• Lumsden RH, Goldstein KM, Shephard-Banigan M, Kroll-Desrosiers A, Bean-Mayberry B, Farmer MM, Mattocks KM. Racial Differences in Nontraditional Risk Factors Associated with Cardiovascular Conditions in Pregnancy Among U.S. Women Veterans. Journal of women's health (2002). 2022 Jan 20.
• Danan ER, Brunner J, Bergman A, Spoont M, Chanfreau C, Canelo I, Krebs EE, Yano EM. The Relationship Between Sexual Assault History and Cervical Cancer Screening Completion Among Women Veterans in the Veterans Health Administration. Journal of women's health (2002). 2022 Jan 18.
• 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 Healthcare System. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2021 Dec 28.
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• Carlson GC, Kelly MR, Mitchell M, Josephson KR, McGowan SK, Culver NC, Kay M, Alessi CA, Fung CH, Washington DL, Hamilton A, Yano EM, Martin JL. Benefits of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia for Women Veterans with and without Probable Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health. 2021 Nov 20.

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• Women Veterans with Premature Cardiovascular Disease Less Likely than Men to Receive Secondary Prevention Therapy
  This study sought to evaluate sex-based differences in antiplatelet use, any statin and high-intensity statin (HIS) therapy, and statin adherence among patients with premature and extremely premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). Findings showed that women Veterans with premature (age < 55 years) and extremely premature (age < 40 years) ASCVD were less likely to receive antiplate...
  
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• Suicide Prevention for Women Veterans
  The articles in this supplement highlight the value of a wide range of data sources, from the macro-level surveillance data available through the DoD, VA, and the US National Violent Death Reporting System to the depth of qualitative data of individual experiences with suicide attempts. They also illustrate the complexities of studying gender and suicide, while generating a new understanding of im...
  
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• VA’s Primary Care-Mental Health Integration Affects Access Differently for Women and Men Veterans
  This study of 5.4 million Veterans (including 448,455 women), who received care at one of 396 VA primary care clinics between FY2013 and FY2016, set out to answer the following question: Did VA’s national Primary Care-Mental Health Integration (PC-MHI) initiative improve access to care equally among men and women Veterans? Findings showed that PC-MHI was associated with greater use of all outpatie...
  
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• Gender Differences in Thought Processes among Veterans who Attempted Suicide
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Videos

• Investigator Insights: Qualitative Research and Women Veterans 01/15/20

Podcasts

• Newly-separated Women Veterans' Use of VA and Community Care 08/03/2020
• Women Veterans' Experiences in Obtaining VA Mental Health 07/20/2020
• Women's Healthcare and Family Planning in VA 06/20/2019
• Optimizing Maternal Health and Family Planning for Women Veterans 06/25/2018
• The Women's Health Experience Survey 07/24/2017
• Women Veterans: Housing Instability and Intimate Partner Violence 07/20/2017
• Measuring Quality of Care for Women Veterans 06/26/2017

Other Resources

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