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Office of Health Equity

National Veteran Health Equity Report 2021

New Equity Report

The NVHER 2021 Intersectionality Report provides data on patient experiences and healthcare quality for Veterans who receive VHA care.

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New Intersectionality Report

This report focuses on experiences of care and health care quality of racial and ethnic minoritized Women Veterans receiving care in VHA.

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New VHA COVID-19 Equity Report

Information on VHA’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and highlights efforts made to address pandemic-related healthcare disparities.

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NVHER 2021 Intersectionality Report COVID-19 Equity Report

VHA Office of Health Equity

Equitable access to high-quality care for all Veterans is a major tenet of the VA healthcare mission. The Office of Health Equity (OHE) champions the elimination of health disparities and achieving health equity for all Veterans. OHE supports the VHA's vision to provide appropriate individualized health care to each Veteran in a way that eliminates disparate health outcomes and assures health equity.

What's New

Release Date	Resource
2024
August	Intersectionality Report
	Vocational Rehabilitation Information Brief
June	OHE Posters - Academy Health Annual Research Meeting 2024
	Increasing Access to Care in Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Veterans
	Closing the Gap in Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Queer/Questioning Veteran Patient-Centered Care
May	Homelessness in Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Veterans
April	Addressing Prescribing Disparities of Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors
March	Addressing Social Needs in Women's Healthcare Settings
February	Rates of Hypertension by Race or Ethnicity in Veterans Receiving Care at VA
January	Age Disparities Among Veterans in Meeting Current Exercise Guidelines
2023
December	Addressing Barriers to Care in Veterans at Risk for HIV
November	American Indian and Alaska Native Veterans and Telehealth
October	Diabetes Disparities in Hispanic or Latino LGBQ+ Veterans
	Improving Patient-Provider Communication to Improve Black Veterans' Treatment of Chronic Pain
September	Improving Access to Mental Health Care for Hispanic/Latino Veterans
	Overcoming Financial Barriers to Meeting Exercise Guidelines

Notable Releases

Release Date	Resource
2023
August	Lactation Support and Maternity Care Coordination
July	Addressing Veteran Mobility Limitations with VA Video Connect and other Virtual Solutions
June	Improving Care Through Visibility for LGBTQ+ Veterans
	Increasing Diversity in Recruitment and Advancement Across VA to Achieve Equitable Care and Outcomes
	Prevalence of Heart Disease in Sexual Minority Veterans
May	Person-Centered Care Among Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander Veterans
April	Updated Veterans Geography of Opportunity Tool
	Racial Disparities in Pregnancy Outcomes
	Updated VHA COVID-19 Equity Bibliography
	Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Criminal Legal System-Involved Veterans
March	VHA's Expansion of Women and Gender-Diverse Reproductive Health Care Services
February	VHA COVID-19 Equity Response Report
	Black Veteran Chartbook
	Heart Disease Disparities in Black Veterans Compared to Black Non-Veterans
January	Traumatic Brain Injury Disparities
2022
December	Routine Screening of Veterans for Digital Needs
November	National Veteran Health Equity Report – American Indian or Alaska Native Veteran Chartbook
	National Veteran Health Equity Report 2021
	Tobacco Use in Women Veterans and Treatment Resources to Promote Equity
October	Updated COVID-19 Equity at the VA Bibliography
September	National Veteran Health Equity Report – Hispanic and Latino Veteran Chartbook
	Reducing Disparities and Barriers in Access to Care Impacting Hispanic/Latino Veterans
August	Differences in COVID-19 Vaccination Rates in Women Veterans
June	Primary Healthcare Experiences of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Veterans Chartbook
May	National Veteran Health Equity Report 2021 - Asian and Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander Veteran Chartbook
	Asian American Veterans Disparities
	Roundtable Discussion: ODEI Observance of AANHPI Heritage Month
April	Healthcast: VA is Using Data to Address Critical Areas in Health Disparity - Dr. Ernest Moy, Executive Director, OHE
March	Healthcare Equality Index 2022 Report
	Chronic Kidney Disease and Dialysis in Veterans
	National Veteran Health Equity Report: Colorectal Cancer Screening
February	Improving Blood Pressure in Black Veterans
	Reducing Racial Disparities in Blood Pressure Control in Veterans with Severe Hypertension
January	Meeting Physical Activity Guidelines Among LGB Veterans
	Prevalence of Obesity Among Sexual Minority Veterans
2021
December	Telehealth Disparities
November	Tobacco Use and Treatment Resources to Promote Equity
September	From HRO to HERO: Making Health Equity a Core System Capability
August	Ensuring Food Security In Veterans
July	Ensuring Rural Veterans Have Access to Care & Research
June	Chartbook on the Health of Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Veterans
	Health Disparities and Work Limitations Among Female LGB Veterans
May	Differences in Cardiovascular Disease Mortality & Home-Based Cardiac Rehabilitation
	Risk of Severe COVID-19 with Increased BMI
March	New Video: Engaging Healthcare Teams to Eliminate Health Inequities
February	National Health Statistics Report
	Building Trust to Advance Veteran Health Equity
January	Telehealth Disparities
2020
December	Women Veterans and Pregnancy Complications
November	Chartbook on Healthcare for Veterans
	Health Disparities Among LGBT Women Veterans
October	Addressing Unconscious Biases to Advance Veteran Health Equity
September	Women Veterans and the Flu
July	Health Disparities Among LGBT Veterans
	New CDC National Health Statistics Report - Physical Disabilities
June	New Social Determinants of Health Page
	Health Literacy to Achieve Health Equity in Minority Veterans
May	Kidney Disease in Veterans
April	Trends in Coronavirus in Rural Areas: Implications for Veterans
	Coronavirus in Rural and Urban Areas: Implications for Veterans
March	Hepatitis C Treatment in Minority Veterans
	New Rural Veterans Page
February	New HSR&D Social Determinants of Health RFA
January	Racial and Ethnic Differences in Exercise Use & National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic Information Brief
	National Disabled Veterans Winter Sports Clinic
	2020 VHA Community Partnership Challenge Theme: Social Determinants of Health