An Open Trial to Test Participant Satisfaction With and Feasibility of a Computerized Intervention for Women Veterans With Sexual Trauma Histories Seeking Primary Care Treatment

Sexual trauma is prevalent among women veterans and associated with health risks including hazardous drinking, intimate partner violence (IPV), and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Safe and Healthy Experiences (SHE) is a computerized intervention to reduce these health risks. SHE was pilot tes...

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Authors: Creech, Suzannah K. (Author) ; Pulverman, Carey S. (Author) ; Shin, Mollie E. (Author) ; Roe, Kathryn T. (Author) ; Tzilos Wernette, Golfo (Author) ; Orchowski, Lindsay M. (Author) ; Kahler, Christopher W. (Author) ; Shea, M. Tracie (Author) ; Zlotnick, Caron (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2021
In: Violence against women
Year: 2021, Volume: 27, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 597-614
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Keywords:
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Intimate Partner Violence
hazardous drinking
women veterans
sexual trauma
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Summary:Sexual trauma is prevalent among women veterans and associated with health risks including hazardous drinking, intimate partner violence (IPV), and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Safe and Healthy Experiences (SHE) is a computerized intervention to reduce these health risks. SHE was pilot tested in an open trial (N = 20) with women veterans with a history of sexual trauma and associated health risks. Women reported high satisfaction with the intervention and computerized delivery and they evidenced reductions in hazardous drinking, IPV, and PTSD at 4 months. SHE appears to be satisfactory, feasible, and potentially beneficial to women veterans.
ISSN:1552-8448
DOI:10.1177/1077801219895102