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Brave Women Served - The Unfulfilled Needs of Female Combat Veterans

Brave Women Served - The Unfulfilled Needs of Female Combat Veterans

Online Anonymous Survey/Questionnaire Consent

Hello,

My name is Eva Fulton and I am a doctoral student at National University. I am conducting a research study to utilize Freeman’s Stakeholder Theory (1984, 2010, 2015) as a conceptual context to explore the unfulfilled needs of at least 25-40 modern-day female combat veterans (Tsai et. al, 2023), who served in combat roles to determine the public administration policies and programs (Hamblin et al, 2024) needed from the U.S Department of Veterans Affairs and other veteran program providers. In order to participate, you:

1. Are a biological female (Exec. Order No. 14168, 2025);
2. Are eligible for VA healthcare;
3. Were released from the military more than five years ago (retired or discharged);
4. Served on active-duty in a designated (Received combat pay OR earned a combat-specific award such as the Bronze Star, the Army Combat Action Badge, OR a recognized combat-related campaign service medal) (VA eligibility, 2025);
5. Live in or located in the vicinity of Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex North Texas area which is served by the Dallas VA; OR
6. Live in or located in the vicinity of San Antonio Texas area and served by the San Antonio VA.

The following survey includes questions about the demographics of participants mentioned above regarding eligibility requirements along with some questions related to lived experiences after getting out of the military. These experiences would be related to public administration or policy that affects us female combat veterans. It will take approximately 5-10 minutes of your time to complete the survey.

Your participation in this study is voluntary. If you decide to participate, your responses will be anonymous - that is, recorded without any identifying information that is linked to you. If you have any questions regarding this survey, please contact me at e.fulton2496@student.nu.edu or (817) 690-6349.

If you have any questions regarding your rights as a human subject and participant in this study, or to report research-related problems, you may email the National University IRB at irb@nu.edu.


By clicking the next button and completing the survey you indicate that you have consented to participate in this research. If you do not want to participate, please close the browser
1.Age Groups
2.Biological Sex
3.Military Branch
4.Served in a Major Historical Conflict
5.Did you receive combat pay
6.Were you ever awarded the Bronze Star?
7.Were you ever awarded the Army Combat Action Badge (CAB)?
8.Were you ever awarded the Purple Heart?
9.Received a combat-related campaign service medal
10.Live in State of Texas
11.Live in ___________(County)
12.Where you live, is it classified as Urban, Suburban, or Rural?
13.What was the last year served on Active Duty (at least 5 years ago - 2021 or earlier): _________
14.Enrolled in VA healthcare: VA North Texas OR San Antonio VA
15.If you are willing to participate in the virtual focus group and/or the individual session, please provide a phone number and email where I can reach out to you to schedule the next step in the study.