ArticlePsychiatry journal2019
Food Insecurity and Mental Distress among Mothers in Rural Tigray and SNNP Regions, Ethiopia.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Focusing attention on the important association between food insecurity and psychological distress: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC nutrition · 2024Pooled it
- The causal effect of stressors on antenatal common mental disorders among pregnant mothers in Dabat district Northwest, Ethiopia: A generalized structural equation model approach.PLOS mental health · 2025Article
- Anaemia, anthropometric undernutrition and associated factors among mothers with children younger than 2 years of age in the rural Dale district, southern Ethiopia: A community-based study.Maternal & child nutrition · 2022Article
- Conflict, community, and COVID-19: response and implications in Ethiopia.Journal of public health in Africa · 2022Article
- Household water and food insecurity negatively impacts self-reported physical and mental health in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta.PloS one · 2022Article
- Effect of food insecurity on mental health of patients with tuberculosis in Southwest Ethiopia: a prospective cohort study.BMJ open · 2021Article
- Prevalence of Food Insecurity and Its Associated Factors among Adult People with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International journal of food science · 2021Review
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Abstract
Access to safe and adequate food is a basic human right under Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Globally, more than 870 million people consume less calories than they require, which can lead to disabling physical and mental health outcomes. This study was designed to investigate the association between household food insecurity and mental distress among mothers in the Tigray and SNNP regions of Ethiopia. A community based cross-sectional survey was completed on a total of 2,992 households. A linear multiple regression model was used to study the association between food insecurity and mental distress. More than half of the study participants, 57.9%, were experiencing food insecurity. The prevalence of mental distress among the mothers was 39%. Food insecurity was significantly associated with mental distress after controlling for socioeconomic covariates. Integrating screening and management of mental distress would result in a better health status of the mothers and those under their care.
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