{"id":227687,"date":"2023-06-29T10:48:41","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T14:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=227687"},"modified":"2023-06-29T14:53:39","modified_gmt":"2023-06-29T18:53:39","slug":"adams-selected-for-national-academies-committee-on-veteran-suicide","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/news\/articles\/2023\/adams-selected-for-national-academies-committee-on-veteran-suicide\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Selected for National Academies Committee on Veteran Suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin sphnews-block-editorial-leadin is-style-emphasis-on-text has-media has-media-focus-center-middle\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2017\/03\/homepage-DN-mental-health-storm-clouds.png\" class=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2017\/03\/homepage-DN-mental-health-storm-clouds.png 1920w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2017\/03\/homepage-DN-mental-health-storm-clouds-636x358.png 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2017\/03\/homepage-DN-mental-health-storm-clouds-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2017\/03\/homepage-DN-mental-health-storm-clouds-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2017\/03\/homepage-DN-mental-health-storm-clouds-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2017\/03\/homepage-DN-mental-health-storm-clouds-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2017\/03\/homepage-DN-mental-health-storm-clouds-992x558.png 992w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2017\/03\/homepage-DN-mental-health-storm-clouds-1500x844.png 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2017\/03\/homepage-DN-mental-health-storm-clouds-755x425.png 755w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2017\/03\/homepage-DN-mental-health-storm-clouds-1628x916.png 1628w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2017\/03\/homepage-DN-mental-health-storm-clouds-1366x768.png 1366w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2017\/03\/homepage-DN-mental-health-storm-clouds-1280x720.png 1280w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2017\/03\/homepage-DN-mental-health-storm-clouds-854x480.png 854w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2017\/03\/homepage-DN-mental-health-storm-clouds-900x506.png 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">Health Law, Policy &amp; Management<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tProfessor Selected for National Academies Committee on Veteran Suicide\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"deck\">Rachel Sayko\u00a0Adams will join the committee, which aims to improve researchers\u2019 ability to reduce suicide risk among veterans who do not use the VHA.<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar sphnews-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">June 29, 2023<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2023\/06\/Rachel-Adams-1024x1024-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-227688\" width=\"259\" height=\"259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2023\/06\/Rachel-Adams-1024x1024-1.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2023\/06\/Rachel-Adams-1024x1024-1-636x636.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2023\/06\/Rachel-Adams-1024x1024-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2023\/06\/Rachel-Adams-1024x1024-1-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2023\/06\/Rachel-Adams-1024x1024-1-755x755.jpeg 755w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2023\/06\/Rachel-Adams-1024x1024-1-1000x1000.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2023\/06\/Rachel-Adams-1024x1024-1-500x500.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2023\/06\/Rachel-Adams-1024x1024-1-900x900.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2023\/06\/Rachel-Adams-1024x1024-1-550x550.jpeg 550w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2023\/06\/Rachel-Adams-1024x1024-1-710x710.jpeg 710w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2023\/06\/Rachel-Adams-1024x1024-1-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2023\/06\/Rachel-Adams-1024x1024-1-600x600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2023\/06\/Rachel-Adams-1024x1024-1-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 259px) 100vw, 259px\" \/><figcaption>Rachel Sayko\u00a0Adams<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/profile\/rachel-adams\/\">Rachel Sayko Adams<\/a> was appointed to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalacademies.org\/\">National Academies&nbsp;of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) <\/a>committee&nbsp;that examined&nbsp;current practices and challenges for identifying and managing suicide risk among veterans who use non-Veteran Affairs healthcare systems.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adams, a research associate professor of health law, policy &amp; management, and fellow committee members organized an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalacademies.org\/event\/05-23-2023\/workshop-on-identifying-and-managing-veteran-suicide-risk-in-non-va-healthcare-settings\">online public workshop<\/a> and a follow-up meeting of subject-matter experts. Adams says the events were specifically designed to explore three major issues:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Optimal ways to identify veterans who receive their healthcare outside the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) system.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Best practices to inform veterans at non-VA health facilities about VA benefits, and to connect individuals with benefits for which they are eligible.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>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.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>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. Adams says the committee\u2019s workshop and follow-up meetings have the goal of \u201cidentifying challenges, knowledge gaps, and actionable policy changes and best practices to improve researchers\u2019 ability to reduce suicide risk among veterans who do not use the VHA.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The committee\u2019s work comes at a pivotal time in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.publichealthpost.org\/research\/how-ptsd-suicide-and-overdose-death-come-together-in-late-life\/\">the growing discussion<\/a> about suicide among United States veterans. Adams says that despite substantial work to mitigate suicide risk among US veterans, and a corresponding slight downturn in veteran suicides in 2019 and 2020, suicide rates among veterans still exceed those of US civilians, according to data from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mentalhealth.va.gov\/docs\/data-sheets\/2022\/2022-National-Veteran-Suicide-Prevention-Annual-Report-FINAL-508.pdf\">2022 National Veteran Suicide report<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhile significant efforts have been undertaken to mitigate suicide risk among veterans in the US, our ability to implement suicide prevention efforts for veterans who do not use the VHA is more challenging since these veterans are dispersed across various civilian health care settings,\u201d Adams says. \u201cThis is of critical importance because since 2001, there have been more veteran suicide deaths each year among veterans who do not use VHA for their health care, compared to veterans who use the VHA for their healthcare.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"responsive-video responsive-vimeo\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"1 - Welcome\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/835451805?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalacademies.org\/event\/05-23-2023\/workshop-on-identifying-and-managing-veteran-suicide-risk-in-non-va-healthcare-settings\">Complete workshop session videos, presentation slides, and background material are available at the National Academies.<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rachel Sayko Adams was appointed to a National Academies&nbsp;of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) committee&nbsp;that examined&nbsp;current practices and challenges for identifying and managing suicide risk among veterans who use non-Veteran Affairs healthcare systems.&nbsp; Adams, a research associate professor of health law, policy &amp; management, and fellow committee members organized an online public workshop and a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7185,"featured_media":227689,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"bu_prepress_billboard":"","_bu_prepress_primary_term":"Health Law, Policy & Management","_bu_prepress_primary_term_manual":""},"tags":[1871,2191,2173,1619,4354],"bu-publication":[3516],"sphnews-article-category":[3519,3535,3541],"sphnews-topic":[],"bu_edition":[],"media_type":[],"profile_tax":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/227687"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/bu-article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7185"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227687"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/227687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":227785,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-article\/227687\/revisions\/227785"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227687"},{"taxonomy":"bu-publication","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu-publication?post=227687"},{"taxonomy":"sphnews-article-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sphnews-article-category?post=227687"},{"taxonomy":"sphnews-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sphnews-topic?post=227687"},{"taxonomy":"bu_edition","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/bu_edition?post=227687"},{"taxonomy":"media_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media_type?post=227687"},{"taxonomy":"profile_tax","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile_tax?post=227687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}