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Resources by Topic: Veterans

Rural Vets: Their Barriers, Problems, Needs
Describes barriers, problems, and needs that rural veterans experience with a focus on healthcare, and identifies what can be done to help address these.
Author(s): John A. Gale, Hilda R. Heady
Citation: Health Progress, 94(3), 49-51
Date: 05/2013
Type: Document
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Returning Home from Iraq and Afghanistan: Assessment of Readjustment Needs of Veterans, Service Members, and Their Families
Presents a comprehensive assessment of the physical, psychological, social, and economic effects of deployment on service members, veterans, their families, and their communities. Chapter 9 focuses on access and barriers to healthcare, particularly in rural areas.
Additional links: Read Online
Date: 03/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Health and Medicine Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Rural Residence and Adoption of a Novel HIV Therapy in a National, Equal-Access Healthcare System
Reports the results of a study examining the use of raltegravir, the first HIV integrase inhibitor, in Veterans Affairs (VA) patients. Provides rural versus urban participant characteristic statistics by race/ethnicity, AIDS defining illness, substance abuse, and more. Includes a discussion of barriers to new forms of HIV treatment for rural residents, such as geographic distance, transportation, and limited access to specialists in the field.
Author(s): Michael Ohl, Brian Lund, Pamela S. Belperio, et al.
Citation: AIDS and Behavior, 17(1), 250-259
Date: 01/2013
Type: Document
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Internet Connectivity among Rural Alabama Veterans: Baseline Findings from the Alabama Veterans Rural Health Initiative Project
Examines rural veterans' use of the internet to access Veterans Affairs programs, by interviewing veterans who had not accessed or had never enrolled in services in rural Alabama. Focuses on disparities based on geographic, social/economic, and racial/ethnic factors.
Author(s): Rebecca Allen, Rosanna Guadagno, Patricia Parmelee, et al.
Citation: Rural and Remote Health, 13(1), 2138
Date: 01/2013
Type: Document
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Mental Health and Mental Health Care in Rural America: The Hope of Redesigned Primary Care
Briefly discusses mental health treatment disparities between rural and nonrural veterans.
Date: 01/2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Veterans Health Administration's Office of Rural Health
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The Lodge Project: A Permanent Housing Model for Homeless Veterans
Describes a collaboration by the Iowa City VA Health Care System and the Iowa City homeless shelter to identify local needs and potential solutions for homeless veterans and outreach to rural veterans.
Author(s): Margaret Cretzmeyer, Charles Bermingham, Jane Moeckli, William Ming Liu
Date: 2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Rural Health Resource Centers
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Mixed-Methods Evaluation of a Telehealth Collaborative Care Program for Persons with HIV Infection in Rural Settings
Discusses the findings of the Iowa City Veterans Affairs Healthcare System's implementation of a telehealth collaborative care program for veterans with HIV living in rural parts of Iowa and Illinois.
Author(s): Michael Ohl, Dena Dillon, Jane Moeckli, et al.
Date: 2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Rural Health Resource Centers
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Potentially Inappropriate Prescribing Practices in Rural Elder Veterans
Examines inappropriate medication use for rural versus urban elderly veterans using four different indicators of inappropriate use. Highlights regional differences.
Author(s): Brian C. Lund, Peter J. Kaboli
Date: 2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Rural Health Resource Centers
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A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial of a Depression and Disease Management Program Delivered by Telephone
Reports on the use of telephone administered psychotherapy as an effective means of treating rural veterans with a medical illness accompanied by depression whose treatment would otherwise be hampered by cost, social stigma, and travel barriers.
Author(s): Arwa Aburizik, Lilian Dindo, Peter J. Kaboli, Mary E. Charlton, Carolyn Turvey
Date: 2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Rural Health Resource Centers
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Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER) Health Program Overview: Lessons Learned
Discusses a rural pilot site in Moab, Utah for the Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record as a means for the Veterans Administration to achieve health record interoperability with private sector providers.
Author(s): Jamie Bennett, Colene Byrne, LeAnn Roling
Date: 2013
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Rural Health Resource Centers
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