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| Title |
Veteran-centered barriers to VA mental healthcare services use
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| Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, July 2018
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12913-018-3346-9 |
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| Authors |
Ann M. Cheney, Christopher J. Koenig, Christopher J. Miller, Kara Zamora, Patricia Wright, Regina Stanley, John Fortney, James F. Burgess, Jeffrey M. Pyne |
| Abstract |
Some veterans face multiple barriers to VA mental healthcare service use. However, there is limited understanding of how veterans' experiences and meaning systems shape their perceptions of barriers to VA mental health service use. In 2015, a participatory, mixed-methods project was initiated to elicit veteran-centered barriers to using mental healthcare services among a diverse sample of US rural and urban veterans. We sought to identify veteran-centric barriers to mental healthcare to increase initial engagement and continuation with VA mental healthcare services. Cultural Domain Analysis, incorporated in a mixed methods approach, generated a cognitive map of veterans' barriers to care. The method involved: 1) free lists of barriers categorized through participant pile sorting; 2) multi-dimensional scaling and cluster analysis for item clusters in spatial dimensions; and 3) participant review, explanation, and interpretation for dimensions of the cultural domain. Item relations were synthesized within and across domain dimensions to contextualize mental health help-seeking behavior. Participants determined five dimensions of barriers to VA mental healthcare services: concern about what others think; financial, personal, and physical obstacles; confidence in the VA healthcare system; navigating VA benefits and healthcare services; and privacy, security, and abuse of services. These findings demonstrate the value of participatory methods in eliciting meaningful cultural insight into barriers of mental health utilization informed by military veteran culture. They also reinforce the importance of collaborations between the VA and Department of Defense to address the role of military institutional norms and stigmatizing attitudes in veterans' mental health-seeking behaviors. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 3 | 75% |
| Unknown | 1 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 75% |
| Scientists | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 174 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 174 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 24 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 22 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 16 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 15 | 9% |
| Researcher | 12 | 7% |
| Other | 30 | 17% |
| Unknown | 55 | 32% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 26 | 15% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 22 | 13% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 19 | 11% |
| Social Sciences | 19 | 11% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 16 | 9% |
| Unknown | 69 | 40% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 63. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 April 2024.
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