从女性退伍军人那里学习,她们应对无形的伤害,照顾和重返社会挑战
Nicholas A Rattray1,2,3, Diana Natividad4, Katrina Spontak4,5
1VA HSR&D Center for Health Information and Communication, Roudebush Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Indianapolis, USA. nrattray@iu.edu.
BMC women's health
|December 11, 2023
概括
女性退伍军人在军事到民用过渡期间面临职业方向,社会支持和医疗保健准入方面的挑战. 解决这些需求对于成功的重返社会和福祉至关重要.
科学领域:
- 军事社会学的社会学.
- 妇女健康 妇女健康
- 过渡和重新融入研究 转型和重新融入研究
背景情况:
- 越来越多的人认识到女性在军事服务中的比例越来越高.
- 了解早期军事到平民过渡经验对健康和重返社会成果的重要性.
- 女性退伍军人的定性见解可以为过渡服务成员的支持计划提供信息.
研究的目的:
- 检查女性退伍军人的平民重新融入叙述.
- 了解适应社区生活的经验.
- 确定在过渡期间应对心理健康挑战的应对机制.
主要方法:
- 采访了16名9/11后的女退伍军人,分离服务5年之内.
- 开发了一个案例研究方法,使用三个示例参与者.
- 利用感应主题分析和沉浸/结晶技术进行数据分析.
主要成果:
- 调整的关键因素包括建立职业方向,社会支持和导航医疗保健.
- 突出导航交叉的身份和性别不平等.
- 与男性同龄人和军事配偶相比,女性退伍军人在医疗保健获得方面经历了边缘化.
结论:
- 确定了女性军人过渡到平民生活的医疗保健和调整支持的关键缺口.
- 强调需要创新的政策和方案,以解决女性退伍军人的特定需求.
- 认可女性退伍军人作为退伍军人事务部 (VA) 的高优先级群体.
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