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01-07-2013 | Editorials
The VA Women’s Health Practice-Based Research Network: Amplifying Women Veterans’ Voices in VA Research
Authors:
Susan M. Frayne, MD, MPH, Diane V. Carney, MA, Lori Bastian, MD, MPH, Bevanne Bean-Mayberry, MD, MHS, Anne Sadler, PhD, RN, Ruth Klap, PhD, Ciaran S. Phibbs, PhD, Rachel Kimerling, PhD, Dawne Vogt, PhD, Ellen F. Yee, MD, MPH, Julia Y. Lin, PhD, Elizabeth M. Yano, PhD, MSPH
Published in:
Journal of General Internal Medicine
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Special Issue 2/2013
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Excerpt
Abraham Lincoln founded the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) “to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphan.” While women have served in every U.S. military conflict since the American Revolution, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) paid little heed to the specific needs of women Veterans for much of its early history.
1 In parallel, there was scarce research focusing on women Veterans; indeed, female gender was often an exclusion criterion in earlier research studies. In that era, women Veterans’ voice in research was muted at best. …
