Name
Gender-Inclusive Health Care: Meeting the Need of Female Service Members
Date & Time
Tuesday, February 13, 2024, 2:10 PM - 3:10 PM
Description

Ensuring Service women receive gender-sensitive health care that meets their individual needs, and promotes their health, overall well-being, and readiness is a priority for the Department of Defense. In this panel discussion, leaders from within the Military Health System will discuss current efforts, research, and mechanisms to promote quality gender-sensitive health care. Included in this discussion is an overview of the women’s health structure within the Military Health System, policy updates, current women’s health research initiatives and clinical implementation of gender-sensitive care. Panelists will specifically discuss key areas of women’s health throughout the Service women’s military lifecycle and the importance of gender-sensitive care on individual and mission readiness. Included in this discussion is reproductive health; contraception, pregnancy and postpartum care, menopause; musculoskeletal injuries, behavioral health, the impact of interpersonal violence on women’s health and trauma-informed care.

Location Name
Woodrow Wilson Ballroom
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Content Presented on Behalf of
MHS/HA
Learning Outcomes
•Identify key offices and structures within the Department that support women’s health policy, create clinical guidelines and facilitate clinical implementation of gender-sensitive care.

•Summarize Military Health System efforts to support gender-inclusive behavioral health.

•Discuss depth and breadth of military women’s health research at Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences.

•Describe initiatives and clinical updates to improve access and delivery of quality health care to female Service members and beneficiaries.
Session Type
Breakout
CE/CME Session
CE/CME Session
COL(Ret) Ken Canestrini, AMSUS Deputy Executive Director and COO/CFO
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MHS/HA