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Women Warriors Have Special Health Needs, Researchers Report
Thursday, January 28, 2016 | Category: Health Care - National
In 1993, the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) initiated surveys and questionnaires to 3,700 women veterans and over 158,000 non-veteran women and continued to collect data over the following 20 years. The WHI study, "Older Women Veterans in the Women’s Health Initiative," results indicate that "women veterans are more at risk for lower life satisfaction, lung cancer, cognitive decline and hip fractures than non-veteran women." Additionally, they indicated "lower levels of self-perceived health, life satisfaction, social support, physical function and quality of life than their non-veteran counterparts and are more likely to reside in a residential living facility and were far less likely to have ever married.”
PRLI Set to Lead Camp Resilience for Women Veterans in the Area
Wednesday, January 27, 2016 | Category: Combat - New Hampshire
Camp Resilience, of the Lakes Region, New Hampshire, non-profit Patriot Resilient Leader Institute plans to conduct its second all-female veterans' session in Gilford next week. PRLI founder and retired Army veteran Kurt Webber stated that their experience has been that women veterans can benefit greatly from sharing experiences with other women veterans in a single-sex environment.
Kentucky Women Veterans Unite! 2016
Wednesday, January 27, 2016 | Category: Department of Veterans Affairs - Kentucky
The state's "Kentucky Women Veterans Unite!" initiative will continue in 2106. Outreach events for Kentucky's 24,000 women veterans, including regional conferences in Eastern and Western Kentucky, are planned. An event calendar is posted on the Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs website along with articles of statewide articles.
Washington Women Veterans' Summit 2016
Wednesday, January 27, 2016 | Category: Department of Veterans Affairs - Washington
This Summit provides comprehensive federal and state benefits information as well as opportunities to network and enjoy the camaraderie with other women veterans. The Summit is scheduled for September 17, 2016.
Osteoporosis and Soft-tissue Damage Affecting Female Veterans
Wednesday, January 27, 2016 | Category: Health Care - National
Different health issues face the next generation of veterans. Many of the women who served in Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation New Dawn were there during their prime bone-building years. One physician attributes the prevalence of osteoporosis and soft-tissue damage to poor water supply and nutrition as well as carrying gear nearly equal to one's body weight. Treatment is most effective when treated early with diet, exercise, and vitamins.
Survey to Evaluate VA’s Women Veterans Program Managers
Tuesday, January 26, 2016 | Category: Health Care - National
Quoted from 'The American Legion" website home page:
"A Marine Corps veteran and American Legion member wants to know how the addition of Women Veterans Program Managers at VA medical centers nationwide is affecting health care for women veterans.
Women veterans who use VA health-care facilities can take the quick survey here.
Kimberly Francois, a University of Phoenix doctoral candidate in industrial organizational psychology and a 26-year veteran of the Marine Corps, is surveying women veterans to gauge VA’s progress. Francois has a bachelor’s degree in biology, Master of Business Administration degree in human resources management, and a Master of Science degree in industrial organizational psychology to go along with her Marine Corps career. She retired as a chief warrant officer – 5, personnel officer.
“The purpose of the study is to evaluate whether or not the Women Veterans Program Manager improves accessibility of health-care services for women veterans,” Francois says. “Numerous government reports revealed the need for organizational and managerial changes in the health-care system within the VA for women veterans. However, academic literature evaluating the Women Veterans Program Manager is non-existent.”
Francois received authorization from Dr. Patricia Hayes, chief consultant for women’s health services at VA, to fulfill that missing research need and will extend findings to Women Veterans Program Managers at VA medical centers throughout the country. She will also share findings with The American Legion."
Dallas VA Hospital’s Wall of Honor Remembers Female Veterans’ Past, Present
Monday, January 25, 2016 | Category: History/Heritage - Texas
The Women Veterans' Wall of Honor was the idea of two Dallas medical center employees, Women Veterans Program Manager Leslie Snowden-Crawford and physician assistant Pamela Korzeniowski. They hope that the shadow boxes will "raise the profile of female veterans among the center’s heavily male-dominated artifact exhibits."
One Stop Service Location For Women Veterans
Monday, January 25, 2016 | Category: Advocacy/Outreach - California
The "Women Veterans Alliance," founded by Melissa Washington a Navy veteran, and "California's Capital's Womens' Business Center" will be hosting "ONE STOP," the fourth Thursday of every one offering women veterans workshops as well as information on benefits and services, legal assistance, financial advice and more.
New Women’s Health Center at West Haven VA ‘Officially’ Open
Friday, January 22, 2016 | Category: Health Care - Connecticut
The new VA Connecticut Women's Health Center officially opened, now serving nearly a thousand women veterans. It's a one-stop shop, meeting female veterans' comprehensive health care needs in a more private, dignified setting for the women served there.
Michelle Obama Urges Mayors to Remove 'Stain' of Veteran Homelessness and Praises L.A. Efforts
Friday, January 22, 2016 | Category: Housing/Experiencing Homelessness - National
There's been progress, but much is left to be done. First Lady Michelle Obama urged the nation's mayors to continue their efforts to ease homelessness among military veterans. Some cities reached “functional zero,” which means homeless veterans are quickly identified and helped. The effort takes businesses and nonprofit groups helping veterans connect with resources to find jobs, get medical and mental health treatment, and other services to stabilize their lives.