The Gulf War Women’s Health Cohort: Study Design and Protocol

Benjamin E. Ansa, Kimberly Sullivan, Maxine H. Krengel, Vahé Heboyan, Candy Wilson, Stacey Iobst and Steven S. Coughlin
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Benjamin E. Ansa: Institute of Public and Preventive Health, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
Kimberly Sullivan: Department of Environmental Health, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02118, USA
Maxine H. Krengel: Research Service, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA 02130, USA
Vahé Heboyan: Department of Interdisciplinary Health Sciences, College of Allied Health Sciences, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA
Candy Wilson: Uniformed Services University Graduate School of Nursing, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
Stacey Iobst: Henry M. Jackson Foundation at the Uniformed Services University Graduate School of Nursing, Bethesda, MD 20814, USA
Steven S. Coughlin: Department of Population Health Sciences, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA 30912, USA

IJERPH, 2020, vol. 17, issue 7, 1-13

Abstract: Military service and deployment affect women differently than men, underscoring the need for studies of the health of women veterans and their receipt of health care services. Despite the large numbers of women who served during the 1990–1991 Gulf War, few studies have evaluated Gulf War illness (GWI) and other medical conditions specifically as they affect women veterans of the 1991 Gulf War. The objectives of the Gulf War Women’s Health Cohort study are: (1) to establish the Gulf War women’s cohort (GWWC), a large sample of women veterans who served in the 1990–1991 Gulf War and a comparison group of women who served in other locations during that period; and (2) to provide current, comprehensive data on the health status of women who served during the 1990–1991 Gulf War, and identify any specific conditions that affect Gulf War women veterans at excess rates. The study will utilize both existing datasets and newly collected data to examine the prevalence and patterns of Gulf War Illness symptoms, diagnosed medical conditions, reproductive health, birth outcomes and other health issues among women who served during the Gulf War. The Gulf War Women’s Health Cohort study will address the need for information about the comprehensive health of women veterans who were deployed to the Gulf War, and other wars during the Gulf War era.

Keywords: Gulf War; Gulf War illness; chronic multisymptom illness; veterans; women (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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