ReviewJournal of general internal medicine2018
Evidence Review-Social Determinants of Health for Veterans.
Review in Journal of general internal medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
21 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 36 citations in OpenAlex.
- Advancing equity and value in United States healthcare: an umbrella review.International journal for equity in health · 2026Pooled it
- Veterans Health Administration (VA) vs. Non-VA Healthcare Quality: A Systematic Review.Journal of general internal medicine · 2023Pooled it
- Household and area-level social determinants of multimorbidity: a systematic review.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2021Pooled it
- Social determinants of health associated with initiation of evidence-based psychotherapy for posttraumatic stress disorder in a national sample of veterans.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Article
- Social Determinants of Health, Depression, and Cardiovascular Health Among Veterans and Civilians: Insights From the 2013-2018 and 2021-2023 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.Preventing chronic disease · 2026Article
- Combating social determinants with collective weapons: Social identities and health inequalities in male Portuguese Veterans.Journal of military, veteran and family health · 2026Article
- Reaching rural veterans: Applying mind-body skills for pain using a whole health telehealth intervention: The RAMP pilot study.Contemporary clinical trials · 2026Article
- An evaluation of the impact of social determinants of health in military reservists.Military psychology : the official journal of the Division of Military Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2026Article
- Extreme Heat, Social Factors, and Mortality Among California Veterans With Cardiometabolic Disease.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Social Determinants of Health ICD-10 Code Use by a Large Integrated Healthcare System.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Civilian Health Care Systems Must Recognize and Study Military Service as a Social Determinant of Health.NAM perspectives · 2025Article
- Interactive Relations of Body Mass Index, Cardiorespiratory Fitness, and Sex to Cognitive Function in Older Adults.Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists · 2024Article
- Neurocognitive function and medical care utilization in Veterans treated for substance use disorder.Substance abuse treatment, prevention, and policy · 2024Article
- ACORN SDOH survey: Terminological representation for use with NLP and CDS.Journal of clinical and translational science · 2024Article
- Comparison of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in COVID-19 Mortality Between Veterans Health Administration and US Populations.Journal of general internal medicine · 2023Article
- Relationship of social determinants of health with symptom severity among Veterans and non-Veterans with probable posttraumatic stress disorder or depression.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2023Article
- Association between modifiable social determinants and mental health among post-9/11 Veterans: A systematic review.Journal of military, veteran and family health · 2023Article
- Arteriovenous Graft Failure in the Veterans Health Administration: Outcome Disparities Associated with Race.Radiology · 2023Article
- Prescription Opioid Misuse and Suicidal Behaviors Among US Veterans: A Cross-Sectional Study from the 2015-2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health.The journal of behavioral health services & research · 2023Article
- 'It Makes You Sit Back and Think Where You Wanna Go': Veteran experiences in virtual whole health peer-led groups.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2022Article
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Authors and funding
10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundVeterans Health Administration (VHA) is committed to providing high-quality care and addressing health disparities for vulnerable Veterans. To meet these goals, VA policymakers need guidance on how to address social determinants in operations planning and day-to-day clinical care for Veterans.
methodMEDLINE (OVID), CINAHL, PsycINFO, and Sociological Abstracts were searched from inception to January 2017. Additional articles were suggested by peer reviewers and/or found through search of work associated with US and VA cohorts. Eligible articles compared Veterans vs non-Veterans, and/or Veterans engaged with those not engaged in VA healthcare. Our evidence maps summarized study characteristics, social determinant(s) addressed, and whether health behaviors, health services utilization, and/or health outcomes were examined. Qualitative syntheses and quality assessment were performed for articles on rurality, trauma exposure, and sexual orientation.
resultsWe screened 7242 citations and found 131 eligible articles-99 compared Veterans vs non-Veterans, and 40 included engaged vs non-engaged Veterans. Most articles were cross-sectional and addressed socioeconomic factors (e.g., education and income). Fewer articles addressed rurality (N = 20), trauma exposure (N = 17), or sexual orientation (N = 2); none examined gender identity. We found no differences in rural residence between Veterans and non-Veterans, nor between engaged and non-engaged Veterans (moderate strength evidence). There was insufficient evidence for role of rurality in health behaviors, health services utilization, or health outcomes. Trauma exposures, including from events preceding military service, were more prevalent for Veterans vs non-Veterans and for engaged vs non-engaged Veterans (low-strength evidence); exposures were associated with smoking (low-strength evidence). DISCUSSION: Little published literature exists on some emerging social determinants. We found no differences in rural residence between our groups of interest, but trauma exposure was higher in Veterans (vs non-Veterans) and engaged (vs non-engaged). We recommend consistent measures for social determinants, clear conceptual frameworks, and analytic strategies that account for the complex relationships between social determinants and health.
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