Reviews topics such as epidemiology, deployment health, reproductive and genitourinary issues, mothering, sexuality, PTSD and other psychological effects of war, wounds and disability, intimate partner violice, sexual assault, and suicide. It provides health care providers with insight that can help prepare and prevent illness in the female military population by bringing together researchers, clinicians, and service member experience and knowledge and presents the information in a practical, actionable format. It also highlights areas where data is lacking and more study is demanded--Cover.

Part 1. Background and introduction. Comparative morbidity and mortality of women serving in the US military during a decade of warfare / Robert F. DeFraites, David W. Niebuhr, Brigilda C. Teneza, Leslie L. Clark, and Sharon L. Ludwig ; Female soldiers and post-traumatic stress disorder / Elspeth C. Ritchie, Michael R. Bell, M. Shayne Gallaway, Michael Carino, Jeffrey L. Thomas, Paul Bliese, and Sharon McBride ; Women and war: Australia / Beverly Raphael, Sussan Neuhaus, and Samantha Crompvoets -- Part 2. Women at war. Medical issues for women warriors on deployment / Anne L. Naclerio ; Reproductive health / Cara J. Krulewitch ; Issues in the prevention of malaria among women at war / Remington L. Nevin ; Women, ships, submarines, and the US Navy / Heather D. Hellwig and Paulette T. Cazares ; Female combat medics / Charles Figley, Barbara L. Pitts, Paula Chapman, and Christine Elnitsky ; Human sexuality and women in the area of operations / Amy Canuso -- Part 3. Women home from war. Women home from war / Elizabeth C. Henderson ; Mothers in war / Amy Canuso ; Building the framework for successful deployment reunions / Erin Simmons ; Traumatic brain injury: implications for women in the military / Victoria Tepe and Suzanne Garcia -- Part 4. Psychological issues for active duty women. Suicide-related ideation and behaviors in military women / Marjan Ghahramanlou-Holloway, Brianne George, Jaime T. Carreno-Ponce, and Jacqueline Garrick ; Intimate partner violence, military personnel, and veterans / Glenna Tinney and Melissa E. Dichter -- Part 5. The female veteran experience. The woman veteran experience / Isabel D. Ross, Natara D. Garovoy, Susan J. McCutcheon, and Jennifer L. Strauss ; Mental health of women warriors: the power of belonging / Kate McGraw ; The Veterans Health Administration response to military sexual trauma / Margret E. Bell and Susan J. McCutcheon ; Compensation, pension, and other benefits for women veterans with disabilities / Jacqueline Garrick.