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Understanding the Health Needs and Barriers to Seeking Health Care of Veteran Students in the Community
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OBJECTIVES: Access to care at Veterans Affairs facilities may be limited by long wait times; however, additional barriers may prevent US military veterans from seeking help at all. We sought to understand the health needs of veterans in the community to identify possible barriers to health-seeking behavior. METHODS: Focus groups were conducted with veteran students at a community college until thematic saturation was reached. Qualitative data analysis involved both an inductive content analysis approach and deductive elements. RESULTS: A total of 17 veteran students participated in 6 separate focus groups. Health needs affecting health-seeking behavior were identified. Themes included lack of motivation to improve health, concern about social exclusion and stigma, social interactions and behavior, limited access to affordable and convenient health care, unmet basic needs for self and family, and academics competing with health needs. CONCLUSIONS: Veterans face a range of personal, societal, and logistical barriers to accessing care. In addition to decreasing wait times for appointments, efforts to improve the transition to civilian life; reduce stigma; and offer assistance related to work, housing, and convenient access to health care may improve health in veteran students.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Misra-Hebert, A. D., Santurri, L., DeChant, R., Watts, B., Rothberg, M., Sehgal, A. R., & Aron, D. C.
- Affiliations
- Weber State University (US)
- Venue
- Southern Medical Journal
- Publisher
- Southern Medical Association
- Published
- 2015-08
- Volume
- 108
- Issue
- 8
- Pages
- 488-493
- ISSN
- 0038-4348 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC4544768
- OpenAlex
- W1800053336
- Cited by
- 22
- References
- 37
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 4 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 1 · 2015: 1
- FWCI
- 8.34
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by
- Locations
- Southern Medical Journal (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- PubMed
- Funders
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Case Western Reserve University
- National Institutes of Health (UL1TR000439)
- Clinical and Translational Science Collaborative of Cleveland, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (TR000439)
- National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (MD002265, P60MD002265)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Education and Military Integration
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Homelessness and Social Issues
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Migration, Identity, and Health
- Keywords
- student veterans, health needs, barriers to health care access, health-seeking behavior, military veterans, stigma, social exclusion, transition to civilian life, community college students, unmet basic needs, academic workload
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Afghanistan, Delivery of Health Care, Female, Health Promotion, Health Services Accessibility, Humans, Iraq, Male, Military Medicine, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, Risk Factors, Students, Time Factors, Universities, Veterans, Warfare, Health Behavior, Focus Groups, Needs Assessment, Social Stigma, Veterans Health
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