Guneet K Jasuja

Biographic Data

ID5534422
NAMEGuneet K Jasuja
GIVEN NAMESGuneet K
FAMILY NAMEJasuja
SIGNATUREJASUJA G K
AFFILIATIONSCenter for Health Optimization and Implementation Research
ORCID0000-0003-0017-9584
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2015
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Using Self-Identified Gender Identity Data to Advance Health Equity Among Transgender and Gender Diverse Veterans in the Veterans Health Administration

    Guneet K Jasuja, Mark S Zocchi et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2025References: 35

    BACKGROUND: Identification of transgender and gender diverse (TGD) people has been limited to diagnoses and text rather than self-identified gender identity (SIGI), representing a subset of TGD people. In 2017, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) implemented SIGI, allowing for precise identification of TGD veterans, including subgroups (transgender man, transgender woman, and nonbinary). OBJECTIVES: Health conditions, adverse social determin…

  • Leveraging Electronic Health Record Data to Identify Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) Veteran Participants in the Pride in All Who Served Program

    Guneet K Jasuja, Joel I Reisman et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2025References: 35

    BACKGROUND: Pride in All Who Served (PRIDE) is an intervention in the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) focused on enhancing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) veterans' access to affirmative care services, social support, and engagement with VHA. Evaluation of PRIDE to date has focused on self-report data, missing critical opportunities to examine the impact of this program on health outcomes and utilization indicators de…

  • Menopausal Hormone Therapy and Suicide in a National Sample of Midlife and Older Women Veterans

    Carolyn J Gibson, Yixia Li et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2021References: 44

    BACKGROUND: Among midlife and older women, menopause symptoms and menopausal hormone therapy have been linked to mental health disorders and other comorbidities related to suicide. However, the role of hormone therapy as a prognostic factor of suicide risk is largely unknown. OBJECTIVES: To examine associations between menopausal hormone therapy, suicide attempts, and suicide among midlife and older women Veterans. RESEARCH DESIGN: In this longit…

  • Homelessness and Veteran Status in Relation to Nonfatal and Fatal Opioid Overdose in Massachusetts

    Guneet K Jasuja, Amy Bettano et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2021References: 22

    BACKGROUND: Compared with non-Veterans, Veterans are at higher risk of experiencing homelessness, which is associated with opioid overdose. OBJECTIVE: To understand how homelessness and Veteran status are related to risks of nonfatal and fatal opioid overdose in Massachusetts. DESIGN: A cross-sectional study. PARTICIPANTS: All residents aged 18 years and older during 2011-2015 in the Massachusetts Department of Public Health's Data Warehouse (Vet…

  • Beyond Gender Identity Disorder Diagnoses Codes

    Guneet K Jasuja, Alexander de Groot et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2020References: 34

    BACKGROUND: Large administrative databases often do not capture gender identity data, limiting researchers' ability to identify transgender people and complicating the study of this population. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to develop methods for identifying transgender people in a large, national dataset for insured adults. RESEARCH DESIGN: This was a retrospective analysis of administrative claims data. After using gender identity …

  • Use of testosterone in men infected with human immunodeficiency virus in the veterans healthcare system

    Guneet K Jasuja, Shalender Bhasin et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2018

    Testosterone supplementation has been widely used in those infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) for hypogonadism, and wasting. But with effective antiretroviral therapy and increasing recognition of atherosclerotic disease and adults infected with HIV, the risks of inappropriate testosterone use in HIV-infected patients are far better recognized than previously. Testosterone use has expanded among U.S. males, but few studies have exam…

  • Ascertainment of Testosterone Prescribing Practices in the VA

    Guneet K Jasuja, Shalender Bhasin et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2015References: 25

    BACKGROUND: Prescribing of exogenous testosterone is increasing. Because of the risks associated with testosterone, it is important to follow evidence-based procedures when initiating therapy. OBJECTIVE: We evaluated whether dispensing of testosterone was preceded by appropriate ascertainment of androgen deficiency, and consideration of potential contraindications, in accordance with practice guidelines. RESEARCH DESIGN: A cross-sectional study. …