Jennifer A. Palmer

ORCID: 0000-0002-6573-6268
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Research Areas
  • Digital Mental Health Interventions
  • Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
  • Indoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure
  • Energy Efficiency and Management
  • Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
  • Patient Dignity and Privacy
  • Telemedicine and Telehealth Implementation
  • Energy, Environment, and Transportation Policies
  • Health disparities and outcomes
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Healthcare professionals’ stress and burnout
  • Global Health Workforce Issues
  • Ethics in medical practice
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
  • Mental Health Research Topics
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Medical Malpractice and Liability Issues
  • Noise Effects and Management

VA Boston Healthcare System
2023-2024

Boston University
2023-2024

VA New England Healthcare System
2023-2024

Oak Ridge National Laboratory
2005

Clinician moral distress has been documented over the past several decades as occurring within numerous healthcare disciplines, often in relation to clinicians' involvement patients' end-of-life decision-making. The resulting harms impact clinician well-being, patient and system functioning. Given Covid-19's catastrophic death toll associated demands on decision-making processes, pandemic represents a particularly important context which understand distress. Thus, we conducted convergent...

10.1371/journal.pone.0291542 article EN public-domain PLoS ONE 2023-09-15

Background Mental health conditions are highly prevalent among US veterans. The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is committed to enhancing mental care through the integration of measurement-based (MBC) practices, guided by its Collect-Share-Act model. Incorporating use remote mobile apps may further support implementation MBC for care. Objective This study aims evaluate veteran experiences with Checkup (MHC), a VHA app health. Methods Our mixed methods sequential explanatory evaluation...

10.2196/54007 article EN cc-by JMIR Mental Health 2024-05-10

Measurement-based care (MBC) comprises collecting patient-reported outcomes data using validated assessments and that information to support treatment. The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has developed technology platforms MBC, including the Mental Checkup (MHC) mobile health application (app). Our objective was examine VHA mental provider perspectives on MHC app. We completed a mixed-methods, sequential explanatory evaluation of MHC. surveyed 284 providers who used MHC, then conducted...

10.1037/ser0000884 article EN Psychological Services 2024-08-22

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) offers spiritual supports to nationally through its Chaplaincy Service and Whole initiative. There are no systematic efforts extend re-entering community post-incarceration, however. Thus, the full potential of in bolstering well-being minimizing recidivism during re-entry may not be fully realized. To explore this ways optimize it for Veterans, we conducted an exploratory needs assessment. We interviewed six staff members who work perceived address...

10.1080/08854726.2024.2422270 article EN Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy 2024-11-08

<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Mental health conditions are highly prevalent among US veterans. The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is committed to enhancing mental care through the integration of measurement-based (MBC) practices, guided by its Collect-Share-Act model. Incorporating use remote mobile apps may further support implementation MBC for care. </sec> <title>OBJECTIVE</title> This study aims evaluate veteran experiences with Checkup (MHC), a VHA app health....

10.2196/preprints.54007 preprint EN cc-by 2023-10-31
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