title: Toward a VA Women's Health Research Agenda: setting evidence-based priorities to improve the health and health care of women veterans.
abstract: The expansion of women in the military is reshaping the veteran population, with women now constituting the fastest growing segment of eligible VA health care users. In recognition of the changing demographics and special health care needs of women, the VA Office of Research & Development recently sponsored the first national VA Women's Health Research Agenda-setting conference to map research priorities to the needs of women veterans and position VA as a national leader in Women's Health Research. This paper summarizes the process and outcomes of this effort, outlining VA's research priorities for biomedical, clinical, rehabilitation, and health services research.
authors.affiliation: HSR&D Center of Excellence, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Sepulveda, CA 91343, USA. elizabeth.yano@va.gov
authors.forename: Elizabeth M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Yano
authors.forename: Lori A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Bastian
authors.forename: Susan M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Frayne
authors.forename: Alexandra L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Howell
authors.forename: Linda R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Lipson
authors.forename: Geraldine
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: McGlynn
authors.forename: Paula P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Schnurr
authors.forename: Margaret R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Seaver
authors.forename: Ann M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Spungen
authors.forename: Stephan D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Fihn
mesh_terms: D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000639:trends*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012106:Research / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States; D014493:United States Department of Veterans Affairs; D016387:Women's Health