Women’s Health

VA’s largest research program is making discoveries that will improve health for women Veterans.

As we recognize Breast Cancer Awareness Month here at VA, we renew our commitment to understanding and supporting women’s health care needs.

As part of its mission to improve the equity for rural Veterans, VA’s Office of Rural Health has developed targeted initiatives to improve the recruitment and retention of rural health care providers and researchers.

“I Care 4 Her” initiative helps educate providers about women Veterans. Comfort level of providers with female patients has increased.

Melissa Tran has changed Veteran perinatal care to be more interdisciplinary and easier to access in one location.

New 34,000-square-foot Fort Smith clinic replaces a 19,000-square-foot location; will serve 10,000 Veterans with a variety of new services.

Women Veterans now have a newly refreshed website for their health care needs. . Each page details health concerns specific to women.

The article discussed the results of an earlier study by Kamdar and colleagues that used photo-elicitation to better understand food insecurity in a group of post 9/11 Veterans with children. The researchers found that food insecurity in Veterans is highly intertwined with physical and mental health, military culture, and lack of basic resources like housing or transportation.

Women’s History Month: VA celebrates women on the front lines… active duty, Veteran, or VA employee, VA is proud to honor them.

Now, VA investigators are examining the effectiveness of a clinical, trauma-sensitive yoga intervention to help women Veterans who experienced military sexual trauma (MST) and went on to develop posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

Speak to your VA provider today about how to schedule a cervical cancer screening, your Pap and/or HPV test at your local VA facility.

With ongoing investments in hiring and support, VA is addressing the need to better serve women Veterans head-on.