Alexandria VA: Innovation Key in Health Program for Women Vets

Article archive / November 2023

Originally published: . Volume 14, No. 11. Source pages: 17.

While many in the community are scratching their heads about how to integrate mind and body health care, psychologist and innovator, Dr. Denise Batton has jumped out ahead of the crowd with her “Healthy Women Are Active” Program for women veterans at the Alexandria VA.

The new program is a comprehensive, creative approach for helping the veterans served by the Alexandria VA Medical Center and the surrounding Community Based Outpatient Clinics. She includes the “Spiritual, Cultural, Intellectual, Physical and Psychological,” aspects of health, says Batton, and calls it “SCIPP.”


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