What's New in the Office of Health Equity?

VHA Office of Health Equity sent this bulletin at 04/15/2016 10:55 AM EDT
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What's New ?

April 15, 2016

Have you seen the Health Equity Action Plan?

Please follow this link:http://www.va.gov/HEALTHEQUITY/Health_Equity_Action_Plan.asp

Did you know about the American Journal of Public Health Veteran Health Equity Supplement?

  • Two articles from this supplement were the highest read papers in 2014.
  • Four papers were in the Top 20.
  • Six papers total were in the Top 50
  • 11 are in the Top 100 highest read papers.
  • The supplement issue was the second most-read issue of 2014.
  • As of October, 2015 it was accessed 20,206 times since its release in August 2014. In comparison, the January 2014 AJPH Issue was only accessed 9,000 times in 12 months.
  • Please follow this link for the supplement: http://www.va.gov/HEALTHEQUITY/Research.asp#supplement

What is Unconcious Bias?

Please follow this link to find out:http://www.va.gov/HEALTHEQUITY/Tools.asp#ub

Would you like to see OHE Cyberseminars?

Archived Cyberseminars from the 2016 Focus on Health Equity & Action series:  http://www.va.gov/HEALTHEQUITY/News_Events.asp#cyberseminars