Announcements
Monday, October 23, 2017
Snapshot of Fiscal Year 2017 Accomplishments in Veteran Health Equity
- OHE published the National Veterans Health Equity Report, which is also available for downloading onto your mobile device via an ePUB version.
- OHE released Virtual Training Modules to assist clinicians, non-clinicians, Veterans, and stakeholders in understanding the importance of assessing, and increasing competency, of health equity issues for Veterans of all races and ethnicities.
- OHE translated research into action with Journeys with High Blood Pressure Videos.
- OHE-QUERI Partnered Evaluation Center published Racial and Ethnic Disparities Persist at Veterans Health Administration Patient-Centered Medical Homes.
Focus on Health Equity and Action Cyberseminars reached over 2,300 registrants and over 700 attendees to the seminars. These data do not include archive accesses, which all registrants receive when archive is available.
- OHE website had over 15,000 total page views and over 12,000 unique page views.
- Twenty bulletins were sent out via the OHE listserv reaching over 380,000 total recipients.
- OHE Chief Officer, Uchenna S. Uchendu, MD, received the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Veterans Braintrust Award for her service to Veterans.
- OHE Program Analyst, Kenneth T. Jones, PhD was selected for the inaugural Leaders for Health Equity Fellowship Program sponsored by the George Washington University Health Workforce Institute.
Register for October's Focus on Health Equity and Action Cyberseminar – New Vietnam Veteran Studies on Health and Mortality
Veterans’ unique military experiences and exposures in different military periods or eras add another layer of vulnerability to the usual determinants of health and well-being. A combination of these factors increase the likelihood of health disparities for Veterans. The October Focus on Health Equity and Action Cyberseminar will describe two Veterans Health Administration program office research projects on Vietnam Veterans and discuss how these studies should demonstrate health and mortality outcomes related to equity.New Vietnam Veteran Studies on Health and Mortality
Thursday, October 26, 2017
3:00 – 4:00 PM EST
REGISTER
Learning Objectives
- Understand the role of military service as a determinant of health and well-being;
- Increase awareness of health disparities for Vietnam Veterans; and
- Learn how to advance health equity issues for Vietnam Veterans.
Victoria J. Davey, PhD, MPH
Associate Chief Research and Development Officer for Epidemiology and Public Health, VA Central Office, Washington DC
Uchenna S. Uchendu, MD
Chief Officer, Office of Health Equity, VA Central Office, Washington, DC
Background Resources
Office of Health Equity - Period of Service/Military Era Timeline
MacLean, A, & Elder Jr, GH. (2007). Military service in the life course. Annual Review of Sociology, 33: 175-196.
Sheehan, CM, Hummer, RA, Moore, BL, Huyser, KR, & Butler, JS. (2015). Duty, honor, country, disparity: Race/ethnic differences in health and disability among male Veterans. Population Research and Policy Review, 34(6), 785-804.
Wilmoth, JM, & London, AS. (2016). Characteristics of Veterans and Nonveterans within 20th-Century Cohorts in the United States. The Civilian Lives of US Veterans: Issues and Identities [2 volumes], 11.
REGISTER November Focus on Health Equity and Action Cyberseminar – Advancing Health Equity Through Partnered Evaluation and Action
Health equity related partnered evaluation activities are instrumental in increasing understanding of the distribution of diagnosed health conditions, mortality, and healthcare quality for vulnerable Veteran groups. The current Focus on Health Equity and Action Cyberseminar will provide updated data on equity and quality of care issues for Veterans in the VA healthcare system and findings related to top VA priorities. In addition, presenters will discuss activities and tactics that can be implemented to ensure all Veterans fairly receive the best quality of care irrespective of vulnerabilities and other determinants of care that negatively affect Veteran health and well-being.
Advancing Health Equity Through Partnered Evaluation and Action
Thursday, November 16, 2017
3:00 – 4:00 PM EST
REGISTER
Confirmed Speakers
Susan Frayne, MD, MPH
VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA
Katherine Hoggatt, PhD
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA
Uchenna S. Uchendu, MD
Chief Officer, Office of Health Equity, VA Central Office, Washington, DC
Background Resources
- Office of Health Equity. (2016). National Veteran Health Equity Report—FY2013. US Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC. Available online at http://www.va.gov/healthequity/NVHER.asp.
- Chronic Health Conditions Among Vulnerable Veterans: Current Research and Action – June 29, 2017 (Breland, Uchendu, Washington)
- Using VA Data to Characterize Health and Healthcare Disparities in VA – June 20, 2017 (Washington)
- State of VHA Care for Vulnerable Veterans – January 26, 2017 (Frayne, Otoole, Saechao, Saliba, Uchendu, Washington, Yano)
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Stay Connected with VHA Office of Health Equity:
US Department of Veteran Affairs
Veterans Health Administration
Office of Health Equity
-------
No comments:
Post a Comment