-305. [view]
  98. Davis TD, Campbell DG, Bonner LM, Bolkan CR, Lanto A, Chaney EF, Waltz T, Zivin K, Yano EM, Rubenstein LV. Women Veterans with Depression in Veterans Health Administration Primary Care: An Assessment of Needs and Preferences. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2016 Nov 1; 26(6):656-666. [view]
Journal Other

  1. Yano EM, Tomoyasu N. Accelerating Generation and Impacts of Research Evidence to Improve Women Veterans' Health and Health Care. [Editorial]. Journal of general internal medicine. 2022 Sep 1; 37(Suppl 3):668-670. [view]
  2. Charns MP, Egede LE, Rumsfeld JS, McGlynn GC, Yano EM. Advancing partnered research in the VA healthcare system: the pursuit of increased research engagement, responsiveness, and impact. [Editorial]. Journal of general internal medicine. 2014 Dec 1; 29 Suppl 4:811-3. [view]
Books

  1. Dolor RJ, Patel MR, Melloni C, Chatterjee R, McBroom AJ, Musty MD, Wing L, Coeytaux RR, Ross AK, Bastian LA, Anderson M, Kosinski AS, Sanders GD. Noninvasive Technologies for the Diagnosis of Coronary Artery Disease in Women. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2012. [view]
Online News Media Articles

  1. Dennison LM, Hoffmire CA, Yano EM. The Gender Gap in Suicide Rates is Narrowing in the United States. AcademyHealth Blog Post [Internet]. 2019 Nov 11. Available from: https://www.academyhealth.org/blog/2019-11/gender-gap-suicide-rates-narrowing-united-states. [view]
  2. Yano EM. VA researchers, clinicians and policymakers partner to help women Veterans. VAntage Point: Official Blog of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs [Internet]. 2015 Apr 7. Available from: http://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/18744/va-researchers-clinicians-and-policymakers-partner-to-help-women-veterans/. [view]
Reports

  1. Myers ER, Aubuchon-Endsley N, Bastian LA, Gierisch JM, Kemper AR, Swamy GK, Wald MF, McBroom AJ, Lallinger KR, Gray RN, Green C, Sanders GD. Efficacy and Safety of Screening for Postpartum Depression. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2013 Apr 1. Report No.: 13-EHC064-EF. [view]
  2. Batuman F, Bean-Mayberry B, Goldzweig C, Huang C, Miake-Lye IM, Washington DL, Yano EM, Zephyrin LC, Shekelle PG. Health Effects of Military Service on Women Veterans. 2011 May 1. [view]
  3. Duan-Porter W, Goldstein K, McDuffie J, Clowse M, Hughes JM, Klap R, Masilamani V, Allen LaPointe NM, Williams JW. Mapping the Evidence: Sex Effects in High-Impact Conditions for Women Veterans - Depression, Diabetes, and Chronic Pain. Washington (DC): Department of Veterans Affairs (US); 2015 Sep 1. 93 p. [view]
  4. Frayne SM, Phibbs CS, Friedman SA, Saechao F, Berg E, Balasubramanian V, Bi X, Iqbal S, Mattocks K, Haskell S, Zephyrin L, Whitehead E, Hayes PM. Sourcebook, women veterans in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Volume 2. Sociodemographics and Use of VHA and Non-VA Care (Fee). Washington, DC: Women Veterans Health Strategic Health Care Group, Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs; 2012 Oct 1. 72 p. [view]
  5. Katon JG, Tartaglione V, Eleazer JR, Frayne SM, Haeger KO, Schule AK, Luo S, Offer C, Phibbs CS, Rose DE, Saechao F, Shankar M, Shaw J, Vinekar KS, Yano EM, Christy AY, Johnson AM. State of Reproductive Health Volume II: VA Reproductive Health Diagnoses and Organization of Care. Washington, DC: Office of Women's Health, Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs; 2023 Jan 1. 1-52 p. [view]
  6. Bean-Mayberry B, Huang C, Batuman F, Goldzweig C, Washington DL, Yano EM, Miake-Lye IM. Systematic Review of Women Veterans Health Research 2004–2008. 2010 Oct 1. [view]
HSR&D or QUERI Publications

  1. Duan-Porter W, Williams JW, McDuffie J, Goldstein K, Hughes J, Clowse M, Klap R, Masilamani V, AllenLaPointe NM. Mapping the Evidence: Sex Effects in High-Impact Conditions for Women Veterans - Depression, Diabetes, and Chronic Pain. 2015 Sep 24;(10/2015). [view]
HSR&D or QUERI Articles

  1. Yano EM. Accelerating VA's Prominence as a Learning Healthcare System Despite Shifting Tides [Perspective]. VA HSR&D Forum. 2018 Sep 1; Summer(2018): 8-9. [view]
  2. Duan-Porter W, McDuffie J, Clowse M, Hughes J, Klap R, Masilamani V, Allen LaPointe NM, Williams Jr JW. Gender Differences in Intervention Effects for High-Impact Conditions among Women Veterans. HSR&D Management eBrief. 2016 Jan 1; 1(105): 1-2. [view]
  3. Yano EM, Hamilton AB. Multilevel Partnerships Drive Implementation and Evaluation Comprehensive Women's Healthcare. QUERI eNews. 2019 Feb 1; February(2019): 1. [view]
Center Products

  1. Yano EM. Improving women Veterans' health care through partnered research. VA HSR&D Service; 2014 Nov 1. Available from: https://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/centers/create/womens_health.cfm. [view]
  2. Goldstein K. PBRN experiences with recruiting women Veterans: Lessons Learned. 2016 Feb 17. [view]
  3. Frayne SM, Phibbs CS, Saechao FS, Friedman SA, Shaw JG, Romodan Y, Berg E, Lee JS, Ananth L, Iqbal S, Hayes PM, Haskell S. Sourcebook: Women Veterans in the Veterans Health Administration. Volume 4: Longitudinal Trends in Sociodemographics, Utilization, Health Profile, and Geographic Distribution. Washington, DC: Women's Health Evaluation Initiative, Women's Health Services, Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs; 2018 Feb 1. 4. [view]
  4. Yano EM, Frayne SM, Hamilton AB, Carney D, Klap RS. VA Women's Health Research Network (WHRN) Executive Summary. 2019 Mar 1. [view]
  5. Carney DV, Frayne SM. Women’s Health Practice-Based Research Network. 2013 May 15. [view]
VA Cyberseminars

  1. Han JK, Ebrahimi R. A Call to Action: Cardiovascular Care in Women Veterans. Spotlight on Women's Health [Cyberseminar]. VA HSR&D. 2019 Jul 30. [view]
  2. Uchendu US, Hoggatt KJ, Frayne S. Advancing Health Equity Through Partnered Evaluation and Action. Focus on Health Equity and Action [Cyberseminar]. HSR&D. 2017 Nov 16. [view]
  3. Haskell S, Yano E, Danan ER. An Evidence Map of the Women Veterans' Health Research Literature (2008 - 2015). ESP (Spotlight on Evidence-based Synthesis Program) [Cyberseminar]. HSR&D. 2017 Feb 13. [view]
  4. Yano EM. Challenges and solutions to forming CREATE partnerships. Partnership Based Research Inside and Outside VA [Cyberseminar]. National VA Quality Scholars Program. 2015 Mar 6. [view]
  5. Yano E. Development of VA HSR&D Career Development Research Plans. Orientation to the CDA program [Cyberseminar]. HSR&D. 2016 May 12. [view]
  6. Chrystal JG, Dichter ME, Hamilton AB. Engaging Women Veterans in Research. Spotlight on Women's Health [Cyberseminar]. VA HSR&D. 2018 Jun 6. [view]
  7. Hamilton AB. Fostering organizational change to promote uptake of evidence-based HIV prevention practices: lessons and tools from quality improvement approaches. [Cyberseminar]. Clinical Directors Network Capacity Building Assistance Learning Collaborative. 2018 Mar 16. [view]
  8. Yano E. How to Plan and Develop a VA HSR&D Career Development Application. Orientation to the CDA program; Spotlight on Women's Health [Cyberseminar]. HSR&D. 2016 Feb 11. [view]
  9. Hamilton AB. Implementation Science 101. Spotlight on Women's Health [Cyberseminar]. HSR&D. 2015 Jul 20. [view]
  10. Brunner JW, Hamilton AB, Khan HT. Implementing Web-Based Interventions at VA: Case Studies in Diabetes Prevention and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Women Veterans. Spotlight on Women's Health; Using Data & Information Systems in Partnered Research [Cyberseminar]. HSR&D. 2018 May 22. [view]
  11. Frayne S, Lipson L, Bastian L, Phibbs C, Yano EM. Improving care for women Veterans: Moving from observational to interventional and implementation research. [Cyberseminar]. 2010 Nov 2. [view]
  12. Yano E, Frayne SM. Integrating Women Veterans into VA Research: What Researchers Need to Know. HSR&D Spotlight on Women's Health Cyberseminar Series. Spotlight on Women's Health [Cyberseminar]. HSR&D. 2011 Oct 4. [view]
  13. Yano EM. Introducing the VA Women's Health Research Consortium. Spotlight on Women's Health [Cyberseminar]. HSR&D. 2011 Apr 28. [view]
  14. Yano EM. Introduction to Navigating Local Relationships for PBRN Site Leads (Part 1). National VA HSR&D Women's Health Practice Based Research Network (WH-PBRN) [Cyberseminar]. HSR&D. 2014 Feb 20. [view]
  15. Yano EM. Introduction to Navigating Local Relationships for PBRN Site Leads (Part 1). [Cyberseminar]. VA Women's Health PBRN National Site Leads. 2016 Mar 16. [view]
  16. Yano EM. Introduction to Navigating Local Relationships for PBRN Site Leads (Part 2). National VA HSR&D Women's Health Practice Based Research Network (WH-PBRN) Cyberseminar [Cyberseminar]. HSR&D. 2014 Apr 16. [view]
  17. Yano EM. Introduction to Navigating Local Relationships for PBRN Site Leads (Part 2). [Cyberseminar]. VA Women's Health PBRN National Site Leads. 2016 May 18. [view]
  18. Duan-Porter W, Goldstein K, Williams JW, Yano EM. Mapping the evidence: Sex & Gender Differences in Treatments for Depression, Diabetes & Chronic Pain. Spotlight on Evidence-based Synthesis Program & Women's Health [Cyberseminar]. VA Office of R&D and HSR&D. 2015 Dec 9. [view]
  19. Hamilton AB, True J. Measuring processes and impacts of Veteran engagement in research. Veteran Engagement Initiative in VA Research [Cyberseminar]. HSR&D. 2016 May 17. [view]
  20. Yano EM, Frayne S, Strauss J, Sadler A. Overview of VA Women's Health Research. Research Breakout Session on Women Veterans Health Research in VA [Cyberseminar]. National Women Veterans Summit. 2017 Nov 9. [view]
  21. Yano E, Klap R. Prevalence, Implications and Efforts to Address Stranger Harassment on VA Grounds. Spotlight on Women's Health [Cyberseminar]. HSR&D. 2017 Sep 19. [view]
  22. Yano E. Putting it All Together: Designing and Packaging the CDA Application as a Whole. Orientation to the CDA program; Spotlight on Women's Health [Cyberseminar]. HSR&D. 2016 Jun 9. [view]
  23. Hamilton AB. Qualitative Grant Writing. Spotlight on Women's Health [Cyberseminar]. HSR&D. 2015 Apr 9. [view]
  24. Yano EM, Hamilton AB. Quality improvement (QI) basics: Leveraging evidence and local experience to design and conduct women's health QI projects. [Cyberseminar]. National VA Women's Health Field Leaders' Webinar Series. 2017 Apr 12. [view]
  25. Bean-Mayberry BA, Damschroder L, Goldstein K, Haskell S, Lutes L, Maher N, Moin T. Research Update on Cardiovascular Health in Women Veterans: Identifying and Managing Risk Factors. Spotlight on Women's Health [Cyberseminar]. HSR&D. 2018 Jan 10. [view]
  26. Yano E. Strategies for the Development of Career Plans for CDA Applicants. Orientation to the CDA program; Spotlight on Women's Health [Cyberseminar]. HSR&D. 2016 Mar 10. [view]
  27. Yano E. Strategies for the Development of Mentoring Plans for CDA Applicants. Orientation to the CDA program; Spotlight on Women's Health [Cyberseminar]. HSR&D. 2016 Apr 14. [view]
  28. Hamilton AB, Finley EP. The Importance of Stakeholder Education in Implementation Research: Examples from VA Women's Health Research. Spotlight on Women's Health [Cyberseminar]. VA Women's Health Research Network. 2016 Oct 12. [view]
  29. Yano EM, Frayne S, Hamilton AB. VA Women's Health Research Network: Accelerating Research Impacts and Advancing Learning Healthcare System Principles. Spotlight on Women's Health [Cyberseminar]. VA HSR&D. 2018 Nov 5. [view]
  30. Hamilton AB. Veteran engagement at the project level. Veteran Engagement Initiative in VA Research [Cyberseminar]. HSR&D. 2016 Mar 17. [view]
  31. Hamilton AB. What is Grounded Theory, Anyway? (Redux). Spotlight on Women's Health [Cyberseminar]. HSR&D. 2014 Sep 10. [view]
  32. Hamilton AB. What is Grounded Theory, Anyway? An overview with examples from qualitative research on women Veterans. Spotlight on Women's Health [Cyberseminar]. HSR&D. 2011 Apr 28. [view]
  33. Yano EM. What progress have we made on the VA women's health services research agenda? Spotlight on Women's Health [Cyberseminar]. HSR&D. 2013 Apr 3. [view]
  34. Frayne SM, Carney DV, Yano EM, Klap RS. WH-PBRN Site Leads Orientation. [Cyberseminar]. VA Women's Health PBRN National Site Leads. 2015 Sep 9. [view]
  35. Street AE, Vogt DS. Women at War: Gender Differences in War-Zone Stressors and Postdeployment Mental Health among U.S. OEF/OIF Veterans. [Cyberseminar]. 2011 Nov 10. [view]
  36. Frayne SM. Women Veteran VHA patients: Sourcebook Volume 1; Invited LiveMeeting presentation to National Women Veterans Program Managers & Women’s Health Medical Directors. [Cyberseminar]. 2012 Feb 13. [view]
  37. Hamilton A, Maisel N, Oishi S, Klap R, Balasubramanian V, Yano E, Frayne SM. Women Veterans Are Complex: What Does That Mean? VA Women's Mental Health Teleconference Series. [Cyberseminar]. 2014 Nov 13. [view]
  38. Yano EM, Klap R. Women Veterans' experiences with public harassment on VA grounds. [Cyberseminar]. National VA HSR&D Women's Health Practice Based Research Network. 2016 Oct 19. [view]
Government Briefings

  1. Yano EM. Advances in VA Women Veterans' Research: Briefing before the Advisory Committee for Women Veterans; 2018 Dec 19; Washington, DC. [view]
  2. Yano EM. Advances in VA Women Veterans' Research: Briefing before the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Advisory Committee on Women Veterans; 2021 Apr 27; Virtual. [view]
  3. Yano EM. Advances in Women Veterans Research: Briefing before the National Association of State Women Veteran Coordinators; 2018 Jun 25; Alexandria, VA. [view]
  4. Yano EM, Galovski T, Street A, Kelly U, Creech S, Lehavot K. Overview of the State of Knowledge: VA Military Sexual Trauma Research: Briefing before the Independent Review Commission on Sexual Assault in the Military; 2021 Apr 28; Virtual. [view]
  5. Klap RS, Golden R. Preliminary Findings from Wave 1 of the WH-PBRN Stranger Harassment Veteran Feedback Project: Briefing before the VA Care Management and Social Work Services (CM/SWS): Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Assistance Program; 2018 Apr 24; North Hills, CA. [view]
  6. Klap RS, Golden R. Preliminary Findings from Wave 1 of the WH-PBRN Stranger Harassment Veteran Feedback Project (National Call): Briefing before the National End Harassment Workgroup; 2018 Feb 2; North Hills, CA. [view]
  7. Klap RS, Golden R. Preliminary Findings from Wave 1 of the WH-PBRN Stranger Harassment Veteran Feedback Project (National Call): Briefing before the National Women Veterans Program Managers/Women Veteran Medical Directors (WVPM/WVMD), VA Women's Health Services; 2018 Apr 19; North Hills, CA. [view]
  8. Hayes P, Yano EM. Resilience and Coping: Mental Health of Women Veterans: Briefing before the US House of Representatives Veteran Affairs Subcommittee on Health and Women Veterans Task Force Virtual Round Table; 2020 May 19; Washington, DC. [view]
  9. Yano EM, Washington DL. Trends and Opportunities in Interdisciplinary Research Regarding Women Veterans: Briefing before the Congressional Task Force on Women Veterans and Representative Julia Brownley; 2019 Oct 17; Washington, DC. [view]
  10. Yano EM. VA Research Day on the Hill: Briefing before the members and staffers of the US Congress; 2018 Jun 19; Washington, DC. [view]
  11. Yano EM. VA Research Day on the Hill: Women Veterans' Experiences with Harassment at the VA: Briefing before the members and staffers of the US Congress; 2019 Jun 20; Washington, DC. [view]
  12. Yano EM, Frayne SM. VA Women's Health Research Network: Partnering to expand the evidence base for women Veterans' health care: Briefing before the Hines VA Medical Center; 2016 Sep 14; Chicago, IL. [view]
  13. Yano EM. VA's Research Efforts on Women Veterans. Panelist Briefing at Capitol Hill Lunch and Learn Event on Women Veterans. In Response to "Women Veterans: The Journey Ahead," a Report from Disabled American Veterans (DAV): Briefing before the members and staffers of the US Congress; 2018 Sep 12; Capitol Hill Visitor Center, Washington DC. [view]
  14. Yano EM, Dyer KE, Relyea M, Hamilton AB, Klap RS. Veteran Harassment of Women Veterans, Providers and Staff: Briefing before the VHA National Chiefs of Staff; 2020 Feb 28; Washington, DC. [view]
  15. Haskell S, Yano EM. Veterans Health Research: A Focus on Women: Briefing before the US Congress; 2016 Feb 22; Washington, DC. [view]
  16. Yano EM. Women Veterans Research: Briefing before the VA Advisory Committee on Women Veterans; 2018 May 9; Washington, DC. [view]
  17. Yano EM. Women Veterans' Research and Interventions to Improve Care: Briefing before the Congresswoman Julia Brownley (D-CA-26th); 2019 Mar 1; Thousand Oaks, CA. [view]
Conference Presentations

  1. Oishi S, Hamilton A, Klap RS, Canelo IA, Chow B, Yano EM. Beyond Mammograms and Pap Smears: What is Gender-Sensitive Patient-Centered Care? Poster session presented at: VA HSR&D / QUERI National Meeting; 2012 Jul 16; National Harbor, MD. [view]
  2. Klap RS, Hamilton A, Oishi S, Carney D, Yano EM, Frayne S, Frayne SM. Building Research-Clinical Partnerships from the Ground Up: Frontline Perspectives on VA Research. Poster session presented at: VA HSR&D Enhancing Partnerships for Research and Care of Women Veterans Conference; 2014 Jul 30; Arlington, VA. [view]
  3. Goldstein K. Caring for Women Veterans through Research and Collaboration: VA Women's Practice Based Research Network. Poster session presented at: VA Durham VAMC Annual Research Week; 2013 May 15; Durham, NC. [view]
  4. Whealin JM, Bozik-Lyman SC, Nelson DD, Stotzer RL, Vogt D, Pietrzak RH, Southwick S. Community, institutional, and individual issues and access to care among rural and urban Veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom/Iraqi Freedom/New Dawn. Paper presented at: VA HSR&D / QUERI National Meeting; 2012 Jul 16; National Harbor, MD. [view]
  5. Pomernacki A, Carney DV, Kimerling R, Bastian L, Bean-Mayberry B, Blakeney J, Strehlow H, Goldstein K, Martin B, Sadler A, Yano EM, Yosef J, Frayne SM. Conducting the First VA Women’s Health Practice-Based Research Network Study: Lessons from the Field. Presented at: VA HSR&D Enhancing Partnerships for Research and Care of Women Veterans Conference; 2014 Aug 1; Arlington, VA. [view]
  6. Goldstein KM, Vogt D, Frayne S, Gierisch JM, Blakeney J, Sadler A, Bean-Mayberry B, Carney D, DiLeone B, Yano E. Do Practice Based Research Networks add value to VA implementation research? Poster session presented at: VA HSR&D / QUERI National Meeting; 2015 Jul 9; Philadelphia, PA. [view]
  7. Zickmund SL, Helfand M, Hamilton AB, Ho PM, Tanaka M. Engaging Veterans across the research continuum [workshop]. Presented at: VA HSR&D / QUERI National Meeting; 2015 Jul 9; Philadelphia, PA. [view]
  8. Vogt D, Fox AB, Hamilton AB, Bean-Mayberry BA, Blakeney J, Carney D, DiLeone B, Gierisch JM, Goldstein KM, Pomernacki A, Romodan Y, Sadler A, Yano EM, Strehlow H, Wiltsey-Stirman S, Yee E, Yosef JA, Frayne SM. Enhancing gender sensitivity and knowledge among VA health care employees: An evidence based quality improvement approach. Poster session presented at: VA HSR&D Enhancing Partnerships for Research and Care of Women Veterans Conference; 2014 Jul 31; Arlington, VA. [view]
  9. Kimerling R, Bucossi MM, Phibbs CS, Frayne SM. Enhancing patient centered behavioral health care for women Veterans: Priorities and preferences for gender specific services. Presented at: AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting; 2013 Jun 23; Baltimore, MD. [view]
  10. Williams JW, Duan-Porter W, Hughes JM, Goldstein K, Klap RS, McDuffie J, Gierisch JM, Clowse M, Allen N. Evidence Mapping - Do Systematic Reviews Report the Inclusion of Women and Sex as a Moderator of Intervention Effects? Poster session presented at: VA HSR&D / QUERI National Meeting; 2015 Jul 9; Philadelphia, PA. [view]
  11. Goldstein K, Frayne S, Gierisch JM, Blakeney J, Yano E, Sadler A, Bean-Mayberry B, Carney D, DiLeone B, Fox-Galais A, Klap R, Hamilton A, Yee E, Vogt D. Evidence-based Quality Improvement in a VA Women's Health Practice Based Research Network. Poster session presented at: Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting; 2015 Apr 23; Toronto, Canada. [view]
  12. Carney DV, Yano EM, Klap RS, Bastian LA, Bean-Mayberry BA, Sadler A, Pomernacki A, Phibbs C, Saechao F, Balasubramanian V, Romodan Y, Frayne SM. Expanding the VA Women’s Health Practice-Based Research Network: Increasing capacity for equitable representation in VA research. Poster session presented at: North American Primary Research Group Practice-Based Research Network Conference; 2014 Jun 30; Bethesda, MD. [view]
  13. Carney DV, Frayne SM, Klap R, Bastian L, Bean-Mayberry B, Sadler AG, Pomernacki A, Phibbs CS, Saechao F, Balasubramanian V, Romodan Y, Yano EM. Expanding the VA Women's Health Practice-Based Research Network: Increasing Capacity for Equitable Representation of Women in VA Research. Poster session presented at: North American Primary Research Group Practice-Based Research Network Conference; 2016 Jul 11; Bethesda, MD. [view]
  14. Goldstein K, Melnyk SD, Zullig LL, Stechuchak KM, Oddone EZ, Bastian L, Rakley S, Olsen MK, Bosworth HB. Gender and Racial Differences in Control of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Among Veterans. Poster session presented at: Society of General Internal Medicine Midwest Regional Annual Meeting; 2014 Apr 23; San Diego, CA. [view]
  15. Goldstein K, Melnyk SD, Zullig LL, Stechuchak KM, Oddone EZ, Bastian L, Rakley S, Olsen MK, Bosworth HB. Gender and Racial Differences in Control of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors among Veterans. Poster session presented at: VA Durham VAMC Annual Research Week; 2014 May 13; Durham, NC. [view]
  16. Goldstein K, Stechuchak KM, Zullig LL, Oddone EZ, Olsen MK, McCant FA, Batch B, Bosworth HB. Gender differences in satisfaction and confidence in lipid control among high risk Veterans. Poster session presented at: VA HSR&D / QUERI National Meeting; 2015 Jul 9; Philadelphia, PA. [view]
  17. Yano E, Frayne SM, Hamilton A, Haskell S, Kilbourne A. How Do We Accelerate Women’s Health Research Implementation and Impacts? Invited Plenary Panel, Atkins D, moderator. Presented at: VA HSR&D Enhancing Partnerships for Research and Care of Women Veterans Conference; 2014 Jul 30; Arlington, VA. [view]
  18. Vogt D, Fox AB, Bean-Mayberry B, Carney D, Di Leone B, Gierisch J, Goldstein K, Hamilton AB, Sadler A, Wiltsey-Stirman S, Yano EM, Yee EF, Frayne SM. Implementation of a Gender Sensitivity Training for VHA Employees using an EBQI Approach. Poster session presented at: VA HSR&D Enhancing Partnerships for Research and Care of Women Veterans Conference; 2014 Jul 31; Arlington, VA. [view]
  19. Yee EF, Frayne SM, Carney DV, DiLeone B, Yano EM, Bastian LA, Bean-Mayberry BA, Sadler AG, Goldstein K, Pomernacki A, Romoday Y, Klap R, Strehlow H, Martin B, Blakeney J, Gierisch J, Yosef J, Vogt D. Implementing training in a practice based research network: An expert panel "makes the medicine (training) go down.". Paper presented at: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Practice-Based Research Network Annual Meeting; 2016 Jul 11; Bethesda, MD. [view]
  20. Frayne SM, Eisen S, Bastian L, Phibbs CS, Yano E. Improving care for women Veterans: how to move from observational to interventional and implementation research. Presented at: VA HSR&D Field-Based Women's Health Meeting; 2010 Jul 14; Washington, DC. [view]
  21. Klap R, Yano EM. Inclusion of women Veterans in VA funded studies: What can we learn from ClinicalTrials.gov data? Poster session presented at: AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting; 2016 Jun 27; Boston, MA. [view]
  22. Duan-Porter W, Goldstein K, McDuffie J, Hughes J, Clowse ME, Klap RS, Masilamani V, LaPointe NA, Nagi A, Gierisch JM, Williams JW. Mapping the Evidence: Intervention Sex Effects for Depression, Diabetes, and Chronic Pain. Poster session presented at: Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting; 2016 May 15; Hollywood, FL. [view]
  23. Hamilton A, Maisel N, Oishi S, Klap R, Balasubramanian V, Yano E, Frayne SM. Mental health needs and conditions among women Veterans receiving Veterans Health Administration health care. Presented at: VA HSR&D Enhancing Partnerships for Research and Care of Women Veterans Conference; 2014 Jul 31; Arlington, VA. [view]
  24. Frayne SM, Phibbs CS, Berg E, Friedman SA, Yano EM, Washington DL, Saechao FS, Finlay AK, Hoggatt K, Hamilton AB. One foot in the door and one foot out: Attrition among women community care users who have recently joined the VA. VA National Meeting: Examining the New Landscape of Care in the Community for Veterans. Paper presented at: VA HSR&D Field-Based Examining the New Landscape of Care in the Community for Veterans Meeting; 2016 Aug 8; Arlington, VA. [view]
  25. Yee EF, Frayne SM, Yano S, Haskell S, Freund K. Partnerships to Enhance Women’s Health Research. Presented at: Society of General Internal Medicine Annual Meeting; 2013 Apr 25; Denver, CO. [view]
  26. Sadler AG. Patterns of VA and Non-VA Care for Gender-Specific Conditions among Women Veterans Returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Paper presented at: Trauma Spectrum Disorders Annual Conference; 2011 Dec 9; Bethesda, MD. [view]
  27. Hamilton AB, Maisel NC, Oishi SM, Yano EM, Klap RS, Balasubramanian V, Saechao F, Frayne SM. Perceived and objective mental health complexity among women in VA primary care. Paper presented at: VA HSR&D / QUERI National Meeting; 2015 Jul 8; Philadelphia, PA. [view]
  28. Goldstein K, Vogt D, Hamilton A, Frayne S, Gierisch JM, Blakeney J, Sadler A, Bean-Mayberry BM, Carney D, DiLeone B, Fox-Galalis A, Klap R, Yee E, Romodan Y, Strehlow H, Yosef J, Yano EM. Practice-Based Research Networks Add Value to Evidence-Based Quality Improvement. Presented at: North American Primary Care Research Group Annual Meeting; 2016 Jul 11; Bethesda, MD. [view]
  29. Katon J, Cypel Y, Mubashra R, Zephyrin L, Yano EM, Reiber GE, Barth S, Schneiderman A. Select adverse pregnancy outcomes among women Veterans deployed in service of Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom. Paper presented at: VA HSR&D / QUERI National Meeting; 2015 Jul 8; Philadelphia, PA. [view]
  30. Frayne SM, Haskell S, Washington DL, Kimerling R, Katzburg J. Taking action: Responding to health care needs of women Veterans. Presented at: American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Exposition; 2012 Oct 27; San Francisco, CA. [view]
  31. Berg E, Laungani K, Friedman SA, Phibbs CS, Herrera L, Hayes PM, Frayne SM. The Decade in Review: Trends in Outpatient Utilization among Women Veterans. Poster session presented at: VA HSR&D National Meeting; 2011 Feb 11; National Harbor, MD. [view]
  32. Yee EF, DiLeone B, Yano EM, Frayne SM, Bean-Mayberry B, Sadler A, Bastian L, Carney DV, Vogt D. Use of Implementation Science Principles to Implement a Gender Sensitivity Curriculum in a Practice Based Research Network. Poster session presented at: VA HSR&D / QUERI National Meeting; 2012 Jul 16; National Harbor, MD. [view]
  33. Yee EF, DiLeone B, Yano EM, Frayne SM, Bean-Mayberry B, Sadler A, Bastian L, Carney DV, Klap R, Pomernacki A, Blakeney J, Erschens H, Barrett T, Vogt D. Use of Implementation Science Principles to Implement a Gender Sensitivity Curriculum in a VA Practice Based Research Network. Poster session presented at: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Practice-Based Research Network Annual Meeting; 2012 Jun 22; Bethesda, MD. [view]
  34. Cordasco KM, Zephyrin L, Huynh A, Lau-Herzberg A, Yano EM. VA emergency services for women stakeholder interviews. Paper presented at: VA HSR&D Enhancing Partnerships for Research and Care of Women Veterans Conference; 2014 Jul 31; Arlington, VA. [view]
  35. Yano EY, Frayne SM. VA Women’s Health Research Consortium/Practice-Based Research Network. Poster session presented at: VA HSR&D Field-Based Women's Health Meeting; 2010 Jul 1; Arlington, VA. [view]
  36. Washington DL, Hamilton AB, Cordasco KM. Vulnerability for Healthcare Communication Gaps for Users of VA Purchased Care: Implications for the Veterans Choice Act. Poster session presented at: VA HSR&D / QUERI National Meeting; 2015 Jul 8; Philadelphia, PA. [view]
  37. Hamilton AB. What Should Engagement Look Like? How Can It Be Measured? Paper presented at: VA HSR&D Field-Based Meeting to Engage Diverse Stakeholders and Operational Partners in Advancing Health Equity in the VA Healthcare System; 2016 Sep 27; Boston, MA. [view]
  38. Bergman AA, Hamilton AB, Frankel RM, Yano EM. Women Veterans’ experiences and preferences with VA primary care: A qualitative study. Poster session presented at: VA HSR&D Enhancing Partnerships for Research and Care of Women Veterans Conference; 2014 Jul 31; Arlington, VA. [view]


DRA: Substance Use Disorders, Health Systems
DRE: Treatment - Observational, Research Infrastructure
Keywords: Gender Differences, Organizational Structure, Patient Preferences, Quality of Care
MeSH Terms: none

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