Each January, the Disability Research and Dissemination Center (DRDC) issues a request for applications (RFAs) for new research opportunities. The DRDC conducts research in support of the priorities of the CDC’s National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD). DRDC awards research grants to university and other academic and professional partners that employ medical, […]
Hassouneh D, Nguyen T, Chen Z, McNeff E. School of Nursing, Oregon Health & Science University, 3455 SW US Veteran’s Hospital Road, Portland, OR 97239, USA. Rehabil Res Pract. 2013;2013:649875. doi: 10.1155/2013/649875. Epub 2013 May 2. Objective. The objective of this study was to test the efficacy of the Healing Pathways (HP) program in reducing […]
Kim G, Worley CB, Allen RS, Vinson L, Crowther MR, Parmelee P, Chiriboga DA. Center for Mental Health and Aging, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA. Giyeon.Kim@ua.edu. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011 Jul;59(7):1246-52. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03483.x. Epub 2011 Jun 30. OBJECTIVES: To explore the implications of limited English proficiency (LEP) for disparities in health status […]
Monin JK, Levy BR, Pietrzak RH. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2013 Mar 26. pii: S1064-7481(12)00096-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2012.11.023. [Epub ahead of print] SOURCE: Social and Behavioral Sciences Division, Yale School of Public Health, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT. Electronic address: joan.monin@yale.edu. OBJECTIVE: We examined whether older caregiving veterans differ from noncaregiving veterans in terms […]
Golub A, Vazan P, Bennett AS, Liberty HJ. Mil Med. 2013 Jan;178(1):107-14. SOURCE: National Development and Research Institutes, 71 West 23rd Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10010, USA. Many veterans returning from Afghanistan and Iraq experience serious mental health (MH) concerns including substance use disorders (SUD), post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, depression, or […]
Collinge W, Kahn J, Soltysik R. Mil Med. 2012 Dec;177(12):1477-85. SOURCE: Collinge and Associates, 3986 N Shasta Loop, Eugene, OR 97405, USA. This article reports pilot data from phase I of a project to develop and evaluate a self-directed program of integrative therapies for National Guard personnel and significant relationship partners to support reintegration and […]
Edens EL, Kasprow W, Tsai J, Rosenheck RA. Am J Addict. 2011 Sep-Oct;20(5):412-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1521-0391.2011.00166.x. Epub 2011 Aug 11. SOURCE: VA New England Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, 950 Campbell Avenue, West Haven, CT 06516, USA. ellen.edens@va.gov Recent public attention on homelessness has shifted beyond emergency services and supportive housing to primary prevention. […]
Liu CF, Bryson CL, Burgess JF Jr, Sharp N, Perkins M, Maciejewski ML. BMC Health Serv Res. 2012 Mar 5;12:51. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-51. Northwest Center for Outcomes Research in Older Adults, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, 1100 Olive Way, Suite 1400, Seattle, WA 98101, USA. Chuan-Fen.Liu@va.gov BACKGROUND: More than half of veterans who use Veterans […]
Brooks E, Novins DK, Thomas D, Jiang L, Nagamoto HT, Dailey N, Bair B, Shore JH. Psychiatr Serv. 2012 Sep 1;63(9):862-7. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201100444. SOURCE: Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health, University of Colorado Denver, PO Box 6508, Mail Stop F800, Aurora, CO 80045, USA. elizabeth.brooks@ucdenver.edu OBJECTIVE: Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is widespread among […]
Resnik L, Reiber G. J Am Acad Orthop Surg. 2012;20 Suppl 1:S31-4. doi: 10.5435/JAAOS-20-08-S31 Department of Health Services, Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA. Many physical and mental health problems associated with combat casualties affect the reintegration of service members into home and community life. Quantifying and measuring reintegration is important to answer […]