Health Services Research
The DoD Deployment Health Clinical Center has a mission to improve deployment health care. Health Services research, including clinical trials and other methodologies, provides a method of accomplishing that mission.
Optimized Implementation of a Stepped Clinical Risk Communication Guideline
Veterans Affairs Research Program
The Office of Research and Development at VA National Headquarters oversees research within the Veterans Health Administration through its four service areas:
National Guideline Clearinghouse
The National Guideline Clearinghouse™ (NGC™) Annotated Bibliographies feature allows users to search by text word and/or subject category to identify citations for publications and resources about guidelines.
Clinical Trials
A clinical trial is a research strategy that uses the scientific method to test the efficacy, effectiveness, and safety of a therapeutic procedure or agent. Clinical trials enable the medical field to develop and refine treatment approaches that demonstrate benefit to improving health and well-being for a variety of health conditions.
Treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Military Women
Gulf War Illness Research
A very large percentage of the more than 700,000 Americans who served in the Gulf War returned home to enjoy good health. However, a number of Gulf War veterans have suffered from a variety of symptoms, including fatigue, muscle and joint pain, and problems with memory and thinking. Because researchers have not yet identified a cause or a single underlying disease process, doctors must treat veterans for their individual symptoms.
The VA Office of Research and Development has just completed a $20 million effort with the Department of Defense (DoD) to conduct two separate major studies of possible treatments for symptoms of the undiagnosed illnesses of Gulf War veterans.
Exercise/Behavior Therapy Study
Antibiotic Treatment of Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses
The Departments of Defense, Health and Human Services, and Veterans Affairs have worked together to create the Gulf War Medical Research Library, which contains information on government-sponsored Gulf War-related research. The library was developed to help service members, veterans, families, and the public learn about research efforts into health concerns related to service during the Gulf War. It also can provide scientists and medical professionals information about initiatives and findings in Gulf War-related medical research.
Deployment Health Related Research
A number of organizations within the Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs are joined by other government and civilian agencies in conducting research relevant to the entire continuum of deployment health issues.
Optimized Implementation of a Stepped Clinical Risk Communication Guideline
An enhanced health screening program was developed by Canadian Forces (CF) Medical Group in an attempt to better identify some of the post-deployment health concerns of CF members.
Evaluation of an Enhanced Post-Deployment Health Screening Program for Canadian Forces Members Developed on Operation APOLLO (Afghanistan/SW Asia)
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