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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.

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    • Dec 13, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 16m AVG DURATION
    • 32 EPISODES


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    S5E1: Reproductive Health Equity Podcast Mini-Series: The Boost Project

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2024 11:53


    Kelly Nestman, the host of the Reproductive Health Equity Podcast Mini-Series, is joined by Dr. Jenny Cohen and Tara Stacker to discuss the SERVICE Act, its impact on breast cancer screening for Veterans, and their novel Boost Team approach to breast and cervical cancer screening at the San Francisco VA. 

    S4E12: LGBTQ+ Patient-Centered Care Data Tool

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2024 21:00


    This episode of Veterans Health Equity: Leave No Veteran Behind discusses a data tool that helps to identify and address disparities among LGBTQ+ Veterans.

    S4E11: VA Interfacility Consults Bringing Health Equity to LGBTQ+ Veterans

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2024 19:01


    This episode of Veterans Health Equity: Leave no Veteran Behind discusses how VA interfacility consults are being used to increase health equity by bringing important LGBTQ+ programs to Veterans who do not have them at their local VA facilities.

    S4E10: VA LGBTQ+ Fellowships and Internships Moving Towards an All-inclusive Culture

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2024 26:17


    This episode of Veterans Health Equity: Leave no Veteran Behind discusses how the VA is using training programs to increase provider skill and knowledge in caring for the LGBTQ+ population.

    S4E9: VA's Center for Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islander Health.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2024 16:27


    This episode of Veterans Health Equity: Leave No Veteran Behind discusses VA's Center for Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, and U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islander Health, which officially opened June 2024.

    S4EP8: Reproductive Health Equity Mini-Series: Maternity Care Coordination Program Expansion

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2024 8:22


    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 ===============================

    S4EP7: Reproductive Health Equity Podcast Mini-Series: Contraception on Demand

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2024 15:56


    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”.

    S4EP6: Reproductive Health Equity Podcast Mini-Series: Doula Care

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2024 19:11


    This episode of Veterans Health Equity: Leave No Veteran Behind discusses an Innovative study on Doula care coordination.

    S4EP5: Reproductive Health Equity Podcast Mini-Series: PREPARe

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2024 11:07


    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.

    S4EP4: Reproductive Health Equity Podcast Mini-Series: Chest feeding and Lactation Services in VA

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2024 14:32


    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.

    S4EP3: Reproductive Health Equity Podcast Mini-Series: Access to Reproductive Health Services for LGBTQ+ Veterans

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2024 12:52


    This episode of Veterans Health Equity: Leave No Veteran Behind discusses the experience of LGBTQ+ Veterans accessing reproductive health services in VA.

    S4EP2: Chronic Kidney Disease and How VA is Working to Address Home Dialysis Disparities, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2024 21:43


    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 ===============================

    S4EP1: Chronic Kidney Disease and How VA is Working to Address Home Dialysis Disparities, Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2023 22:05


    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 ===============================

    S3EP6: How Perceptions of Credibility Can Impact Care

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2022 25:45


    This episode discusses how when someone is perceived not being credible by their health care providers their health can be negatively affected.

    S3EP1: Identifying Differences in COVID-19 Infection, Mortality, and Vaccine Receipt in Veterans

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2022 11:26


    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.

    S3EP2: Health Equity and Medical Legal Partnerships

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2022 10:41


    This episode discusses VA's Medical Legal Partnerships, what they are and why they're so important for Veterans.

    S3EP3: VA's Campaign for Inclusive Care and Equity

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2022 12:28


    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.

    S3EP4: Using Arts to Heal

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2022 16:34


    This episode discusses how art can be used to help Veterans heal from trauma and be a powerful visual representation of equity.

    S3EP5: COVID-19, Vaccination, and Women Veterans

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2022 14:42


    This episode discusses some misconceptions about COVID-19 infection and COVID-19 vaccinations that are especially important to women Veterans.

    S2EP1: Introducing VA's New Bystander Intervention Training

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2022 26:11


    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.

    S2EP2: Implicit Bias and its Effects on Health in Veterans

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2022 18:07


    This episode discusses implicit bias and how it can negatively affect Veterans' health.

    S2EP3: How VA Supports Lactating Veterans In their Homes and Clinic

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2022 17:05


    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.

    S2EP4: How VA is Working to Help Veterans with Long COVID

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2022 17:13


    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.

    S2EP5: How VA Partnerships Promote Health Equity

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2022 10:15


    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.

    S1EP1: Social Determinants of Health

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2021 13:32


    The conditions in which individuals live and work significantly impacts their access to social and economic opportunities and resources in their homes and communities. This episode highlights the role addressing these social determinants of health play in the provision of health care to Veterans.

    S1EP2: PRIDE and TelePride

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2021 14:16


    This episode highlights how the VA is creating opportunities for more LGBT Veterans to be connected with each other through the PRIDE Program, available at many VA Medical Centers across the United States. A long- time participant and Veteran shares her experience and how provided her immediate fellowship of other Veterans, reminding her that she wasn't alone as well as services available through the VA to help her feel empowered to be her authentic self.

    S1EP3: Discrimination and Health Outcomes

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2021 18:47


    This episode discusses how discrimination can manifest in health care settings and efforts within VA to help Veterans who have experienced discrimination not have these experiences have a negative impact on their health.

    S1EP4: Reducing VA COVID-19 Disparities

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2021 13:53


    This episode discusses new research on racial and ethnic disparities in Veterans who test positive for COVID and what the VA is doing to ensure that Veterans, regardless of their racial and ethnic background, do not experience disparities in treatment outcomes.

    S1EP5: Addressing Veterans' Sociocultural Determinants of Health

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2021 20:09


    This episode discusses how VA is addressing social determinants of health and their impact on health outcomes through interventions to advance the health of our Veterans.

    S1EP6: Preventing Diabetic Foot Ulcers

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2021 16:21


    This episode discusses discussing how VA is working to reduce leg amputations by leveraging technology to help prevent diabetic foot ulcers.

    S1EP7: Social Justice, Ethics, and Equity

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2021 20:16


    This episode discusses ethics in health care how do we know what is the right thing to do when making important health care decisions?

    S1EP8: LGB Veteran Health Chartbook

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2021 11:55


    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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