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Perceived Barriers to Care and Provider Gender Preferences Among Veteran Men Who Have Experienced Military Sexual Trauma: A Qualitative Analysis

Twenty male Veterans who received care from the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) and reported a military sexual trauma (but had not received VHA care for it) participated in semi-structured interviews to identify potential barriers to accessing military-sexual trauma care.

2013
Turchik, J. A.
McLean, C.
Rafie, S.
Hoyt, T.
Rosen, C. S.
Kimerling, R.

Military-Related Sexual Trauma Among Veterans Health Administration Patients Returning From Afghanistan and Iraq

Veterans Affairs (VA) administrative data for 164,603 (87% male) Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) Veterans were used to examine the relationship between a positive military sexual trauma screen, demographic and military variables, and mental health diagnoses.

2010
Kimerling, R.
Street, A. E.
Pavao, J.
Smith, M. W.
Cronkite, R. C.
Holmes, T. H.
Frayne, S. M.

Military Veterans' Midlife Career Transition and Life Satisfaction

Ninety mentors (those who had transitioned to a new career and volunteered to help others) and 43 members of Troops to Teachers (a national program that helps Service members’ transition to teaching careers) were surveyed about life satisfaction and career transition variables.

2014
Robertson, H. C.
Brott, P. E.

Military Sexual Trauma Among Homeless Veterans

BACKGROUND: Military sexual trauma (MST) is the Veteran Health Administration’s (VHA) term for sexual assault and/or sexual harassment that occurs during military service. The experience of MST is associated with a variety of mental health conditions.

2013
Pavao, J.
Turchik, J. A.
Hyun, J. K.
Karpenko, J.
Saweikis, M.
McCutcheon, S.
Kane, V.
Kimerling, R.

Military Sexual Trauma Among Homeless Veterans

Data from homeless Veterans who visited the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) between October 2009 and September 2010 were analyzed to examine gender and mental health differences between those who had experienced military sexual trauma and those who had not.

2013
Pavao, J.
Turchik, J. A.
Hyun, J. K.
Karpenko, J.
Saweikis, M.
McCutcheon, S.
Kane, V.
Kimerling, R.