Join the Office of Health Equity for July’s Focus on Health
Equity and Action Cyberseminar session. The
session will focus on the EMPOWER research project and the Make the Connection video
project targeting vulnerable Veteran groups. Presenters will focus on effective
strategies for communicating about health disparities and other health equity
issues among Veterans and healthcare professionals.
Using Effective Communication of Healthcare Disparities and Vulnerabilities to Empower Professionals, Veterans and Stakeholders
Thursday, July 27, 2017
3:00 – 4:00pm EST
Panelist will discuss the following:
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Key
findings of the EMPOWER project which was designed to understand how to
effectively communicate with healthcare professionals about healthcare
disparities;
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Using
tailored peer to peer Veteran stories of recovery to connect Veterans, family
members, friends, and other supporters with information, resources, and
solutions to issues affecting their lives; and
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Operational
and research partnerships executed by the Office of Health Equity to
advance the goals of the VA Health Equity Action Plan.
Confirmed Speakers
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Diana Burgess,
PhD
Health Science Researcher, VA Minneapolis Healthcare System, Minneapolis,
MN
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Wendy Tenhula,
PhD
Deputy Chief Consultant for Specialty MH, VA Central Office, Washington,
DC
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Uchenna S.
Uchendu, MD
Chief Officer, Office of Health Equity, VA Central Office, Washington, DC
Background Resources
Dr.
Uchenna S. Uchendu, Office of Health Equity (OHE) Chief Officer,
will be participating in the upcoming health equity breakfast at the 2017
HSR&D/QUERI National Conference hosted by the Center for Health Equity Research and Promotion on July 19th
from 7:00 – 8:00 AM EST.
OHE was created in 2012
as a national program office at the Department of Veterans Affairs to champion
reduction of health and healthcare disparities and galvanize efforts, enhance
synergy across the VA and spur actions towards achieving health equity for all
Veterans This
includes funding, collaboration and support for research examining disparities
among vulnerable Veterans and interventions to reduce barriers that some
Veterans face in accessing care. For example, the OHE-QUERI Partnered
Evaluation Center was established to support efforts to better understand
the extent of Veteran disparities and engender appropriate actions. This is one
of the goals of the VA Health Equity Action
Plan,
the agency’s strategic plan to achieve Veteran health equity, developed under
the leadership of Dr. Uchendu.
The 2017 HSR&D/QUERI
National Conference
takes place July 18-20th, 2017. This year’s theme is Accelerating Innovative and Implementation
in Health System Science. Below is a select listing of OHE-partnered and/or
funded initiatives that will be presented at this year’s conference:
Visit https://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/meetings/2017/abstracts.cfm for the full listing
of 2017 National Conference abstracts.
Selected
National Meeting sessions can be streamed at the following link: https://www.hsrd.research.va.gov/meetings/2017/streamed_sessions.cfm.
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