Persistent household food insecurity, HIV, and maternal stress in Peri-Urban Ghana

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Garcia, Jonathan ^a   Hromi Fiedler, Amber ^a   Mazur, Robert E ^b   Marquis, Grace ^c   Sellen, Daniel ^d   Lartey, Anna ^e   Pérez Escamilla, Rafael ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Food Insecurity; Ghana; HIV AIDS; Maternal stress; Syndemic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GHANA; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MENTAL STRESS; MOTHER; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD SUPPLY; GHANA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874733931     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-215     Document Type: Article

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