Customer Satisfaction Survey on VA Research Communication (Newsletter: VA Research Currents)

RESEARCH CURRENTS
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VA research improves VA health care and Veterans’ lives. Our job in
VA Research Communications is to keep Veterans and the public
informed about this vital work. By completing this survey, you will
help us in that effort. This survey is anonymous: It does not ask for
your name. You may skip any question you do not wish to answer,
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1. Have you received the publication VA Research Currents by
mail or looked through a copy at a VA medical center? Please
select all that apply.
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center one or more times before today
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VA Research Currents
2. When you receive VA Research Currents by mail or when you
look through an issue at a VA medical center, how often do
you read one or more articles?
This is the first issue I’ve seen
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3. Which of the following recent issues of VA Research Currents
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5. VA Research Currents has:
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About the right number of pages
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6. VA Research Currents is mailed out every three months. This is:
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9. Do you work in research?
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8c. How many years in total have you served in the military?
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17. What do you like about VA Research Currents?

Check out past issues of VA Research Currents online at
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Biorepository targets ALS, Gulf War illnesses
Biomedical labs get face lift
Chaplaincy and mental health
Vitamin E slows Alzheimer's disease
Transplanting insulin-producing cells

18. What do you dislike about VA Research Currents?

19. Do you have any suggestions to improve VA Research Currents?

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enrolling
• When reintegration goes awry
• Natural supplement put to the test for PTSD

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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

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tumors
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pressure ulcers
• Online brain training effective, but more
evidence needed

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U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans Health Administration
Office of Research & Development

VA Research Communications
103 S. Gay Street, Ste. 517
Baltimore, MD 21202

15. Are you of Hispanic or Latino origin or descent?
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