Veterans Health Equity: Leave No Veteran Behind
This podcast series is brought to you by the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Office of Health Equity. Listen to stories and other efforts from across the VHA and partners to help America’s Veterans achieve their best health.
Episodes
April 11, 2024 • 8 mins
This episode of Veterans Health Equity: Leave No Veteran Behind discusses the recent expansion of the Office of Women’s Health Maternity Care Coordination Program and the impact it has for pregnant Veterans, including addressing the Social Determinants of Health and eliminating health disparities.
Closed Caption Transcript is available at: https://www.sharedfedtraining.org/Podcasts/VHE_LNVB_S4EP8.pdf ===============================
Closed Caption Transcript is available at: https://www.sharedfedtraining.org/Podcasts/VHE_LNVB_S4EP8.pdf ===============================
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February 7, 2024 • 15 mins
This episode of Veterans Health Equity: Leave No Veteran Behind discusses the importance of access to contraception for Veterans as well as their 2023 Shark Tank Winning Innovation, “Contraception on Demand”.
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February 7, 2024 • 19 mins
This episode of Veterans Health Equity: Leave No Veteran Behind discusses an Innovative study on Doula care coordination.
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February 7, 2024 • 11 mins
This episode of Veterans Health Equity: Leave No Veteran Behind discusses the Perinatal Reproductive Education Planning and Resources (PREPARe) program. PREPARe combines a team of various disciplines focused on perinatal care to provide necessary resources for Veterans at their local VA Medical Center both in person and virtually.
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February 7, 2024 • 14 mins
This episode of Veterans Health Equity: Leave No Veteran Behind discusses chest and breast feeding resources and lactation support services available for Veterans in VA.
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This episode of Veterans Health Equity: Leave No Veteran Behind discusses the experience of LGBTQ+ Veterans accessing reproductive health services in VA.
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January 4, 2024 • 21 mins
This episode focuses on the challenges Veterans and care partners face as they navigate the journey to home dialysis. Strategies that nurses and Veterans have identified to address these challenges and improve a sense of community are also highlighted.
Closed Caption Transcript is available at: https://www.sharedfedtraining.org/Podcasts/VHE_LNVB_S4EP2.pdf ===============================
Closed Caption Transcript is available at: https://www.sharedfedtraining.org/Podcasts/VHE_LNVB_S4EP2.pdf ===============================
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November 21, 2023 • 22 mins
This episode discusses inequities in chronic kidney disease and dialysis care, and outlines steps VHA and Veterans are taking to address these disparities.
Closed Caption Transcript is available at: https://www.sharedfedtraining.org/Podcasts/VHE_LNVB_S4EP1.pdf ===============================
Closed Caption Transcript is available at: https://www.sharedfedtraining.org/Podcasts/VHE_LNVB_S4EP1.pdf ===============================
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May 31, 2022 • 25 mins
This episode discusses how when someone is perceived not being credible by their health care providers their health can be negatively affected.
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May 31, 2022 • 14 mins
This episode discusses some misconceptions about COVID-19 infection and COVID-19 vaccinations that are especially important to women Veterans.
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May 31, 2022 • 16 mins
This episode discusses how art can be used to help Veterans heal from trauma and be a powerful visual representation of equity.
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May 31, 2022 • 12 mins
This episode discusses VA’s Campaign for Inclusive Care, a VA awareness campaign aimed at embracing, encouraging caregivers to be partners with VA providers in the care of Veterans.
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May 31, 2022 • 10 mins
This episode discusses VA’s Medical Legal Partnerships, what they are and why they’re so important for Veterans.
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The VA is vaccinating minorities against COVID-19 at higher rates than non-minorities. This episode discusses how COVID-19 disparities have changed over time, and space, and across vaccine rollout and how VA is trying to fix and address these disparities.
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April 12, 2022 • 10 mins
This episode discusses how partnerships allow VA to serve Veterans in ways that VA might not be able to within its VA Medical Centers. By partnering with organizations that are engaged in important work in the community, VA is able to serve Veterans, their families, caregivers, survivors, and other beneficiaries in ways that VA alone can’t.
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April 12, 2022 • 17 mins
This episode discusses what Long COVID is and how VA is working to develop COVID clinics across the country to help support Veterans with confirmed or think that they might have long COVID.
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April 12, 2022 • 17 mins
This episode discusses the benefits of lactation for the parent and baby, the lactation services that are provided by VA to Veterans who are lactating, and how VA is using telehealth technology to reach lactating Veterans across the country.
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April 12, 2022 • 18 mins
This episode discusses implicit bias and how it can negatively affect Veterans’ health.
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April 12, 2022 • 26 mins
This episode discusses a new initiative VA released to help empower individuals with the tools and techniques they need to respond if they witness harassment or sexual assault at a VA Facility. The speakers highlight how eliminating harassment and sexual assault within the VA is a top priority for VA and why this training is so important to this mission.
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September 21, 2021 • 11 mins
This episode discusses OHE’s new Chartbook on LGB Veteran Health and what the VA is doing to ensure that Veterans, regardless of their sexual and gender identities, do not experience disparities in health outcomes.
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