Lessons from Initiating the First Veterans Health Administration (VA) Women's Health Practice-based Research Network (WH-PBRN) Study

Alyssa Pomernacki; Diane V Carney; Rachel Kimerling; Deborah Nazarian; Jill Blakeney; Brittany D Martin; Holly Strehlow; Julia Yosef; Karen M Goldstein; Anne G Sadler; Bevanne A Bean-Mayberry; Lori A Bastian; Meggan M Bucossi; Caitlin McLean; Shannan Sonnicksen; Ruth Klap; Elizabeth M Yano; Susan M Frayne

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Lessons from Initiating the First Veterans Health Administration (VA) Women's Health Practice-based Research Network (WH-PBRN) Study

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Lessons from Initiating the First Veterans Health Administration (VA) Women's Health Practice-based Research Network (WH-PBRN) Study

Alyssa Pomernacki, Diane V Carney, Rachel Kimerling, Deborah Nazarian, Jill Blakeney, Brittany D Martin, Holly Strehlow, Julia Yosef, Karen M Goldstein, Anne G Sadler, …

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, Vol.28(5), pp.649-657

09/2015

DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2015.05.150029

PMID: 26355137

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Abstract

The Veterans Health Administration (VA) Women's Health Practice-Based Research Network (WH-PBRN) was created to foster innovations for the health care of women veterans. The inaugural study by the WH-PBRN was designed to identify women veterans' own priorities and preferences for mental health services and to inform refinements to WH-PBRN operational procedures. Addressing the latter, this article reports lessons learned from the inaugural study. WH-PBRN site coordinators at the 4 participating sites convened weekly with the study coordinator and the WH-PBRN program manager to address logistical issues and identify lessons learned. Findings were categorized into a matrix of challenges and facilitators related to key study elements. Challenges to the conduct of PBRN-based research included tracking of regulatory documents; cross-site variability in some regulatory processes; and troubleshooting logistics of clinic-based recruitment. Facilitators included a central institutional review board, strong relationships between WH-PBRN research teams and women's health clinic teams, and the perception that women want to help other women veterans. Our experience with the inaugural WH-PBRN study demonstrated the feasibility of establishing productive relationships between local clinicians and researchers, and of recruiting a special population (women veterans) in diverse sites within an integrated health care system. This identified strengths of a PBRN approach.

Female

Humans

Mental Health Services - organization & administration

Perception

Primary Health Care - organization & administration

United States

United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Veterans - psychology

Veterans Health

Women's Health

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Title: Subtitle: Lessons from Initiating the First Veterans Health Administration (VA) Women's Health Practice-based Research Network (WH-PBRN) Study
Creators: Alyssa Pomernacki - VA Palo Alto Health Care System
Diane V Carney - VA Palo Alto Health Care System
Rachel Kimerling - VA Palo Alto Health Care System
Deborah Nazarian - Veterans Health Administration
Jill Blakeney - Iowa City VA Health Care System
Brittany D Martin - VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
Holly Strehlow - Duke University
Julia Yosef - University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
Karen M Goldstein - University of California, Los Angeles
Anne G Sadler - VA Connecticut Healthcare System
Bevanne A Bean-Mayberry - UConn Health
Lori A Bastian - University of California, Los Angeles
Meggan M Bucossi - Stanford University
Caitlin McLean
Shannan Sonnicksen
Ruth Klap
Elizabeth M Yano
Susan M Frayne
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, Vol.28(5), pp.649-657
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2015.05.150029
PMID: 26355137
NLM abbreviation: J Am Board Fam Med
ISSN: 1557-2625
eISSN: 1558-7118
Grant note: 1UL1TR001111 / NCATS NIH HHS
Language: English
Date published: 09/2015
Academic Unit: Psychiatry; Injury Prevention Research Center; Internal Medicine
Record Identifier: 9984281653402771

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