eBooks & Books
Advocacy for reserve/national guard personnel, military women, LGBT, and private military contractors (Chapter 8) by In: Brenda Elliott, P. R. C., Katie A. Chargualaf, P. R. C., & Barbara Patterson, P. R. A. F. (2021). Veteran-Centered Care in Education and Practice : An Essential Guide for Nursing Faculty. Springer Publishing Company.
Scholarly Articles
- Causes of death of transgender and gender diverse veterans.Henderson, E. R., Boyer, T. L., Wolfe, H. L., & Blosnich, J. R. (2023).American journal of preventive medicine, S0749-3797(23)00468-3.
- Experiences in the Veterans Health Administration and Impact on Healthcare Utilization: Comparisons Between LGBT and Non-LGBT Women Veterans.Shipherd, J. C., Darling, J. E., Klap, R. S., Rose, D., & Yano, E. M. (2018). LGBT health, 5(5), 303–311.
- Improving affirming care for sexual and gender minority veterans.Valentine, S. E., Shipherd, J. C., Smith, A. M., & Kauth, M. R. (2021). Psychological services, 18(2), 205–215.
- Primary sources of health care among LGBTQ+ veterans: Findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.Hahn, H., Burkitt, K. H., Kauth, M. R., Shipherd, J. C., & Blosnich, J. R. (2023). Health services research, 58(2), 392–401.
- Seeing the unseen: How can we best identify transgender women within the Veterans Affairs healthcare system's electronic medical record?Nik-Ahd, F., Waller, J., De Hoedt, A. M., Garcia, M. M., Figueiredo, J. C., Carroll, P. R., Cooperberg, M. R., & Freedland, S. J. (2023). The journal of sexual medicine, qdac033.
- Toward Optimizing Mental Health Care for Sexual and Gender Minority Veterans.Byne W, Wise J. Focus (Am Psychiatr Publ). 2020 Jul;18(3):289-295.
- Transgender and Cisgender US Veterans Have Few Health Differences.Downing, J., Conron, K., Herman, J. L., & Blosnich, J. R. (2018). Health affairs (Project Hope), 37(7), 1160–1168.
External Resources
- Resources for VHA FacilitiesA Healthcare Equality Index report.
- VHA Training Course CatalogExtensive registration process, but content is VA- and veteran-specific. Examples:
- "Do Ask, Do Tell: Assessing Sexual Health of LGBT Veterans (and Everyone Else)"
- "Do Ask Do Tell A Practical Patient – Centered Approach to Working with Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Veterans"