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Did you know that it’s National VA Research Week? This year, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is celebrating researchers’ contributions to the Veteran and Health Science communities. CVP’s Health Research & Technology division supports VA research on important issues impacting our nation’s Veterans. Learn more about the research we’ve been involved in below.     ▶ Improving Equitable, High-Quality, Comprehensive Healthcare Services for Women Veterans CVP, as part of its Titan Alpha, LLC joint venture, worked with the Veterans Healthcare Administration (VHA) Office of Women’s Health (OWH) on an initiative to evaluate Women’s Health Programs at VHA facilities and help sites implement an Evidence-Based Quality Improvement (EBQI) project selected from the evaluation results. From 2021-2023, 29 VHA facilities completed the evaluation and started quality improvement projects aimed at improving access to comprehensive, gender-specific care; patient experience and environment of care; internal and external care coordination; staff education and training; culture and awareness of trauma-informed care principles; and patient outreach and communication. Read more @ https://lnkd.in/gnBd_Pdw ▶ Studying Suicide Risk Among U.S. Veterans with Military Service During the Vietnam War Given a 2022 VA report finding that suicide rates among Veterans remain consistently higher than nonveterans, CVP provided research support on a VA study analyzing whether military service in the Vietnam War was associated with an increased risk of suicide. While the cohort analysis of approximately 9.6 million Vietnam War-era Veterans did not find an increased risk, CVP was honored to be part of a study seeking to better understand the high number of suicides among U.S. military personnel. Read more @ https://lnkd.in/gfxDKw5t   Learn more about our Health Research & Technology team and their projects by visiting our website at @ https://lnkd.in/erSq3wvj     #NationalVAResearchWeek #HealthcareLeadership #CVPCommunity #CVPHRT #VeteransHealth #MentalHealth #WomensHealth #SuicidePrevention  U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs  

Happy Friday and welcome to the last day of #EhlersDanlos, #MentalHealth, and #Military Appreciation Awareness Months.   For me, all of these awareness months have intersectionality. They all align towards #PTSD Awareness Month starting tomorrow. Did you know that Chronic Pain can also lead to PTSD? ⇶ Approximately 1️⃣in 3️⃣Americans suffer from some chronic pain in their lifetimes, and about 1/4 of them are not able to do day-to-day activities because of their chronic pain. Between 80% and 90% of Americans experience chronic problems in the neck or lower back (𝑆𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑐𝑒 - 𝑉𝐴 𝑃𝑆𝑇𝐷 𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑠𝑖𝑡𝑒). ⇶ Additionally, 15% to 35% of patients with chronic pain also have PTSD. Only 2% of people who do not have chronic pain have PTSD. One study found that 51% of patients with chronic low back pain had PTSD symptoms.   𝐎𝐧 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟏𝐬𝐭, 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐏𝐓𝐒𝐃 (𝐍𝐂𝐏𝐓𝐒𝐃) 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐏𝐓𝐒𝐃 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬. Click on the photo below to join me and Military Women's Collective (#MWC501c3) in supporting #PTSDAwareness Month for our #military, #veterans, and #womenveterans in our community.

🤒 How did we address the needs of military members, Veterans and their families during the COVID-19 pandemic? At Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA)’s Public Health 2024 conference, the JMVFH team is currently attending a session on mid- and post-pandemic COVID-19 support. In November 2020, JMVFH published a special edition that detailed how military members, Veterans and their families were supported during the COVID-19 pandemic. 🦠 In the special edition’s editorial, JMVFH Co-Editors in Chief Dr. Stéphanie A.H. Bélanger, CD, PhD and Dr. David Pedlar provided insight into the issue’s timely development: “The idea of developing a special issue focused on COVID-19 for the Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health (JMVFH) began as the media was flooded with images of the height of the pandemic’s devastation in Italy. The virus brought about anxiety-inducing discourse, not only in the medical and academic worlds, but also in the broader citizenry. People were grappling to understand COVID-19’s modes of transmission, coming to grips with exactly how powerful the virus is, and helplessly watching as patients suffocated by the thousands in overcrowded intensive care units around the globe. “To combat that helplessness, many of our research colleagues took it upon themselves to band together and begin projects to address the impact of COVID-19 on the military, Veteran and family population. They stayed in close contact over email and by phone and found means of safely communicating and collaborating in defiance of the pandemic-imposed isolation and confinement. Those discussions naturally evolved into peer-reviewed papers, brilliantly joining science and experience to make sense of the constantly changing world around them.” ➡️ Want to learn more about how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted military members, Veterans and their families? Check out the FULL special edition for FREE (no sign-up required): https://bit.ly/3TMtAd4 #research #scientificresearch #military #veteran #militaryfamilies #militaryfamily #familyhealth #healthcare #mentalhealth #militarylife #militarymedicine CIMVHR - Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research

ICYMI: https://lnkd.in/gJH83YA6 Thank you to Timothy Usset for the terrific presentation about evidence-based interventions to support healthcare workers! We will discuss an overview of emerging literature related to healthcare worker experiences of moral injury and the current intervention gap. Evidence-based moral injury interventions for military service members/Veterans will be summarized with emphasis on chaplain-led interventions. The process of adapting Building Spiritual Strength to Health and Strength will be a highlight of the presentation. Implications for further chaplain-led organizational and individual interventions will be discussed. #mentalhealth #spiritualcareweek #chaplaincy #spiritualcare #spirituality #wellbeing #transformingchaplaincy

We are updating our advocacy package. If you are a DoD civilian, active duty, or dependent in Japan, join us in updating Congress, USFJ, and others on the status of your access to healthcare on or off base. Email your experience to [email protected]. First time hearing about this issue? Read this piece by Federal News Network to learn more: ‘More people are going to die’: DoD civilians in Japan face health care access crisis: https://lnkd.in/gq-a9SNF

Oustanding Wales. The ideal is one picture, one service, irrespective of country. Our Armed Forces are not devolved, o4 Veterans are not devolved, the NHS services that they receive should not be devolved. However, in the absence of that common sense, well done Zoe and VCHA. VCHA, best integrated NHS AF program put there. All other NHS AF programs should sit under the RNoH VCHA Veteran Aware re-accreditation program; why?: because, staff or patient, they seek to get it right first time.

Military Health System Stabilization: Rebuilding Health Care Access Is Critical to Patient’s Well-Being

Welcome to another #TipTuesday! This week we are answering the question: What/who is considered an eligible sponsor? Academic institutions, not-for-profit organizations, or government (including military; U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs; U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps; and state offices who are not considered government officials under Section 4946 of the Internal Revenue Code), are all considered eligible sponsors. Learn more about the fellowship program and apply here: https://lnkd.in/gFh_DT5Z #healthpolicy #healthpolicyfellows #healthcareleadership

🔈 How can we centre lived experience voices in military Veteran health research? At Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA)’s Public Health 2024 conference, the JMVFH team is currently attending a session on incorporating lived expertise as a knowledge translation strategy within health equity work. Within the field of military Veteran health research, this may take the form of centring the voices of those with lived experience. 👇 This JMVFH introduction by Lt.-Gen. (retd) Roméo Dallaire highlights the importance of prioritizing lived expertise: “It has been over 20 years since I went public with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). It had been a time of shame and taboo around such issues, and I knew that a senior serving officer coming forward could make a big difference both in policy and in the minds of individual soldiers suffering in silence. ❤️🩹 “Since that time, the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF), as well as society in general, has embraced those injured with PTSD and many forms of mental injury as all part of overall health. The taboos are definitely lifting, but – especially in the military – they still exist.” 📢 Read the full article on the JMVFH website for FREE: https://bit.ly/3PNRzaG 📚 “Loving a broken soul”: Laryssa Lamrock’s article provides a military spouse’s perspective on the implications of Veterans’ moral injuries for families: https://bit.ly/3U2ND8s #research #scientificresearch #military #veteran #militaryfamilies #militaryfamily #familyhealth #healthcare #mentalhealth #militarylife #militarymedicine CIMVHR - Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research