title: Issues in defining and measuring veteran community reintegration: proceedings of the Working Group on Community Reintegration, VA Rehabilitation Outcomes Conference, Miami, Florida.
abstract: In January 2010, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Rehabilitation Research and Development Service convened a State of the Art (SOTA) conference to advance the field of outcome measurement for rehabilitation-related studies. This article reports on the proceedings of the SOTA Working Group on Community Reintegration. We explored the use of the International Classification of Health, Disability, and Functioning as a theoretical framework for measuring community reintegration; identified key dimensions of community reintegration that could and/or should be measured; discussed challenges in measuring community reintegration; suggested steps to enhance community reintegration measurement; proposed future research that focuses on outcomes measures for community reintegration and the study of community reintegration outcomes; and made policy recommendations that would facilitate community reintegration research within the VA.
authors.affiliation: Providence VA Medical Center, 830 Chalkstone Ave, Providence, RI 02908, USA. Linda.Resnik@va.gov.
authors.forename: Linda
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Resnik
authors.forename: Daniel W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Bradford
authors.forename: Shirley M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Glynn
authors.forename: Alan M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Jette
authors.forename: Caitlin
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Johnson Hernandez
authors.forename: Sharon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wills
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D003226:Congresses as Topic; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D038801:International Classification of Diseases; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012919:Social Behavior; D014481:United States; D014493:United States Department of Veterans Affairs; D014728:Veterans / Q000523:psychology*