Samantha L Solimeo
Biographic Data
| ID | 83403 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Samantha L Solimeo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Samantha L |
| FAMILY NAME | Solimeo |
| SIGNATURE | SOLIMEO S L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Iowa City VA Health Care System |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3008-1230 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Home health utilization in the Veterans Health Administration: Are there rural and urban differences
PURPOSE: Growing numbers of older adults need home health care, yhese services may be more difficult to access for rural Veterans, who represent one-third of Veterans Health Administration (VA) enrollees. Our objective was to examine whether home health use differs within VA based on rurality. METHODS: We examined national VA administrative data for 2019-2021 (January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2021) among Veterans ages ≥65 years. Using descriptive …
Building a Community of Anthropological Practice: The Case of Anthropologists Working within the United States’ Largest Health Care System
The disciplinary contribution of anthropologists employed outside traditional anthropology departments has been a topic of discussion and debate in the field for nearly a century. Alongside industry, nongovernmental, and nonprofit career paths, an increasing number of anthropologists have developed productive research careers outside of academic anthropology departments. The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), which provides health…
Patient Aligned Care Team (Pact) Performance in Urban and Rural VHA Primary Care Clinics: A Mixed Methods Study
PURPOSE: To assess differences in Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) performance between rural and urban primary care clinics within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). METHODS: An Explanatory Sequential Mixed Methods design was conducted using VHA administrative data to assess performance of a national sample of 891 VHA primary care clinics. Generalized Estimating Equations with repeated measures were used to estimate associations between ru…
Introduction to the special issue examining the implications of masculinity within military and veteran populations
Providing a brief introduction to this special issue of the Psychology of Men and Masculinity, the guest editors highlight the relevance of traditional male gender norms for men and women who have served in the armed forces. The editors provide specific examples of how masculinity might impact subgroups of military and veteran populations and highlight the contributions of the articles included in this special issue. The editors also discuss the …
Anthropology Works: A Home for Professional, Practicing, and Applied Anthropology
Gatekeepers as Care Providers: The Care Work of Patient-centered Medical Home Clerical Staff
International implementation of the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model for delivering primary care has dramatically increased in the last decade. A majority of research on PCMH's impact has emphasized the care provided by clinically trained staff. In this article, we report our ethnographic analysis of data collected from Department of Veterans Affairs staff implementing PACT, the VA version of PCMH. Teams were trained to use within-team …
Anthropology Works: A Home for Professional, Practicing and Applied Anthropology
Afterword: Public Sector Anthropologists and New Directions for a Public Anthropology
In this final contribution in the edited volume on anthropologists working in the Veterans Health Administration within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the authors reflect on how developments in recent years have brought us to this moment in time from the "insider" perspective of VA anthropologists. These collected papers provide ethnographic evidence for the innovative ways in which anthropologists employed in the public sector constitu…
Sex and Gender in Older Adults' Experience of Parkinson's Disease
The comparison of qualitatively and quantitatively derived data reveals the importance of attending to both sex and gender. Qualitative data demonstrate how the meaning of PD symptoms is gendered and illustrate an example of how gender and sex research differ. All narratives reflect the importance of role continuity, but men's put at the forefront appearance and social isolation whereas women's underscore their relational aspects of domestic acti…
Gatekeepers as Care Providers: The Care Work of Patient-centered Medical Home Clerical Staff
International implementation of the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model for delivering primary care has dramatically increased in the last decade. A majority of research on PCMH's impact has emphasized the care provided by clinically trained staff. In this article, we report our ethnographic analysis of data collected from Department of Veterans Affairs staff implementing PACT, the VA version of PCMH. Teams were trained to use within-team …
Sex and Gender in Older Adults' Experience of Parkinson's Disease
The comparison of qualitatively and quantitatively derived data reveals the importance of attending to both sex and gender. Qualitative data demonstrate how the meaning of PD symptoms is gendered and illustrate an example of how gender and sex research differ. All narratives reflect the importance of role continuity, but men's put at the forefront appearance and social isolation whereas women's underscore their relational aspects of domestic acti…
Introduction to the special issue examining the implications of masculinity within military and veteran populations
Providing a brief introduction to this special issue of the Psychology of Men and Masculinity, the guest editors highlight the relevance of traditional male gender norms for men and women who have served in the armed forces. The editors provide specific examples of how masculinity might impact subgroups of military and veteran populations and highlight the contributions of the articles included in this special issue. The editors also discuss the …
Anthropology Works: A Home for Professional, Practicing, and Applied Anthropology
Sex and Gender in Older Adults' Experience of Parkinson's Disease
The comparison of qualitatively and quantitatively derived data reveals the importance of attending to both sex and gender. Qualitative data demonstrate how the meaning of PD symptoms is gendered and illustrate an example of how gender and sex research differ. All narratives reflect the importance of role continuity, but men's put at the forefront appearance and social isolation whereas women's underscore their relational aspects of domestic acti…
Afterword: Public Sector Anthropologists and New Directions for a Public Anthropology
In this final contribution in the edited volume on anthropologists working in the Veterans Health Administration within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), the authors reflect on how developments in recent years have brought us to this moment in time from the "insider" perspective of VA anthropologists. These collected papers provide ethnographic evidence for the innovative ways in which anthropologists employed in the public sector constitu…
Anthropology Works: A Home for Professional, Practicing and Applied Anthropology
Introduction to the special issue examining the implications of masculinity within military and veteran populations
Providing a brief introduction to this special issue of the Psychology of Men and Masculinity, the guest editors highlight the relevance of traditional male gender norms for men and women who have served in the armed forces. The editors provide specific examples of how masculinity might impact subgroups of military and veteran populations and highlight the contributions of the articles included in this special issue. The editors also discuss the …
Anthropology Works: A Home for Professional, Practicing, and Applied Anthropology
Gatekeepers as Care Providers: The Care Work of Patient-centered Medical Home Clerical Staff
International implementation of the patient-centered medical home (PCMH) model for delivering primary care has dramatically increased in the last decade. A majority of research on PCMH's impact has emphasized the care provided by clinically trained staff. In this article, we report our ethnographic analysis of data collected from Department of Veterans Affairs staff implementing PACT, the VA version of PCMH. Teams were trained to use within-team …
Patient Aligned Care Team (Pact) Performance in Urban and Rural VHA Primary Care Clinics: A Mixed Methods Study
PURPOSE: To assess differences in Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) performance between rural and urban primary care clinics within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA). METHODS: An Explanatory Sequential Mixed Methods design was conducted using VHA administrative data to assess performance of a national sample of 891 VHA primary care clinics. Generalized Estimating Equations with repeated measures were used to estimate associations between ru…
Building a Community of Anthropological Practice: The Case of Anthropologists Working within the United States’ Largest Health Care System
The disciplinary contribution of anthropologists employed outside traditional anthropology departments has been a topic of discussion and debate in the field for nearly a century. Alongside industry, nongovernmental, and nonprofit career paths, an increasing number of anthropologists have developed productive research careers outside of academic anthropology departments. The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), which provides health…
Home health utilization in the Veterans Health Administration: Are there rural and urban differences
PURPOSE: Growing numbers of older adults need home health care, yhese services may be more difficult to access for rural Veterans, who represent one-third of Veterans Health Administration (VA) enrollees. Our objective was to examine whether home health use differs within VA based on rurality. METHODS: We examined national VA administrative data for 2019-2021 (January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2021) among Veterans ages ≥65 years. Using descriptive …
Sociology (6 works) · Anthropology: Ethics, History, Culture (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Ethnography (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Applied anthropology (2 works) · Citation (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works)