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Show B2 Hilltop Times HEALTH June 16, 1989. uirvey shows mmiliitairy woinraeira medical cme se3v5sfied wovh may be insensitive, and pregnant women, particua poor larly unmarried pregnant women, may fear admitfitness report. Either way, the women delay ting pregnancy. Mr. Mayer asked the Defense Equal Opportunity Council to design training material for supervisors to address these issues. Although the survey findings were generally positive, Mr. Mayer repeatedly urged members of the DOD medical community not to give in to an "if it ain't broke, don't fix it" mentality. He called for more pay, reduced workloads and other incentives for military doctors and nurses as ways to ease the shortage of these professionals. Mr. Mayer said the nurse shortage in particular is "serious throughout the country." Air Force women were slightly more satisfied with their care than women from other services, while Coast Guard women were the least satisfied. A DOD official speculated this can be explained by the fact that they tend to live farther from military treatment facilities; only 37 percent live within five miles of a military facility, which means most Coast Guard women use civilian providers. Some 80 percent of the women responding were satisfied with the time it took to get to a military facility. women believed Only 42 percent of active-dut- y they were getting priority care at obstetrics and gynecology clinics. This situation may partially be a problem of communication, a DOD official said. Medical staffs may fail to ask patients whether they are active duty members may fail when they call, and active-dutto assert their right to first place in line. Mr. Mayer said this situation is further complicated by the dramatic increase in the number of women eligible for care without a corresponding increase in health care providers and examining by Evelyn D. Harris American Forces Information Service Most military women are satisfied with the treatment they get at military clinics and hospitals, according to preliminary results of the 1989 Active-DutHealth Care Survey. A draft report based on the first 4,312 responses to a mailing of 7,000 surveys indicates some 64 percent of the women responding were very satisfied or satisfied with current overall care. Eighteen percent were dissatisfied, and 18 percent were neutral. The survey, the first the military has conducted on women's health care, was done in response to a request from the Defense Advisory Council on Women in the Services by the Defense Manpower Data Center under the sponsorship of the Office of the Asy sistant Secretary of Defense. The survey sample was selected last September and the survey was mailed in January 1989. The final report will be ready later this year. DOD officials expect that while there will be some differences in the final report, the pattern of findings is likely to hold. Speaking for the Defense Advisory Council on Women in the Services, Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs) William E. Mayer said the survey results showed that military health care is not the disaster some critics have said it is. For example, Mr. Mayer said, the survey showed that 82 percent of the active duty women who were pregnant received regularly scheduled prenatal care. He compared this with figures showing only 66 percent of civilian women receive such care. For the few women who do not receive full prenatal care, Mr. Mayer explored two possible explanations. Some may have "oversolicitous" supervisors who don't allow the women to carry out their assigned duties, leading to resentment from coworkers. At the other extreme, some supervisors then-Assista- nt y rooms. Noting the increases in the percentage of troops O L F itary and the number of dependents and retirees, Mr. Mayer said, "We're treating an entirely different population than our facilities were designed to treat." Some 46 percent of active-dut- y women are pregnant at least once while on active duty, and excluding the Coast Guard, 78 percent receive their prenatal care at military facilities. The survey also asked women if they felt they received enough privacy. For obstetricsgynecology visits, 76 percent were satisfied with privacy. For other visits, 70 percent were satisfied. Although they don't consider these figures bad, DOD officials said they hope to improve them. Lack of privacy is caused partially by an inadequate number of examining rooms. DOD has established a Defense Medical Facility Office to correct facility problems as quickly as funds allow. Some 77 percent of the women were satisfied with the time it took to get results of medical tests. 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