Abstract: The psychosocial transition during military training poses a significant public health risk requiring preventive, health-integrated responses. This study applied latent …
Abstract: This cross-sectional study evaluates trends in the utilization of and disparities in prostate magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) across the Veterans Health Administration.
Abstract: Background: Associations of race-ethnicity and sex with health care experiences are mostly untested. Centering analyses on experiences of racial-ethnic minoritized women …
Abstract: Practical access to contraceptive care and the ability to choose care that meets one’s needs and preferences are important for an individual’s health and well-being …
Abstract: Home modification services, including durable medical equipment (HM-DME), are crucial for helping veterans age in place. While the U.S. Veterans Health Administration …
Abstract: Objective: Examine nationally representative U.S. data to determine trends in cigarette smoking, nicotine dependence, and quit ratios among females by rurality and …
Abstract: Objective: Examine nationally representative U.S. data to determine trends in cigarette smoking, nicotine dependence, and quit ratios among females by rurality and …
Abstract: Background: Black Americans, including military veterans, experience worse health outcomes. In the United States, Black men have the highest lung cancer mortality and are …
Abstract: Background: Hypertension control and related cardiovascular outcomes among Americans remain suboptimal, and differ by race, ethnicity, and geography. Healthcare access is …
Abstract: There have been disparities reported in prevalence of autism by gender, race, and socioeconomic status with older ages of diagnosis in non-White and in female children. …
Abstract: Rationale: Individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in rural areas experience inequitable access to care. Objectives: To assess whether rural …
Abstract: BACKGROUND: Few large sample studies have examined whether disparities, as measured by the proxy of race/ethnicity, are observed in long-term mortality after high-risk …