219602 Honoring Heros - barriers to veterans health care

Tuesday, November 9, 2010 : 1:30 PM - 1:50 PM

Ann Hirschman, RN-C, FNP , University Behavioral Health Care, Princeton, NJ
     
10 veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghhanistan participated in this study of attitudes and experiences toward their health care. Several patterns of barriers to care emerged including the difficulties with understanding benefits, bureaucratic barriers to timeliness of care, geographic disparities and the warrior mentality of the veterans. Conclusions include opportunities for change at all levels of the system.

Learning Areas:
Assessment of individual and community needs for health education
Clinical medicine applied in public health
Conduct evaluation related to programs, research, and other areas of practice
Public health or related nursing
Public health or related public policy
Social and behavioral sciences

Learning Objectives:
1-Identify barriers to care that exist of care for veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. 2-Describe patterns that can help change the system to better care for all veterans.

Keywords: War, Veterans' Health

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have worked with the veterans community for many years and ahve continued to do research in this community.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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