Featured Event: Veteran's Research Townhall 2021

ADDRESSING SOCIAL NEEDS TO IMPROVE VETERAN HEALTH

To understand overall health outcomes a holistic perspective is needed that recognizes access to safe housing, nutritious food, reliable transportation, clean water, employment and social connectedness all play a role. Understanding these complex needs is a cornerstone of VA research and healthcare, and the work of the Center for Health Equity, Research, and Promotion (CHERP) and the Veterans Community Advisory Board (VCAB) based in Philadelphia, has brought increased attention to these factors and their impact on Veteran health.

Categories of social needs that VA is addressing to provide equitable care for all Veterans.

The VCAB is made up of Veterans, like you, and they are working hard to promote holistic Veteran healthcare by spreading awareness among Veterans and researchers of the social needs that affect Veteran health.

“As a result, solutions developed may not meet the needs of patients. Patients and the public have come to feel disconnected from the goals of research.

— VCAB Chair, Chuck Maxwell

With this in mind, the VCAB, in partnership with PREF (Philadelphia Research Education Fund) and the Crescenz VA Medical Center in Philadelphia, present the Veterans Research Town Hall: Veteran Voices Shape Research on March 25, 2021. This virtual townhall will focus on the importance of Veteran participation in research and the social needs that VA is working to address through funded studies. Following brief presentations from VA researchers, Veterans will have an opportunity to ask questions that are important to them and learn more about upcoming research studies.

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