• Carlson GC, Kelly MR, Erickson AJ, Saldana K, Gomez G, Carlson KJ, Lee D, Pigeon WR, McCarthy E, DeViva JC, McGowan SK, Josephson KR, Alessi CA, Yano EM, Martin JL, Hamilton AB. Trauma-Informed Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia in Women Veterans: An Intervention Development Study. Cognitive and behavioral practice. 2026 May 1; 33(2):417-430, DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpra.2025.03.002.
• Clair K, Fletcher EH, Oishi A, Schweizer CA, Jackson L, Chanfreau C, Finley EP, Hamilton A, Moin T, Farmer MM, Bean-Mayberry B. "It's Just a Matter of Doing It": Women Veterans' Experiences with Changing Behavior for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction. Journal of general internal medicine. 2026 Apr 20 DOI: 10.1007/s11606-026-10306-9.
• Sadler AG, Cook BL, Mecham B, Hamilton AB, Mengeling MA, Torner JC, Vander Weg M, Heeren A, Fuhrmeister L, Smith JL. Addressing Firearm Suicide Risk Reduction with an Online Patient Decision Aid Tailored to Women Veterans. Journal of women''s health (2002). 2026 Mar 19; 15409996261434153, DOI: 10.1177/15409996261434153.
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• Attrition from VA Care Much Lower for New Women Patients Receiving Primary Care from a Women’s Health Provider
  Data suggest women new to VA are more likely than established patients to stop using VA care. This study assessed whether receiving care from a women’s health primary care provider (PCP) was associated with lower risk of attrition among new women VA primary care patients. Findings showed that among women Veterans new to VA, attrition rates were much lower among women who saw a women’s health PCP c...
  
  Date: March 18, 2026
• Women Veterans with PTSD More Likely Than Men to Receive Guideline Discordant Medication
  This study examined potential confounders in incident prescribing of guideline discordant medications (GDM) in Veterans with PTSD. Findings showed that women Veterans with PTSD were 67% more likely than men to initiate a GDM, where more than half of this effect was explained by bipolar disorder diagnosis, age, and the number of distinct psychiatric medications prescribed in the prior year. After a...
  
  Date: June 5, 2024
• Women Veterans More Likely to Have Chronic Overlapping Pain Conditions and Higher Pain Interference and Intensity
  This study examined gender differences in chronic pain and its contributors. Findings showed that, compared to men, women Veterans were more likely to have chronic overlapping pain conditions and had higher levels of pain interference and intensity. Women had higher prevalence of psychiatric and sleep disorder diagnoses, greater levels of depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, fatigu...
  
  Date: February 12, 2024
• Research Priorities for Women Veterans’ Reproductive Health
  Held in September 2021, The National VA Reproductive Health Research Conference provided a unique opportunity to survey the current state of knowledge on women Veterans’ reproductive health and to discuss and identify research priorities that will support optimizing VA reproductive healthcare in the context of a Learning Healthcare System. Priorities highlight the need for reproductive health rese...
  
  Date: January 24, 2023
• Male and Female Veterans Differ in Attitudes to Referral to VA Care after Calling the Veterans Crisis Line
  This study described Suicide Prevention Coordinator (SPC) referral outcomes for Veterans who contacted the Veterans Crisis Line (VCL) with active thoughts of suicide during calendar years 2018–2019. Reasons given for declining SPC referral suggest that concerns about or discomfort with VA care were a key concern, particularly among women Veterans. Women had a higher rate of declining SPC referrals...
  
  Date: January 1, 2023

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An Evidence Map of the Women Veterans' Health Literature (2016-2023) (10-09-2024)

Evidence Map - An Evidence Map of the Women Veterans’ Health Literature (2016-2023) (09-03-2024)

"Something Has to Be Done to Make Women Feel Safe": Women Veterans' Recommendations for Strengthening the Veterans Crisis Line (08-30-2024)

Veterans Crisis Line Gender Findings: Qualitative Interviews with Women Veterans (11-01-2022)

Reasons Why Women Veterans Leave or Stay in VA Healthcare (05-06-2022)

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Videos

• Qualitative Research and Women Veterans 01/15/20

Podcasts

• Evaluating the Expansion of 12-Month Contraceptive Supply for Women Veterans 01/28/2025
• Newly-separated Women Veterans' Use of VA and Community Care 08/03/2020
• Women Veterans' Experiences in Obtaining VA Mental Health 07/20/2020

Other Resources

• Visit VA's Office of Research and Development's Women's Health Research Program Page to learn more about research milestones.
• Visit the Office of Research and Development’s women’s health topic page.
• Visit VA's Center for Women Veterans website.