Food insecurity in South Australian single parents: An assessment of the livelihoods framework approach

Critical Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 455-469

  Law, Iain R ^a   Ward, Paul R ^b   Coveney, John ^b  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

food insecurity; livelihoods framework; policy analysis; single parents; social determinants of health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOOD SECURITY; HUMAN; MALE; POLICY; POLITICS; SINGLE PARENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 84860805690     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: 14693682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2011.619963     Document Type: Article

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