The VA Office
of Health Equity (OHE) is delighted to share some of our
accomplishments over the past fiscal year in championing health equity for
Veterans. Here are a few highlights:
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OHE published the National Veterans Health
Equity Report, which is also available for downloading onto
your mobile device via an ePUB version.
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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.
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OHE translated research into action with Journeys with High
Blood Pressure Videos.
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OHE-QUERI Partnered Evaluation Center published
Racial
and Ethnic Disparities Persist at Veterans Health Administration
Patient-Centered Medical Homes.
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The main paper from the Transgender
Veterans Protocol was the third most downloaded article from the
journal publisher as of March 2017.
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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.
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OHE
website had over 15,000 total page views and over 12,000 unique page views.
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Twenty bulletins were sent out via the OHE listserv
reaching over 380,000 total recipients.
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OHE Chief Officer, Uchenna S. Uchendu, MD,
received the Congressional
Black Caucus (CBC) Veterans Braintrust Award for her service to
Veterans.
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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.
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
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.
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
Confirmed
Speakers
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Susan Frayne, MD,
MPH
VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA
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Katherine Hoggatt,
PhD
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA
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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.
Related
Cyberseminars
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Chronic
Health Conditions Among Vulnerable Veterans: Current Research and Action – June 29, 2017 (Breland, Uchendu, Washington)
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Using
VA Data to Characterize Health and Healthcare Disparities in VA – June 20, 2017 (Washington)
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State
of VHA Care for Vulnerable Veterans –
January 26, 2017 (Frayne, Otoole, Saechao, Saliba, Uchendu, Washington, Yano)
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