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Join
the VA Office of Health Equity for the official roll out
of the VHA National Veteran Health
Equity Report as we kick off the FY2017 Focus on Health
Equity & Action Cyberseminar series.
Release
of the Inaugural VHA National Veteran Health Equity Report
Thursday, October 27, 2016 3-4 PM EST
Register Link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1921772980113953028
The
VA healthcare system represents an equal access system. However, disparities
still exist in key health indicators for vulnerable Veteran groups. Until now,
a national report detailing the state of care and key outcome metrics for
vulnerable Veteran patients in VHA care did not exist. The National Veteran
Health Equity Report is designed to provide basic comparative information on
the sociodemographics, utilization patterns and rates of diagnosed health
conditions among groups over which the VHA Office of Health Equity has
responsibility.
Panelists
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Uchenna S. Uchendu, MD
Chief Officer, Office of Health Equity
VA Central Office, Washington DC
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Donna L. Washington, MD, MPH
Director, OHE-QUERI Partnered Evaluation Center
VA HSR&D Center for the Study of Healthcare
Innovation, Implementation & Policy
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
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Elizabeth M. Yano, PhD, MSPH
Director, VA HSR&D Center for the Study of
Healthcare Innovation, Implementation & Policy
VA Greater Los Angeles
Healthcare System
Visit
the Office of Health Equity website at www.va.gov/healthequity for more details about VHA’s strategic plan to
achieve health equity for Veterans (VHA Health Equity Action Plan) and to sign up for updates.
Target audience: Researchers, clinicians,
care coordinators, policy makers, educators, Veteran stakeholders and
representatives of vulnerable Veteran groups who are interested in
understanding health disparities and/or promoting equitable health among all
Veterans.
Background reading: VA 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.
Register
early for November’s Focus on Health Equity
& Action Cyberseminar series taking place on Thursday November 17, 2016 @ 3PM ET.
The topic will be health disparities among Veterans with serious mental
illness.
Registration Link: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4136290553897707779
Veterans
with serious mental illness (SMI) have substantially poorer health outcomes
compared to individuals without mental illness. The VA has expended
considerable effort to improve and address gaps in care for this
population. This cyber seminar will
focus on a retrospective cohort study using FY12 data to examine health
disparities between SMI and non-SMI Veteran population and a recent report that
reviews mental health inequalities and social determinants associated with poor
mental health and examples of interventions to combat these inequalities.
Speakers
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Amy N. Cohen, PhD
VA Desert Pacific Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center
(MIRECC)VA Center for Healthcare Innovation, Implementation
& Policy (CSHIIP)
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Karen Chu, MS
VA Center for Healthcare Innovation, Implementation
& Policy (CSHIIP)
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Jessica J. Allen, PhD
UCL Institute of Health Equity
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Uchenna S. Uchendu, MD
Chief Officer, Office of Health Equity
VA Central Office, Washington DC
Visit
the Office of Health Equity website at www.va.gov/healthequity for more details about VHA’s strategic plan to
achieve health equity for Veterans (VHA Health Equity Action
Plan) and
to sign up for updates.
Target audience: Researchers, clinicians,
care coordinators, policy makers, educators, Veteran stakeholders and
representatives of vulnerable Veteran groups who are interested in
understanding health disparities and/or promoting equitable health among all
Veterans.
Background readings
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