title: Enhancing women's health: A call for social work research.
abstract: This article presents a critical synthesis of the social work empirical literature on women's health. In light of recent policy changes that directly affect women's health and social work, the authors conducted a literature review of recent publications (2010-2015) regarding social work and women's health nationally. Despite frequent accounts cited in the literature, there has been no comprehensive review of issues involving women's health and social work in the United States. The purpose of this review is to examine the current social work literature addressing women's health at the national (U.S.) level. This research presents a summary description of the status of the social work literature dealing with women's health, specifically 51 articles published between 2010 and 2015. Our search highlights the need for social work research to fill gaps and more fully address the needs of women across the lifespan.
authors.affiliation: a School of Social Work , University of Southern California , Los Angeles , California , USA.
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bird
authors.affiliation: b Department of Social Work , Appalachian State University , Boone , North Carolina , USA.
authors.forename: Rachel L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.affiliation: c College of Social Work , University of Utah , Salt Lake City , Utah , USA.
authors.forename: Caren J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Frost
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D005260:Female; D006291:Health Policy; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health; D012106:Research; D012947:Social Work; D014481:United States; D016387:Women's Health
keywords: Health care; literature review; social work; women’s health