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
increases 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
Learning Objectives
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Understand the role of
military service as a determinant of health and well-being;
- Increase awareness of health
disparities for Vietnam Veterans; and
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Learn how to advance health
equity issues for Vietnam Veterans.
Confirmed Speakers
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Victoria J. Davey,
PhD, MPH
Associate Chief Research and Development Officer for Epidemiology and
Public Health, 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
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Office of Health Equity - Period of Service/Military Era Timeline
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MacLean, A, & Elder Jr, GH. (2007). Military
service in the life course. Annual
Review of Sociology, 33: 175-196.
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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.
Intended Audiences
Researchers, clinicians, care coordinators, policy makers,
educators, Veteran stakeholders and representatives of vulnerable Veteran
groups who are interested in understanding and/or promoting equitable health
among all Veterans.
Recently Archived Sessions
The Virtual Patient Training
Modules developed by the VA Office
of Health Equity were briefly taken offline during administrative review. Fortunately,
the training modules are now back online. We apologize for any inconvenience that
you may have experienced.
We encourage you to access and
complete these training modules. As you know, these modules assist clinicians,
non-clinicians, Veterans, and stakeholders in understanding the importance of
assessing, and increasing competency, of health equity issues for Veterans.
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Determinants of Health and Healthcare for All
Employees
Provides an awareness of Veteran populations that are at risk for health
disparities, factors that put them at risk, and what you can do within your
area of influence to move toward attaining the highest level of health for
Veterans.
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2017 AAMC
Community Engagement Toolkit – Precision Medicine, Community Engagement, and
Native Health
 This new toolkit released by the Association
of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) includes presentations, discussion
questions, and video-recorded interviews with 17 urban dwelling Native
Americans. Academic health centers, medical providers, and other stakeholders
can use these tools to engage their communities in dialogue about the perceived
risks and benefits of participating in clinical and behavioral research
efforts. For more information, visit AAMC Health Research
and Policy.
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Call
for Papers for Health Services Research Theme Issue: Health Equity
Health Services Research and the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services’ Office of Minority Health are partnering to publish a Theme
Issue on Health Equity. Studies, evaluations, and policy analyses that use
rigorous and scientific research methods to promote health equity and reduce
health disparities are being solicited are being solicited.
Illustrative
examples of topics within the area of health equity include but are not limited
to:
- Quality of care
- Access to care
- Healthcare workforce
- Economic burden of
disparities
- Business case for health
equity investments
- Language access
- Payment reform
- Health care delivery
reform
- Condition-specific
research or interventions
- Population health
- Comorbidities
All papers must pertain to health equity and must
report the results of original research.
Abstracts of no more than 250 words should be submitted by email to Dr.
Beth Watts (HSRspecialissue@NORC.org)
by November 1, 2017.
New
Research on Reducing Veteran Health Disparities
The September supplement to Medical Care, the
official journal of the Medical Section of the American Public Health Association, focuses on research
for advancing equitable healthcare for racial/ethnic minority; homeless; and
lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Veterans. These vulnerable population groups represent some of Veteran groups that the VA Office of Health Equity is charged with championing and galvanizing health disparities efforts. The articles in the
supplement were generated from presentations at the recent VA field-based State
of the Science of Equity Research conference hosted by the Center for Health Equity
Research and Promotion and Health
Equity and Rural Outreach Innovation Center held September
20-21, 2016.
Special Issue from the HHS Office of Minority Health
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