Professor Selected for National Academies Committee on Veteran Suicide.

入选美国国家科学院退伍军人自杀委员会教授
雷切尔·塞科·亚当斯将加入该委员会,该委员会旨在提高澳门威尼斯人注册网站研究人员降低不使用VHA的退伍军人自杀风险的能力。

Rachel Sayko Adams was appointed to a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) committee that examined current practices and challenges for identifying and managing suicide risk among veterans who use non-Veteran Affairs healthcare systems.
Adams, a research associate professor of health law, policy & management, and fellow committee members organized an online public workshop and a follow-up meeting of subject-matter experts. Adams says the events were specifically designed to explore three major issues:
- Optimal ways to identify veterans who receive their healthcare outside the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) system.
- 告知非退伍军人医疗机构退伍军人有关退伍军人福利的最佳做法,并将个人与他们符合条件的福利联系起来。
- How states, healthcare systems, and community-based organizations account for and manage suicide risk among veterans who get health care are not engaged with VA and VHA systems.
The NASEM workshop, held on May 23, convened an interdisciplinary group of experts from various civilian health care and research settings to collaborate with Department of Veterans Affairs leaders. 亚当斯说,委员会的研讨会和后续会议的目标是“确定挑战、知识差距、可操作的政策变化和最佳实践,以提高澳门威尼斯人注册网站研究人员降低不使用VHA的退伍军人自杀风险的能力。”
委员会的工作是一个关键的时候在讨论美国退伍军人自杀。亚当斯说,根据《2022年全国退伍军人自杀报告》的数据,尽管在降低美国退伍军人自杀风险方面做了大量工作,2019年和2020年退伍军人自杀率也相应略有下降,但退伍军人的自杀率仍然高于美国平民。
亚当斯说:“虽然已经采取了重大努力来降低美国退伍军人的自杀风险,但我们为不使用VHA的退伍军人实施自杀预防工作的能力更具挑战性,因为这些退伍军人分散在各种民用医疗机构。”“这一点至关重要,因为自2001年以来,与使用VHA进行医疗保健的退伍军人相比,每年在不使用VHA进行医疗保健的退伍军人中有更多的退伍军人自杀死亡。”