Gender and the Use of Veterans Health Administration Homeless Services Programs Among Iraq/Afghanistan Veterans
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9102722 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Oni J Blackstock (0000-0002-2787-1661, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, corresponding author), Sally G Haskell (0000-0002-2888-2637, VA Connecticut Healthcare System, corresponding author), Cynthia A Brandt, Cynthia Brandt (0000-0001-8179-1796, VA Connecticut Healthcare System), Rani A Desai (Yale University) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 347-352 |
| Publication date | 2012-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Medical Care (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0025-7079 • E-ISSN: 1537-1948 |
| Publisher | Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1097/mlr.0b013e318245a738 |
| PMID | 22422055 |
| OpenAlex | W1970445752 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 23 |
BACKGROUND: Female Veterans comprise 12% of Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) Veterans, the largest proportion of women to serve of any prior cohort. We sought to determine the sex-specific risk of using a Veterans Health Administration (VHA) homeless program among OEF/OIF Veterans and to identify factors associated with increased risk of program use for women compared with men. METHODS: We included OEF/OIF Veterans with at least 1 VHA clinical visit between October 1, 2001, and September 30, 2009. The study's outcome was the time to first use of a VHA homeless program. Cox proportional-hazards regression was used to estimate the relative risk of using a homeless program by sex, adjusting for relevant sociodemographic and clinical variables. Exploratory analyses examined interactions between sex and all covariates. RESULTS: Of 445,319 Veterans, 7431 (1.7%) used a VHA homeless program, of which 961 were females (1.8%), and 6470 were males (1.7%) during a median follow-up period of 3.20 years. Women were as likely as men to use a homeless program (adjusted hazard ratio, 1.02; 95% confidence interval, 0.95-1.09); median time to first use was similar for female and male Veterans (1.88 vs. 1.88 y, respectively, P=0.53). In exploratory analyses, we found increased risk of program use for women compared with men for the following subgroups: ages 26-35 years, 100% service-connected disability rating, posttraumatic stress disorder diagnosis, and northeast location. CONCLUSIONS: Overall, there was no substantial difference in the sex-specific risk of using a VHA homeless program. In light of this finding, VHA homeless programs must be prepared to recognize and address the unique needs of female OEF/OIF Veterans
Confidence interval · Hazard ratio · Proportional hazards model · Psychiatry · Demography · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research · Gerontology
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| Unique citing works | 13 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2025 (13) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |