SynthesisJAMA network open2025
An Evidence Map of the Women Veterans' Health Literature, 2016 to 2023: A Systematic Review.
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Who cites it
8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Perspectives of military-affiliated women on lethal means safety: A systematic review.PloS one · 2026Pooled it
- Remote Access to Urinary Incontinence Treatments for Women Veterans: The PRACTICAL Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2025Trial
- Data Resource Profile: The Norwegian Armed Forces Health Registry (NAFHR).International journal of epidemiology · 2026Article
- "Sitting on the Porch Just Hearing the Crickets": Rural Living and Mental Well-Being Among Veterans in the U.S. South.The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association · 2026Article
- Development of a Patient Decision Aid to Prevent Firearm Suicide Among US Women Reserve and National Guard Veterans.Journal of general internal medicine · 2026Article
- Examining the protective effect of motherhood status on alcohol use: comparing outcomes of US Army Reserve and National Guard Soldiers and Civilian Women.Journal of behavioral medicine · 2026Article
- LGBQ+ Veteran and Service Member Health and Health Care: A Scoping Review of Research from 1994 to 2023.Journal of general internal medicine · 2026Article
- Error in Byline.JAMA network open · 2025Article
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issuedError in Byline.2025
Authors and funding
22 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Importance: Women veterans are the fastest-growing veteran subpopulation in the US. Women veterans often experience military service-related health issues in addition to conditions common to all women. Because women veterans are more likely to receive care in the civilian setting than through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), all women's health clinicians should be equipped to provide patient-centered care for women veterans. The health care of women veterans requires evidence-based care informed by population-specific scientific literature. An updated evidence map evaluating women veteran-focused health literature is needed. Objective: To map the scope and breadth of women veterans' health literature published from 2016 to 2023. Evidence Review: In this systematic review, MEDLINE, Embase, and CINAHL Complete were searched for eligible articles published from 2016 to 2023. Articles reporting about US women veterans' health outcomes or on the experience of providing care to women veterans were included. Included articles were required to report patient-level outcomes that included either data for only women veterans or reported results separately for women veterans. Articles were grouped by primary focus area based on categories previously established by the VA Women's Health research agendas and prior evidence maps. Findings: The volume of women veterans' health literature published between 2016 and 2023 of 932 articles was double that of the prior 8 years. The largest portion of this literature was focused on chronic medical conditions (137 articles [15%]), general mental health (203 articles [22%]), and interpersonal violence (121 articles 3[13%]). Areas of greatest growth included reproductive health (physical and mental), pain, suicide, and nonsuicidal self-injury. Additionally, emerging areas of inquiry were found, including military-related toxic exposures and harassment within the health care setting. Conclusions and Relevance: In this systematic review of literature focused on the health of women veterans, the volume of literature was found to have doubled and expanded in important areas that aligned with VA research priorities. However, despite the growth in research related to women veterans, several important research gaps remain within this field of study. Research addressing health issues pertinent to a growing and aging women veterans' population will require rigorous research and program evaluations.
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