WIC participation and attenuation of stress-related child health risks of household food insecurity and caregiver depressive symptoms

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 444-451

  Black, Maureen M ^a   Quigg, Anna M ^a   Cook, John ^b   Casey, Patrick H ^d   Cutts, Diana Becker ^e   Chilton, Mariana ^f   Meyers, Alan ^b   De Cuba, Stephanie Ettinger ^c   Heeren, Timothy ^c   Coleman, Sharon ^c   Rose Jacobs, Ruth ^b   Frank, Deborah A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^e HENNEPIN COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENUATION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CAREGIVER; CAUCASIAN; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; COVARIANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMERGENCY WARD; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH SCHOOL; HISPANIC; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BODY SIZE; CAREGIVERS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOOD SERVICES; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PUBLIC ASSISTANCE; RISK; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860761129     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2012.1     Document Type: Article

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