Abstract
The VA Women’s Health Practice-Based Research Network: Amplifying Women Veterans’ Voices in VA Research
Highlights
INTRODUCTIONThe mission of the Veterans Affairs (VA) Women’s Health Research Network (the combined Women’s Health Practice-Based Research Network (WH-PBRN)/Consortium) is to promote, support, and disseminate practice-based research and quality improvement initiatives designed to identify and develop evidence-based approaches that improve the health and health care of women Veterans
Abraham Lincoln founded the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) “to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphan.” While women have served in every U.S military conflict since the American Revolution, the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) paid little heed to the specific needs of women Veterans for much of its early history.[1]
This paper describes two overlapping phases of development of the Women’s Health Practice-Based Research Network (WH-PBRN): Phase 1, designing the core infrastructure; and Phase 2, building the network
Summary
The mission of the VA Women’s Health Research Network (the combined WH-PBRN/Consortium) is to promote, support, and disseminate practice-based research and quality improvement initiatives designed to identify and develop evidence-based approaches that improve the health and health care of women Veterans. To achieve this, it fosters collaboration among a community of researchers and clinicians across VHA and promotes a culture of continual organizational learning (Table 1). Communication is key to the success of this complex structure (Table 1)
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