Food insufficiency, depression, and the modifying role of social support: Evidence from a population-based, prospective cohort of pregnant women in peri-urban South Africa

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 151, Issue , 2016, Pages 69-77

  Tsai, Alexander C ^a,b,c   Tomlinson, Mark ^d   Comulada, W Scott ^e,f   Rotheram Borus, Mary Jane ^e,f  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^c MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Food insufficiency; Social support; South Africa

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; FOOD SUPPLY; MENTAL HEALTH; PERIURBAN AREA; PREGNANCY; WOMENS HEALTH;

CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDINBURGH POSTNATAL DEPRESSION SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; PREGNANT WOMAN; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL; XHOSA (PEOPLE); ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATERING SERVICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; HEALTH SERVICE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84956679379     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.12.042     Document Type: Article

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