The association between food insecurity and depressive symptoms severity among pregnant women differs by social support category: a cross-sectional study

Maternal and Child Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Natamba, Barnabas K ^a,b   Mehta, Saurabh ^c   Achan, Jane ^d   Stoltzfus, Rebecca J ^c   Griffiths, Jeffrey K ^e   Young, Sera L ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b GULU UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; CES D; depressive symptoms; food insecurity; IFIAS; pregnant women; social support; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ANTENATAL DEPRESSION; ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD INSECURITY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALLY FOCUSED FOOD INSECURITY ACCESS SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NULLIPARA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT; CATERING SERVICE; DEPRESSION; HEALTH STATUS; INCOME; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; POVERTY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84983006907     PISSN: 17408695     EISSN: 17408709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12351     Document Type: Article

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