Clinical Trials Logo
  1. Home
  2. Women's Health
  3. NCT00156663

Toward Gender Aware VA Healthcare: Development and Evaluation of an Intervention

Women's Health Clinical Trial

Official title:
Toward Gender Aware VA Health Care: Development and Evaluation of an Intervention

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study was to develop and evaluate an educational program intended to raise staff awareness about women veterans and their health care needs and preferences.

Clinical Trial Description

OBJECTIVES:

The primary objective of this project was to develop and evaluate a computerized program that would enhance Veterans Health Administration (VHA) employees� awareness of women veterans and their health-care needs. The program was designed to challenge negative stereotypes about female patients (gender-role ideology), increase empathy toward female patients� needs (gender sensitivity), and enhance knowledge regarding women veterans and aspects of their VHA care (knowledge).

DESIGN/METHODS:

Phases I involved generating content for the computerized interactive program. Phase II involved creating the 30-minute program. The Phase III evaluation of the program involved a two-group pretest�posttest�follow-up equivalent control group design at two facilities with a third facility comparison group. At the first two facilities, employees who provide either direct or ancillary care to patients were randomly assigned to either the treatment or the control group. Participants in the treatment group completed the program entitled Caring for Women Veterans. Participants in the control group and those at the third site completed a 30-minute program entitled Managing Stress. The data from the third site were included to test for infusion of the treatment effect within same-site groups. Gender awareness was evaluated at three time points using the Gender Awareness Inventory-VA (GAI-VA). Participants completed the GAI-VA several weeks prior to completing the computerized program (Time 1, n =339), immediately after completing the program (Time 2, n = 249), and approximately one month after the program (Time 3, n = 167). Participants also completed a qualitative evaluation of the program at Time 2.

STATUS:

Complete. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

Clinical Trial Details
NCT number NCT00156663
Study type Interventional
Source VA Office of Research and Development
Contact
Status Completed
Phase N/A
Start date May 2004
Completion date September 2005
View Details
See also
  Status Clinical Trial Phase
Completed NCT05509049 - Precision Nudging Drives Wellness Visit Attendance at Scale N/A
Completed NCT03663075 - Effect of Group Education and Individual Counselling on Mental Health and Quality of Life in 45-60 Year Old Women N/A
Not yet recruiting NCT05910580 - Improving Alcohol and Substance Use Care Access, Outcome, Equity During the Reproductive Years N/A
Completed NCT02049554 - Preconception Women's Health in Pediatric Practice Intervention N/A
Completed NCT01456962 - Influence of Antiretroviral Regimen on Immune Reconstitution in the Female Genital Tract N/A
Completed NCT00505609 - Efficacy of the Standard Days Method of Family Planning N/A
Completed NCT06323941 - Motor Imagery and Isometric Exercises on Pelvic Floor Sensorimotor Condition N/A
Recruiting NCT04163380 - Resistance Training and Sex Hormone Concentrations During the Menstrual Cycle N/A
Completed NCT05231564 - Hybrid Training and Middle Age N/A
Completed NCT03839147 - The Effect of Education and Counseling on Reducing Pain and Anxiety in Women Undergoing Hysterosalpingography N/A
Completed NCT05282524 - Helping Adults Perform Transvaginal Exams Via Coaching at Home N/A
Recruiting NCT06293846 - BeFit Toolbox Collaboration: Building Empowerment Through Fitness N/A
Completed NCT01918072 - Controlled Trial of Tele-Support and Education for Womens Health Care in CBOCs
Recruiting NCT05360849 - Implementing PrEP for Women Who Inject Drugs N/A
Completed NCT03699150 - Cardio-metabolic Risk Factors, Osteoporosis and Thrombus Embolic Assessment, Along Woman's Life
Completed NCT03215472 - DASH Cloud: Using Digital Health to Improve Adherence to the DASH Diet Among Women N/A
Completed NCT04727983 - Effects of External Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation in Women With Urgency Urinary Incontinence N/A
Completed NCT03407794 - Effects of Fermented Vegetables on Gut Microflora and Inflammation in Women N/A
Completed NCT03448289 - Use of a Reproductive Life Planning Tool at the Pediatric Well-Baby Visit With Postpartum Women N/A
Not yet recruiting NCT06213428 - Effects of Probiotics on Synaptic Plasticity During the Menstrual Cycle Phase 1