Alison B Hamilton
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 159554 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Alison B Hamilton |
| PRENOMES | Alison B |
| SOBRENOME | Hamilton |
| ASSINATURA | HAMILTON A B |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Center for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 35 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 10 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 35 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2009 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
Inappropriate Patient Behavior
The VA Women's Health Research Network
Group therapy for men with histories of military sexual trauma
These findings suggest that a trauma-focused, discussion-centered group therapy approach may be relevant for men with histories of MST, a population with unique clinical distress and treatment underutilization. This alternative therapeutic approach merits additional study as an alternative approach for MST-related care. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2026 APA, all rights reserved)
Results of a Multistep Approach to Setting Research Priorities to Improve Women Veterans’ Health
Researchers, VA program leaders, other federal agency leaders, and women veterans collectively established updated VA women's health research priorities. The VA Office of Research & Development used the priorities to inform a women's health-focused notice of special interest setting funding priorities for women veterans' research, and the Women's Health Research Network will use them in strategic planning
Study protocol to evaluate an integrated intervention using a pill ingestible sensor system to trigger actions on multifaceted social and behavioral determinants of health among PLWH
NCT06480578. Date registration: June 28, 2024
Multilevel perceptions of the virtual delivery of the University of California Diabetes Prevention Program on RE-AIM domains due to Covid-19 mandates
Background The University of California’s Diabetes Prevention Program (UC DPP) Initiative was implemented across all 10 UC campuses in 2018. The COVID-19 pandemic and accompanying mandates required swift changes to program delivery, including pivoting from in-person to virtual delivery (i.e., Zoom). Our goal was to assess multilevel constituent perceptions of the use of a virtual platform to deliver UC DPP due to COVID-19 mandates. Methods We con…
Implementation lessons learned from the University of California’s Diabetes Prevention Program Initiative
This is one of the first studies to examine the challenges and opportunities of delivering an intensive lifestyle change program across 10 university sites. Understanding factors that enhance success of university-based diabetes prevention programs can facilitate UC DPP efforts and help inform delivery strategies of health and wellness programs across other university settings more broadly
Organizational Climate Related to Patient-Perpetrated Sexual Harassment
BACKGROUND: Patient-perpetrated sexual harassment toward health care providers is common and adversely affects provider well-being, workforce outcomes, and patient care. Organizational climate for sexual harassment-shared perceptions about an organization's practices, policies, and procedures-is one of the strongest predictors of harassment prevalence. We conducted a pilot survey assessing provider perceptions of the Veterans Health Administratio…
Faith-Based Organizations’ Support of Veteran Congregants at Risk for Mental Health Conditions and Suicide
Achieving Health Equity and Continuity of Care for Black and Latinx People Living With HIV
Mentoring to Dismantle Structural Racism
Between Moral Injury and Moral Agency
This Research Article deploys the frameworks of moral injury and moral agency to explore the experiences of veteran men who completed group therapy for military sexual trauma (MST). The article analyses ethnographically how veteran men with MST experience psychological growth via a replenishment of their sense of moral agency, thereby blending psychological theory about moral injury with anthropological theory about moral agency. It highlights ho…
Applying Rapid Qualitative Analysis for Health Equity
Qualitative research amplifies the voices of marginalized communities and thus plays a critical role in shaping our understanding of health inequities and their social determinants. Traditional qualitative approaches, such as grounded theory or thematic analysis, require extensive training and are time- and labor-intensive; as such, they may not be adequately suited to address healthy equity issues that require a swift response. Rapid qualitative…
Literally the hardest part about having a positive child is disclosure”
The number of internationally adopted children living with perinatally-acquired HIV (IACP) in the U.S. is increasing, yet little is known about their families' experiences. The goal of this paper is to examine the lived experiences of adoptive parents as they navigate disclosure. A purposive sample of parents of IACP was recruited at two pediatric infectious disease clinics and via closed Facebook groups. Parents completed two semi-structured int…
Women Tell All
Findings shed light on women Veterans' experiences and preferences for IPV psychosocial counseling interventions. Such knowledge can inform evidence-based, trauma-informed, and individualized care for women Veterans who experience IPV and may have relevance to other populations of women who experience IPV
Predictors of Functioning and Recovery Among Men and Women Veterans with Schizophrenia
Does Gender Role Conflict Moderate the Relationship Between Lifetime Adversity and HIV Stigma in a Community Sample of HIV-Seropositive Black Men
Previous research highlights the need to better understand the complex relationships between factors marginalizing Black men who have sex with men and women (MSMW) living with HIV, including HIV stigma, trauma, and hegemonic masculinity. We examined associations between gender role conflict (GRC), trauma, and HIV stigma in Black MSMW living with HIV. 117 participants completed the UCLA Life Adversities Screener (LADS), measures of GRC, and HIV st…
Evaluation of the University of California Diabetes Prevention Program (UC DPP) Initiative
Our study will help inform diabetes and obesity prevention efforts across the UC system. Findings from this evaluation will also be highly applicable to universities and large employers, as well as community organizers, healthcare organizations and insurers implementing the DPP and/or other health promotion interventions
Qualitative methods in implementation research
Problem solving skills and deficits among homeless veterans with serious mental illness
Few interventions train homeless consumers in housing-related independent living skills. To inform the development of such interventions for the Department of Veterans Affairs' Supported Housing consumers with serious mental illness, we examined these consumers' problem-solving skills and deficits. We performed semistructured interviews and cognitive tests with 20 consumers who retained housing for ≥1 year ("stayers") and 20 consumers who lost ho…
Mentoring the next generation of behavioral health scientists to promote health equity
Health inequities and disparities among various racial/ethnic minority, sexual minority, and rural populations are the focus of increasing national efforts. Three health problems disproportionately affecting these populations-HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, and trauma-deserve particular attention because of their harmful effects on health across the life span. To address these problems, our training program, the UCLA HIV/AIDS, Substance Abuse, and Tra…
Why Women Veterans Do Not Use VA-Provided Health and Social Services
Background: The Veterans Administration (VA) is transforming its historically male-dominated health care system to better serve women veterans, few of whom, nevertheless, use VA health care. We describe the factors affecting women veterans’ use of VA-provided health care. Methods: We conducted in-person interviews with 22 women veterans in Los Angeles, California, from 2013 to 2015 who received some non-VA health care. Using grounded theory, we i…
Coordinating Care Across Health Care Systems for Veterans With Gynecologic Malignancies
BACKGROUND: Veterans concurrently using both Veterans Affairs (VA) and community providers and facilities have increased coordination needs related to bridging their care across health care settings. Women Veterans commonly require a combination of VA and community care if they have women-specific specialty care needs, such as gynecologic malignancies. OBJECTIVES: We assessed VA women's health providers' and administrators' perceptions of coordin…
Informing Policy to Deliver Comprehensive Care for Women Veterans
The goal of this supplement is to disseminate new research findings related to the planning, organization, financing, provision, evaluation, and improvement of health services and/or outcomes for women Veterans (WVs) and women actively serving in the military. We received wide-ranging, outstanding submissions that demonstrated advances in ever-widening domains of women’s health (WH) and health care, which was the goal of the VA WH research agenda…
Early Lessons Learned in Implementing a Women’s Health Educational and Virtual Consultation Program in VA
BACKGROUND: Many Veterans Health Administration primary care providers (PCPs) have small female patient caseloads, making it challenging for them to build and maintain their women's health (WH) knowledge and skills. To address this issue, we implemented a longitudinal WH-focused educational and virtual consultation program using televideo conferencing. OBJECTIVE: To perform a formative evaluation of the program's development and implementation. R…
Applying Rapid Qualitative Analysis for Health Equity
Qualitative research amplifies the voices of marginalized communities and thus plays a critical role in shaping our understanding of health inequities and their social determinants. Traditional qualitative approaches, such as grounded theory or thematic analysis, require extensive training and are time- and labor-intensive; as such, they may not be adequately suited to address healthy equity issues that require a swift response. Rapid qualitative…
Between Moral Injury and Moral Agency
This Research Article deploys the frameworks of moral injury and moral agency to explore the experiences of veteran men who completed group therapy for military sexual trauma (MST). The article analyses ethnographically how veteran men with MST experience psychological growth via a replenishment of their sense of moral agency, thereby blending psychological theory about moral injury with anthropological theory about moral agency. It highlights ho…
Achieving Health Equity and Continuity of Care for Black and Latinx People Living With HIV
Why Women Veterans Do Not Use VA-Provided Health and Social Services
Background: The Veterans Administration (VA) is transforming its historically male-dominated health care system to better serve women veterans, few of whom, nevertheless, use VA health care. We describe the factors affecting women veterans’ use of VA-provided health care. Methods: We conducted in-person interviews with 22 women veterans in Los Angeles, California, from 2013 to 2015 who received some non-VA health care. Using grounded theory, we i…
Gendered Social Roots of Homelessness Among Women Veterans
Homelessness is one of the most challenging issues facing U.S. Veterans and those who serve Veterans. While the overall number of homeless Veterans is declining, the number of homeless women Veterans is increasing, with little clarity as to why. In previous work, we have examined pathways to homelessness among women Veterans, with a focus on proximal pathways, that is, how women perceived themselves to have become homeless at the time of the stud…
Gender Differences Among Older Heroin Users
OBJECTIVES: This purpose of this study was to explore the following question: Are there gender differences among older individuals with a history of heroin addiction with regard to social and family relationships and health problems? METHODS: Eight gender-specific focus groups were conducted with 38 (19 women, 19 men) older (50+ years) individuals with long-term histories of heroin dependence. Four groups were conducted in a methadone maintenance…
The Use of Herbal Medications and Dietary Supplements by People with Mental Illness
This study examined the relationship between herbal medication and dietary supplement (HMDS) use and mental health characteristics. Data are drawn from a national household survey of the United States' civilian, non-institutionalized population (N = 9,585). Psychiatric medication and HMDS use, psychiatric diagnoses and treatment needs, utilization and satisfaction were assessed. Compared to non-users, HMDS users were more likely to perceive thems…
Alternative Families in Recovery
Sober living homes are group residences for people attempting to maintain abstinence from alcohol and drugs in a mutually supportive setting. Residents typically develop strong psychological and economic ties and have been referred to as “alternative families,” thus evoking the anthropological concept of fictive kinship. We analyzed data from seven focus groups with sober living home residents to assess the prevalence and functions of fictive kin…
Barriers to Psychosocial Services Among Homeless Women Veterans
Veterans comprise a disproportionate fraction of the nation's homeless population, with women veterans up to four times more likely to be homeless than non-veteran women. This paper provides a grounded description of barriers to psychosocial services among homeless women veterans. Three focus groups were held in Los Angeles, CA, with a total of 29 homeless women veterans. These women described three primary, proximal (current) barriers: lack of i…
The intersection of gender and ethnicity in HIV risk, interventions, and prevention
This article articulates a contextualized understanding of gender and ethnicity as interacting social determinants of HIV risk and acquisition, with special focus on African Americans and Hispanics/Latinos--2 ethnic groups currently at most risk for HIV/AIDS acquisition in the United States. First, sex and gender are defined. Second, a conceptual model of gender, ethnicity, and HIV risk and resilience is presented. Third, a historical backdrop of…
Using Patient-facing Kiosks to Support Quality Improvement at Mental Health Clinics
OBJECTIVES: Evidence-based services improve outcomes in schizophrenia, but most patients at mental health clinics do not receive such services. This gap in care has been perpetuated by a lack of routinely collected data on patients' clinical status and the treatments they receive. However, routine data collection can be completed by patients themselves, especially when aided by health information technology. It is not known whether these data can…
Gendered Social Roots of Homelessness Among Women Veterans
Homelessness is one of the most challenging issues facing U.S. Veterans and those who serve Veterans. While the overall number of homeless Veterans is declining, the number of homeless women Veterans is increasing, with little clarity as to why. In previous work, we have examined pathways to homelessness among women Veterans, with a focus on proximal pathways, that is, how women perceived themselves to have become homeless at the time of the stud…
Informing Policy to Deliver Comprehensive Care for Women Veterans
The goal of this supplement is to disseminate new research findings related to the planning, organization, financing, provision, evaluation, and improvement of health services and/or outcomes for women Veterans (WVs) and women actively serving in the military. We received wide-ranging, outstanding submissions that demonstrated advances in ever-widening domains of women’s health (WH) and health care, which was the goal of the VA WH research agenda…
Early Lessons Learned in Implementing a Women’s Health Educational and Virtual Consultation Program in VA
BACKGROUND: Many Veterans Health Administration primary care providers (PCPs) have small female patient caseloads, making it challenging for them to build and maintain their women's health (WH) knowledge and skills. To address this issue, we implemented a longitudinal WH-focused educational and virtual consultation program using televideo conferencing. OBJECTIVE: To perform a formative evaluation of the program's development and implementation. R…
Travel Time and Attrition From VHA Care Among Women Veterans
BACKGROUND: Travel time, an access barrier, may contribute to attrition of women veterans from Veterans Health Administration (VHA) care. OBJECTIVE: We examined whether travel time influences attrition: (a) among women veterans overall, (b) among new versus established patients, and (c) among rural versus urban patients. RESEARCH DESIGN: This retrospective cohort study used logistic regression to estimate the association between drive time and at…
Building Capacity in VA to Provide Emergency Gynecology Services for Women
BACKGROUND: Visits to Veterans Administration (VA) emergency departments (EDs) are increasingly being made by women. A 2011 national inventory of VA emergency services for women revealed that many EDs have gaps in their resources and processes for gynecologic emergency care. OBJECTIVES: To guide VA in addressing these gaps, we sought to understand factors acting as facilitators and/or barriers to improving VA ED capacity for, and quality of, emer…
Military and Mental Health Correlates of Unemployment in a National Sample of Women Veterans
Whether depression underlies unemployment, is exacerbated by unemployment, or both, it is critical to identify and treat depression among women Veterans, and also to investigate women Veterans' experiences and identities in civilian life. Community-based employers may need education regarding women Veterans' unique histories and strengths. Women who served in the regular military and during wartime may benefit from job assistance before and after…
Coordinating Care Across Health Care Systems for Veterans With Gynecologic Malignancies
BACKGROUND: Veterans concurrently using both Veterans Affairs (VA) and community providers and facilities have increased coordination needs related to bridging their care across health care settings. Women Veterans commonly require a combination of VA and community care if they have women-specific specialty care needs, such as gynecologic malignancies. OBJECTIVES: We assessed VA women's health providers' and administrators' perceptions of coordin…
Qualitative methods in implementation research
Problem solving skills and deficits among homeless veterans with serious mental illness
Few interventions train homeless consumers in housing-related independent living skills. To inform the development of such interventions for the Department of Veterans Affairs' Supported Housing consumers with serious mental illness, we examined these consumers' problem-solving skills and deficits. We performed semistructured interviews and cognitive tests with 20 consumers who retained housing for ≥1 year ("stayers") and 20 consumers who lost ho…
Mentoring the next generation of behavioral health scientists to promote health equity
Health inequities and disparities among various racial/ethnic minority, sexual minority, and rural populations are the focus of increasing national efforts. Three health problems disproportionately affecting these populations-HIV/AIDS, substance abuse, and trauma-deserve particular attention because of their harmful effects on health across the life span. To address these problems, our training program, the UCLA HIV/AIDS, Substance Abuse, and Tra…
Why Women Veterans Do Not Use VA-Provided Health and Social Services
Background: The Veterans Administration (VA) is transforming its historically male-dominated health care system to better serve women veterans, few of whom, nevertheless, use VA health care. We describe the factors affecting women veterans’ use of VA-provided health care. Methods: We conducted in-person interviews with 22 women veterans in Los Angeles, California, from 2013 to 2015 who received some non-VA health care. Using grounded theory, we i…
Evaluation of the University of California Diabetes Prevention Program (UC DPP) Initiative
Our study will help inform diabetes and obesity prevention efforts across the UC system. Findings from this evaluation will also be highly applicable to universities and large employers, as well as community organizers, healthcare organizations and insurers implementing the DPP and/or other health promotion interventions
Literally the hardest part about having a positive child is disclosure”
The number of internationally adopted children living with perinatally-acquired HIV (IACP) in the U.S. is increasing, yet little is known about their families' experiences. The goal of this paper is to examine the lived experiences of adoptive parents as they navigate disclosure. A purposive sample of parents of IACP was recruited at two pediatric infectious disease clinics and via closed Facebook groups. Parents completed two semi-structured int…
Women Tell All
Findings shed light on women Veterans' experiences and preferences for IPV psychosocial counseling interventions. Such knowledge can inform evidence-based, trauma-informed, and individualized care for women Veterans who experience IPV and may have relevance to other populations of women who experience IPV
Predictors of Functioning and Recovery Among Men and Women Veterans with Schizophrenia
Does Gender Role Conflict Moderate the Relationship Between Lifetime Adversity and HIV Stigma in a Community Sample of HIV-Seropositive Black Men
Previous research highlights the need to better understand the complex relationships between factors marginalizing Black men who have sex with men and women (MSMW) living with HIV, including HIV stigma, trauma, and hegemonic masculinity. We examined associations between gender role conflict (GRC), trauma, and HIV stigma in Black MSMW living with HIV. 117 participants completed the UCLA Life Adversities Screener (LADS), measures of GRC, and HIV st…
Faith-Based Organizations’ Support of Veteran Congregants at Risk for Mental Health Conditions and Suicide
Achieving Health Equity and Continuity of Care for Black and Latinx People Living With HIV
Mentoring to Dismantle Structural Racism
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