Veterans Health by U. Kapadia


Veterans Health by Utsavi Kapadia, MPH ‘18

Each year we celebrate Veterans Day on November 11 to honor military veterans. Unfortunately, many veterans commit suicide so to prevention is critical and necessary. SOPHA (the Society of Public Health Advocates) decided to honor Veterans Day by brining attention to this under-recognized public health issue. We collaborated with FHL (Future Healthcare Leaders) to make this event reaches students in other graduate programs. One of our MPH classmates, Lisa Fischer, is a veteran and guided us as we planned and implemented this event. In order to engage our classmates we decided to make the event fun and healthy by asking 22 students to do 22 pushups!

Two veterans, Eric Schmidt and Ethan Kirwin, spoke at the event and shared their experiences. They described how difficult it was coming home after their war experience. They both adjusted very well but they lost friends to suicide.  As current Hofstra students, they described their experiences to us that how their life was and then why they decided to study after retirement from Army.  MPH alumni, Berlinda Olivier, also spoke about her experience and how she has proudly made discussing mental health a priority. 

There are VA Medical Centers who treat veterans by providing them a team based method, incorporating primary care and mental care to make sure that all providers are communicating. It can be a great way to provide help to the veterans about health care and who face difficulty in their mental health. Medical centers counsel them to take them out of their army days and experience on site, the caregiver can learn how to support and look for warning signs to help the veterans they love. Family support is the most important so that they will be able to come out of that environment. 


Overall this whole academic experience provided us a very important insight about the difficulties the veterans face when transitioning out of the military. Veterans has faced so many challenges and difficulties, there are so many programs and non-profit organizations on Long Island who are willing to support veterans to be successful after the military.

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