Household food insecurity and mental distress among pregnant women in Southwestern Ethiopia: A cross sectional study design

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Jebena, Mulusew G ^a,c   Taha, Mohammed ^a   Nakajima, Motohiro ^b   Lemieux, Andrine ^b   Lemessa, Fikre ^a   Hoffman, Richard ^b   Tesfaye, Markos ^a   Belachew, Tefera ^a   Workineh, Netsanet ^a   Kebede, Esayas ^a   Gemechu, Teklu ^a   Tariku, Yinebeb ^a   Segni, Hailemariam ^a   Kolsteren, Patrick ^c   al'Absi, Mustafa ^b  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Food insecurity; Mental distress; Pregnant women

Indexed keywords

9 ITEM HOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITY ACCESS SCALE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOOD INSECURITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANT WOMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORTING QUESTIONNAIRE; ADOLESCENT; CATERING SERVICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; INCOME; MENTAL STRESS; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; INCOME; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RURAL POPULATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84943514021     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12884-015-0699-5     Document Type: Article

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