Cynthia Brandt

Biographic Data

ID3933255
NAMECynthia Brandt
GIVEN NAMESCynthia
FAMILY NAMEBrandt
SIGNATUREBRANDT C
AFFILIATIONSYale University
ORCID0000-0001-8179-1796
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS37
TOTAL CITATIONS37
AUTHOR COUNT37
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2006
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Bidirectional Intimate Partner Violence Among Service Members and Veterans

    Open AccessElizabeth C Coppola, Mark Relyea et al.ARTICLETrauma Violence & Abuse2026

    Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious public health challenge with disproportionately high rates among United States (U.S.) Service Members and Veterans. IPV is often conceptualized as a unidirectional phenomenon despite evidence that most IPV is bidirectional, where both members of a couple use and experience IPV. This scoping review examined the current state of the literature on bidirectional IPV among Service Members and Veterans. MEDL…

  • LGBTQ+ status and sex of record in Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder

    Open AccessT Elizabeth Workman, Joseph L Goulet et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Objectives: This study aims to analyze differences between lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) and non-LGBTQ+ Veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in terms of demographics, comorbidities, and medical care usage, including differences by sex of record, including separate analyses for transgender and non-transgender Veterans. Methods: -test, ANOVA Welch one-way testing, and absolute standardized difference analyse…

  • Sleep Is Not Getting the Attention It Deserves”

    Allison E Gaffey, Kristin Mattocks et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2025References: 38

    BACKGROUND: Unique characteristics and service exposures of the post-9/11 cohort of U.S. Veterans can influence their sleep health and associated comorbidities. The objectives of this study were to learn about men and women post-9/11 Veterans' and "front line" VA providers' knowledge about sleep and experiences with Veterans Health Administration (VA) sleep management. RESEARCH DESIGN: One sample included post-9/11 Veterans who received VA care (…

  • Leveraging Electronic Health Records to Assess Residential Mobility Among Veterans in the Veterans Health Administration

    Karen Wang, Karen H Wang et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2024References: 34

    BACKGROUND: Residential mobility, or a change in residence, can influence health care utilization and outcomes. Health systems can leverage their patients' residential addresses stored in their electronic health records (EHRs) to better understand the relationships among patients' residences, mobility, and health. The Veteran Health Administration (VHA), with a unique nationwide network of health care systems and integrated EHR, holds greater pot…

  • Opioid use and opioid use disorder in mono and dual-system users of veteran affairs medical centers

    Open AccessJoseph L Goulet, Joseph Goulet et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    Introduction: Efforts to achieve opioid guideline concordant care may be undermined when patients access multiple opioid prescription sources. Limited data are available on the impact of dual-system sources of care on receipt of opioid medications. Objective: We examined whether dual-system use was associated with increased rates of new opioid prescriptions, continued opioid prescriptions and diagnoses of opioid use disorder (OUD). We hypothesize…

  • Temporal and Geographic Patterns of Documentation of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Keywords in Clinical Notes

    T Elizabeth Workman, Joseph L Goulet et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2023References: 22

    OBJECTIVE: Disclosure of sexual orientation and gender identity correlates with better outcomes, yet data may not be available in structured fields in electronic health record data. To gain greater insight into the care of sexual and gender-diverse patients in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), we examined the documentation patterns of sexual orientation and gender identity through extraction and analyses of data contained in unstructured …

  • Predictors of prenatal smoking among US women veterans

    Open AccessJessica N Coleman, Eric C Derycke et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Psychology2021References: 28

    This study investigated prevalence and factors associated with prenatal smoking among US women veterans using cross-sectional data from a cohort study of veterans from recent wars utilizing Veterans Health Administration primary care ( N = 6190). Among the participants, 747 (12.0%) were current smokers and 1039 (16.8%) were former smokers. Multivariable logistic regression indicated that White race, substance use disorder, and posttraumatic stres…

  • Toward Reducing Health Information Inequities in the Caribbean

    Karen Wang, Ian Hambleton et al.ARTICLEEthnicity & Disease2020

    Precision medicine seeks to leverage technology to improve the health for all individuals. Successful health information systems rely fundamentally on the integration and sharing of data from a range of disparate sources. In many settings, basic infrastructure inequities exist that limit the usefulness of health information systems. We discuss the work of the Yale Transdisciplinary Collaborative Center for Health Disparities focused on Precision …

  • Evaluating Bystander Intervention Training to Address Patient Harassment at the Veterans Health Administration

    Open AccessMark Relyea, Galina A Portnoy et al.ARTICLEWomen s Health Issues2020

  • Incident Musculoskeletal Conditions Among Men and Women Veterans Returning From Deployment

    Sally G Haskell, Cynthia Brandt et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2020References: 28

    BACKGROUND: Military service confers an increased risk for musculoskeletal (MSK) injury among women and men Veterans. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of MSK conditions at first visit to Veterans Affairs (VA), and the incidence rates of new MSK conditions in women and men Veterans with and without a baseline MSK condition. DESIGN: A cohort study including Veterans whose end of last deployment was between Octo…

  • Women Veterans’ Experiences with Perceived Gender Bias in U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Specialty Care

    Open AccessKristin Mattocks, Jose Casares et al.ARTICLEWomen s Health Issues2019

  • Gender Differences in Suicide and Self-Directed Violence Risk Among Veterans With Post-traumatic Stress and Substance Use Disorders

    Open AccessS Ronzitti, Amy M Loree et al.ARTICLEWomen s Health Issues2019

  • Characterization and Comparison of Physical and Mental Health Profiles and Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Utilization Patterns among Operation Iraqi Freedom/Operation Enduring Freedom Wome…

    Open AccessJulie C Weitlauf, Ana P Ortiz et al.ARTICLEWomen s Health Issues2019

  • Trauma and Sexual Risk

    Open AccessJoan Combellick, Joan L Combellick et al.ARTICLEWomen s Health Issues2019

  • Military Sexual Trauma and Intimate Partner Violence

    Open AccessMark Relyea, Galina A Portnoy et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Violence2019References: 1

  • Screening for Military Sexual Trauma Is Associated With Improved HIV Screening in Women Veterans

    Shivani Reddy, Shivani M Reddy et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2019References: 31

    OBJECTIVE: To examine factors associated with HIV screening among women veterans receiving health care in the Department of Veterans Affairs. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Cross-sectional study of women veterans receiving Veterans Affairs care between 2001 and 2014 derived from the Women Veteran's Cohort Study. Descriptive and bivariate statistics were calculated comparing patients with and without an HIV screen. Generalized estimating equations were co…

  • Measuring Exposure to Incarceration Using the Electronic Health Record

    Emily A Wang, Jessica B Long et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2019References: 24

    BACKGROUND: Electronic health records (EHRs) are a rich source of health information; however social determinants of health, including incarceration, and how they impact health and health care disparities can be hard to extract. OBJECTIVE: The main objective of this study was to compare sensitivity and specificity of patient self-report with various methods of identifying incarceration exposure using the EHR. RESEARCH DESIGN: Validation study usi…

  • Risk for Incident Hypertension Associated With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Military Veterans and the Effect of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Treatment

    Matthew M Burg, Cynthia Brandt et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2017

    OBJECTIVE: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) increases cardiovascular disease and cardiovascular mortality risk. Neither the prospective relationship of PTSD to incident hypertension risk nor the effect of PTSD treatment on hypertension risk has been established. METHODS: Data from a nationally representative sample of 194,319 veterans were drawn from the Veterans Administration (VA) roster of United States service men and women. This included…

  • Gender Differences in Demographic and Clinical Correlates among Veterans with Musculoskeletal Disorders

    Open AccessDavid M Higgins, Diana M Higgins et al.ARTICLEWomen s Health Issues2017

  • Incidence of Mental Health Diagnoses in Veterans of Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom, and New Dawn, 2001–2014

    Christine Ramsey, James Dziura et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2017Cited by: 2References: 30

    Objectives. To evaluate gender, age, and race/ethnicity as predictors of incident mental health diagnoses among Operations Iraqi Freedom, Enduring Freedom, and New Dawn veterans. Methods. We used US Veterans Health Administration (VHA) electronic health records from 2001 to 2014 to examine incidence rates and sociodemographic risk factors for mental health diagnoses among 888 142 veterans. Results. Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) was the mos…

  • Multiple Sources of Prescription Payment and Risky Opioid Therapy Among Veterans

    Wesley C Becker, William C Becker et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2017References: 13

    BACKGROUND: Opioid overdose and other related harms are a major source of morbidity and mortality among US Veterans, in part due to high-risk opioid prescribing. OBJECTIVES: We sought to determine whether having multiple sources of payment for opioids-as a marker for out-of-system access-is associated with risky opioid therapy among veterans. RESEARCH DESIGN: Cross-sectional study examining the association between multiple sources of payment and …

  • Incident Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among Men and Women Veterans After Return From Deployment

    Sally G Haskell, Cynthia Brandt et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2017References: 34

    BACKGROUND: Stressors associated with military service and reintegration may impact psychologic well-being and behaviors that result in increased incidence rates for cardiovascular (CV) risk factors. OBJECTIVE: Using electronic health record data from the Veterans Health Administration we sought to measure the incidence of newly diagnosed CV risk factors and how these incident risks were moderated by race and mental health conditions. DESIGN: A c…

  • Receipt of Prescription Opioids in a National Sample of Pregnant Veterans Receiving Veterans Health Administration Care

    Open AccessAimee R Kroll-Desrosiers, Aimee Kroll‐desrosier et al.ARTICLEWomen s Health Issues2015

  • Why Women Join the Military

    Mariann Mankowski, Leslie E Tower et al.ARTICLESocial Work2015Cited by: 5References: 5

    Over the past three decades women's enlistment has continued to increase. In an effort to help social workers better meet the needs of female veterans, this study sought to learn women's enlistment motivations and postdeployment experiences. This qualitative study was nested within the Women Veterans Cohort Study. Using a semistructured interview guide, authors interviewed 18 enlisted female service members and veterans. The themes that emerged, …

  • Associations Between Provider Designation and Female-specific Cancer Screening in Women Veterans

    Bevanne Bean-Mayberry, Bevanne Bean‐Mayberry et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2015

    BACKGROUND: In 2010, the Department of Veterans Affairs Healthcare System (VA) implemented policy to provide Comprehensive Primary Care (for acute, chronic, and female-specific care) from designated Women's Health providers (DWHPs) at all VA sites. However, since that time no comparisons of quality measures have been available to assess the level of care for women Veterans assigned to these providers. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the associations betw…