An Open Trial to Test Participant Satisfaction With and Feasibility of a Computerized Intervention for Women Veterans With Sexual Trauma Histories Seeking Primary Care Treatment

Bibliographic Data

ID12437337
AuthorsSuzannah K Creech (0000-0002-6582-1673, VA VISN 17 Center of Excellence for Research on Returning War Veterans and the Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, Waco, USA), Carey S Pulverman (0000-0001-6619-0503, VA VISN 17 Center of Excellence for Research on Returning War Veterans and the Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, Waco, USA, corresponding author), Mollie E Shin (VA VISN 17 Center of Excellence for Research on Returning War Veterans and the Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, Waco, USA), Kathryn Roe (VA Heart of Texas Health Care Network), Kathryn T Roe (VA VISN 17 Center of Excellence for Research on Returning War Veterans and the Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, Waco, USA), Golfo Tzilos Wernette (0000-0001-7658-1719, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, USA), Lindsay M Orchowski (0000-0001-9048-3576, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA), Christopher W Kahler (0000-0002-6248-4149, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA), M Tracie Shea (0000-0002-0579-6699, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI, USA), Caron Zlotnick (0000-0002-2508-7902, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA)
Year2020
Volume27
Issue3-4
Pages597-614
Publication date2020-01-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueViolence Against Women (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1077-8012 • E-ISSN: 1552-8448
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1077801219895102
PMID31896315
OpenAlexW2998383651
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited38

Sexual trauma is prevalent among women veterans and associated with health risks including hazardous drinking, intimate partner violence (IPV), and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Safe and Healthy Experiences (SHE) is a computerized intervention to reduce these health risks. SHE was pilot tested in an open trial ( N = 20) with women veterans with a history of sexual trauma and associated health risks. Women reported high satisfaction with the intervention and computerized delivery and they evidenced reductions in hazardous drinking, IPV, and PTSD at 4 months. SHE appears to be satisfactory, feasible, and potentially beneficial to women veterans

Brief intervention · Domestic violence · Injury prevention · Intervention (counseling · Medical emergency · Occupational safety and health · Poison control · Psychiatry · Sexual violence · Suicide prevention · Education and Military Integration · Medicine · Nursing