Household food insecurity is associated with depressive symptoms among low-income pregnant Latinas

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 421-430

  Hromi Fiedler, Amber ^a   Bermúdez Millán, Angela ^a,b   Segura Pérez, Sofia ^a,b   Pérez Escamilla, Rafael ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b HISPANIC HEALTH COUNCIL   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Food insecurity; Hispanic; Latina; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD SECURITY; HEARTBURN; HISPANIC; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL DISORDER; PRIMIGRAVIDA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; CONNECTICUT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PARENTS; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052636604     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8709.2010.00266.x     Document Type: Article

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