Spotlight on VA Research Women's gender-specific health care
needs, including some that are combat-related, have been an
important part of VA's research agenda for more than a decade.
Research in this area is greatly enhanced by VA's partnerships
with other organizations that share its strong commitment to
promoting women's health and advancing gender equity in health
care. Research into Women's Health Research priorities cover a
broad range of conditions particularly relevant to women
Veterans-among them, chronic diseases, cancer, mental health
issues, military occupational hazards, and reproductive health.
Important areas of VA research focusing on women Veterans'
health conditions include: - Posttraumatic stress disorder
(PTSD)—In the largest randomized clinical trial to date
involving women Veterans with PTSD, VA researchers and their
colleagues found that prolonged-exposure therapy-a type of
cognitive behavioral therapy in which therapists help patients
recall their traumas under safe, controlled conditi