Pink
to
Camouflage


Lisa
Kirk
Brown,
DrPH

July
29,
2010

 Women
Veterans
Issues

(source
VA
2008)


•  Women
Veterans
Healthcare

•  Mental
Health

•  Homeless
Programs
107,000
(3%
Women)

•  Employment

•  OEF/OIF
Initiatives
for
Returning
Service

Members

•  Defense
Department
Advisory
Committee
on

Women
in
the
Services
(DACOWITS)

 Women
Veterans
Health
Issues

(source
Pink2Camo.blogspot.com)


•  Nutrition,
Eating
Disorders
and
Weight
Loss

•  Spouses
role
in
reintegration
(PTSD)

•  Families

•  Effects
from
Transitions


•  Alcohol
Abuse

•  Isolation
(social
networks)

•  Chronic
Illnesses

•  Physical
Exertion

•  Musculoskeletal
Injuries

*
source:

Military
Family
Resource
Center

 Women
Veterans
Health
Issues

(source
Pink2Camo.blogspot.com)


•  Reproductive
Health

•  Combat

•  Sexual
Trauma

•  Psychological
Trauma
in
Peace

•  Effects
of
Aging


*
source:

Military
Family
Resource
Center

 Millennium
Cohort
Study
Selected
Results

(source
www.millenniumcohort.org)


•  Deployed
Women:

–  Combat
increases
eating
problems
and
weight
loss

•  Men
and
Women:

–  Increase
in
smoking
among
deployers

–  Increase
of
new‐onset
heavy
weekly
drinking,
binge

drinking,
&
other
alcohol‐related
problems

–  Higher
risk
of
new‐onset
diabetes
mellitus

–  Increases
risk
of
new‐onset
depression

–  Iraq
&
Afghanistan
deployment
risk




































for
respiratory
symptoms

–  Deployers
higher
hypertension

 What
is
Pink2Camo? 


•  Newly
formed
to:

–  Serve
women
veterans
in
healthy
transitions

–  Improve
and
promote
the
health
of
women

veteran
and
female
military
spouses

 How?

•  Medical
Research

•  Women
focused
literature
&
resources

•  Lobby
for
support
&
policy
changes


•  Networking

•  Blog
to
collect
data
and
answer
questions

 Conversation

Pink2camo.blogspot.com

 Next
Steps
(Ideas???)

•  Collect
data
to
conduct
women
focused

epidemiology
and
statistics
in
WA
&
beyond

•  Conduct
pilot
studies
for
solutions
in
WA

•  Lobby
for
additional
research
and
care
funds

•  Support
for
women
veterans

–  Comprehensive
Manual

–  Retreat
Center

–  Child
Care
and
Support
for
Families

–  12
Step
Programs


–  Other…

 


 

Thank
You

•  Questions?

•  Contact
Information:

–  Dr.
Lisa
Kirk
Brown

–  lisakirkbrown@gmail.com

–  (360)
223‐5296






“I
have
an
almost
complete
disregard
of
precedent,

and
a
faith
in
the
possibility
of
something
better.
It

irritates
me
to
be
told
how
things
have
always
been

done.
I
defy
the
tyranny
of
precedent.
I
go
for

anything
new
that
might
improve
the
past.”




 
 
 
 
 
 
Clara
Barton