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Veterans starting their higher education at community colleges

Abstract: This manuscript focuses on student veterans' best option to start their post‐high‐school education: attending community colleges. It illustrates this point using the …

You want people to listen to you': Patient experiences of women's healthcare within the Veterans Health Administration

Abstract: Objective: To identify constructs that are critical in shaping Veterans' experiences with Veterans Health Administration (VA) women's healthcare, including any which have …

Anything you can do [I can do better]: Exploring women's agency and gendered protection in state militaries

Abstract: Women who are currently serving in a variety of combat roles and combat support positions in many state militaries around the globe have had to struggle for their …

Unseen battles, academic frontlines: the impact of military experience on student veteran persistence in private higher education

Abstract: The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand how ten student veterans persist after entering private, 4-year institutions of higher education during or …

Home-based primary care providers' perspectives on the unique challenges of working with late life post-traumatic stress disorder within their population of Veterans

Abstract: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is more prevalent in medically ill older Veterans in Home-Based Primary Care (HBPC) settings than in the general population, raising …

Suicide prevention by peers offering recovery tactics (support) for US Veterans with serious mental illness: community engagement approach

Abstract: Background: Peer specialists are hired, trained, and accredited to share their lived experience of psychiatric illness to support other similar individuals through the …

Experiences affecting military children's performance in school: a hermeneutic phenomenology

Abstract: The purpose of this hermeneutic phenomenological study was to understand how attachment and loss associated with deployment affect children’s academic performance at …

Black male Veterans' mental health: Exploring their lived experiences

Abstract: This study delves into the mental health experiences of Black male veterans, bridging their military service with the historical context of Black men's mental health. …

"They ask questions, but they don't want the answers": perceptions of clinical communication among Veterans discontinuing buprenorphine for the treatment of opioid use disorder

Abstract: Background: Many patients with opioid use disorder (OUD) discontinue treatment prematurely, increasing their risk of opioid-related overdose and death. While …

Why Veterans choose VA versus non-VA emergency care: A qualitative study

Abstract: Introduction: In ensuring the timely delivery of emergency care to Veterans, Veterans Affairs (VA) offers both emergency care services in its own facilities and, …

Improving shared decision-making around antimicrobial-prescribing during the end-of-life period: a qualitative study of Veterans, their support caregivers, and their providers

Abstract: Objective: Antimicrobials are frequently used for palliation during end-of-life care, but adverse effects, such as antimicrobial resistance, are a concern. Shared …

Understanding the lived experience of military-to-civilian transition and post-service life among non-UK Veterans

Abstract: The UK Armed Forces have an established history of recruiting non-native citizens, including individuals from the Commonwealth and Ireland, as well as Nepalese nationals …