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VA R&D Women's Health
Women historically have served in the military and they continue to do so in growing numbers today. In fact, currently women represent about 14 percent of active duty forces and 20 percent of new military recruits. Women represent 5.5 percent of the 27 million veterans, and this number is projected to increase to 10 percent by the year 2010.
The expansion of women in the military is reshaping the veteran population. Further, the growing number of women veterans is placing new demands on the Veterans Health Administration (VA). VA is committed to providing high quality, accessible, cost effective to care to all veterans.
In recognition of this changing demographic in the veteran population and the special health care needs of women, the VA established women's health as a research priority to develop new knowledge about how to best provide for the health and care of women veterans. VA has built an increasingly productive portfolio of biomedical, clinical, rehabilitation and health services research since the early 1990's.
In early 2004, the VA Office of Research & Development tasked a VA Women's Health Research Planning Group to develop a comprehensive VA women's health research agenda that spanned VA's commitment to biomedical, clinical, rehabilitation and health services research. That group convened a ground-breaking research agenda setting meeting in November of 2004. Presentations from that meeting are available online.
Check here for current news and information about the VA Office of Research and Development's efforts toward improving women's health.
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