… mental health service utilization and barriers among female veterans, this study … female
veterans who identified the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as their main source of health …

… veterans in the United States, and this number is projected to increase. Further, the number
of female veterans enrolled in VA healthcare … , and advancing treatment of female veterans. …

… female veterans face when pursuing mental health treatment. … of VA health care services
among female veterans who served … of VA health care, barriers to mental health treatment, and …

… Those receiving treatment for substance use disorders (including alcohol abuse) in the …
in female Veterans than male Veterans. One of four women receiving VA healthcare service …

… Because of the low proportion of women, VA health care systems … VA health care utilization
patterns among female veterans … VA offers only a few mental health treatment programs that …

… female veterans, we selected and/or modified items from several of the subscales so that items
were relevant for both male and female veterans… the following aspects of VA health care.” …

… is improving the quality of mental health care in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA)
(1… the female veteran stakeholder sample identified multiple mental health treatment priorities. …

… VA women’s healthcare and preference for female providers. … Veterans within the Veterans
Health Administration (VA) is … absolute number of women Veterans utilizing VA services is …

… female veterans exposed to trauma receive treatment … female veterans in VA healthcare
settings. The few available studies examining general service utilization among female veterans …

… Rates of sexual harassment were particularly high for both female veterans and active duty
military… We identified few papers that evaluated treatment programs or approaches for women …