United States Department of Veterans Affairs
United States Department of Veterans Affairs

Center for Health Care Evaluation

CHCE Investigators

Jeanne A. Schaefer, Ph.D., RN

Jeanne A. Schaefer, Ph.D., RN.

Brief Bio

  • Research Health Scientist
  • BS, Alverno College
  • MS, Case Western Reserve University
  • Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University

Research Interests

  • Examining the impact of substance abuse programs' continuity of care practices on patients' engagement in continuing care and on their symptoms and functioning and the cost of their care
  • Identifying the impact of substance use disorder patients on VA nursing home staff and the VA long-term care system
  • Assessing the impact of health care work environments and staff stressors and coping on staff's job moral and functioning and on patients' treatment outcomes
  • Identifying the predictors of personal growth following life crises
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Publications

Moos, R.H., Schaefer, J.A., & Moos, B.S. Health Care Work Environments (in press). In S. Ayers, A. Baum, C. McManus, S. Newman, K. Wallston, J. Weinman, & R.West (Eds.), Cambridge Handbook of Psychology, Health and Medicine (2 nd ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
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Harris, A.S., McKellar, J., Moos, R., Schaefer, J.A., & Cronkite, R. (2006). Predictors of engagement in continuing care after residential substance abuse treatment. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 84, 93- 101.
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Schaefer, J.A., Ingudomnukul, E., Harris, A.H.S., & Cronkite, R.C. (2005). Continuity of care practices and substance use disorder patients’ engagement in continuing care. Medical Care, 43, 1234 –1241.
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Schaefer, J. A., Cronkite, R. C., & Ingudomnukul, E. (2004). Assessing continuity of care practices in substance use disorder treatment programs. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 65, 513-520.
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Moos, R., Schaefer, J.A., Andrassy, & Moos, B. (2002). Outpatient mental health care, self-help groups, and patients’ one-year treatment outcomes. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 57, 273-287.
Schaefer, J. A., & Moos, R. H. (2001). Bereavement experiences and personal growth. In M. S. Stroebe, R. O. Hansson, W. Stroebe, & H. Schut (Eds.), Handbook of bereavement research: Consequences, coping, & care. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
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Contact Information


Email: Jeanne.Schaefer@va.gov