ArticleAmerican journal of public health2012
Household food insufficiency, financial strain, work-family spillover, and depressive symptoms in the working class: the Work, Family, and Health Network study.
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Evaluating the Health Benefits of Workplace Policies and Practices - Phase II
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64 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 110 citations in OpenAlex.
- Financial strain measures and associations with adult health: A systematic literature review.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2025Pooled it
- A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Depression, Anxiety, and Sleep Disorders in US Adults with Food Insecurity.Journal of general internal medicine · 2019Pooled it
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- Negative work-to-family spillover stress and heightened cardiovascular risk biomarkers in midlife and older adults.Journal of psychosomatic research · 2024Article
- Gender moderates the association between posttraumatic stress disorder and mutual intimate partner violence in an emergency department sample.Academic emergency medicine : official journal of the Society for Academic Emergency Medicine · 2024Article
- A meta-synthesis of the cycle of financial strain, coping behaviors and health outcomes across the life course.Social sciences & humanities open · 2024Article
- Untangling Concepts of Financial Circumstances for Public Health Professionals and Scholars: A Glossary and Concept Map.American journal of public health · 2024Review
- Canadian Workers' Well-Being During the Beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Latent Profile Analysis.International journal of applied positive psychology · 2024Article
- Food insufficiency, adverse childhood experiences and mental health: results of the Singapore Mental Health Study 2016.Public health nutrition · 2023Article
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- Improving and Expanding Research on Burnout and Stress in the Academy.American journal of pharmaceutical education · 2023Review
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Abstract
objectivesWe evaluated the association of household-level stressors with depressive symptoms among low-wage nursing home employees.
methodsData were collected in 2006 and 2007 from 452 multiethnic primary and nonprimary wage earners in 4 facilities in Massachusetts. We used logistic regression to estimate the association of depressive symptoms with household financial strain, food insufficiency, and work-family spillover (preoccupation with work-related concerns while at home and vice versa).
resultsDepressive symptoms were significantly associated with household financial strain (odds ratio [OR] = 1.82; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.03, 3.21) and food insufficiency (OR = 2.10; 95% CI = 1.10, 4.18). Among primary earners, stratified analyses showed that food insufficiency was associated with depressive symptoms (OR = 3.60; 95% CI = 1.42, 9.11) but financial strain was not. Among nonprimary wage earners, depressive symptoms correlated with financial strain (OR = 3.65; 95% CI = 1.48, 9.01) and work-family spillover (OR = 3.22; 95% CI = 1.11, 9.35).
conclusionsHousehold financial strain, food insufficiency, and work-family spillover are pervasive problems for working populations, but associations vary by primary wage earner status. The prevalence of food insufficiency among full-time employees was striking and might have a detrimental influence on depressive symptoms and the health of working-class families.
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