ArticleJournal of hunger & environmental nutrition2019
Food insecurity is associated with maternal depression and child pervasive developmental symptoms in low-income Latino households.
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- Food Insecurity and Child Development: A State-of-the-Art Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Household food insecurity and early childhood development: Systematic review and meta-analysis.Maternal & child nutrition · 2020Pooled it
- Food is the Best Medicine (FBM): design and baseline findings from a multi-arm randomized controlled trial among food-insecure postpartum mothers in Texas.BMC nutrition · 2026Article
- Exploring perinatal depression and its influencing factors: a cross-sectional study among pregnant women and mothers of children under two years in Burera district, Rwanda.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2026Article
- Relationship between maternal social support and undernutrition among children under 5 years in Siem Reap Province, Cambodia: the chain mediating roles of household food insecurity and maternal depression.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Parenting Stress in Households Experiencing Food Insecurity: Mental Health as a Mediator?Maternal and child health journal · 2025Article
- Impacts of Food Insecurity on Child Development: Strengthening the Role of Childcare.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Food Insecurity and Coping Mechanisms: Impact on Maternal Mental Health and Child Malnutrition.Nutrients · 2025Observational
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- Prenatal depressive symptoms in Latinas: a qualitative investigation.Frontiers in global women's health · 2024Article
- BMC pregnancy and childbirth - 'screening and management of food insecurity in pregnancy'.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2023Article
- Social Needs and Acculturation as Predictors of Emotional Problems and Perceived Stress Among Latinx Mothers with Low Income.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2023Article
- The association of food insecurity with mental health in preschool-aged children and their parents.Pediatric research · 2023Article
- Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Association Between Food Security and Depressive Symptoms Among Adult Foreign-Born Immigrants in the US: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2023Article
- Association of household food insecurity with developmental delay in preschool children: 2018 Ecuadorian Nutrition and Health National Survey.Journal of nutritional science · 2023Article
- Food Insecurity among Low-Income Households with Children Participating in a School-Based Fruit and Vegetable Co-Op.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Longitudinal Trajectories of Food Insecurity in Childhood and Their Associations With Mental Health and Functioning in Adolescence.JAMA network open · 2021Article
- High food insecurity in Latinx families and associated COVID-19 infection in the Greater Bay Area, California.BMC nutrition · 2021Article
- Food Insecurity and Water Insecurity in Rural Zimbabwe: Development of Multidimensional Household Measures.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Food Insufficiency and Mental Health in the U.S. During the COVID-19 Pandemic.American journal of preventive medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
The objective of this study was to investigate associations between household food insecurity, maternal clinical depression, and child behavior problems in low-income Latino households. Data were collected from a cohort of 168 children and their Latina mothers recruited prenatally at two San Francisco hospitals from 2006 to 2007. Food insecurity at year four was associated with increased odds of maternal clinical depression at years four to five (adjusted OR 1.22, 95% confidence interval 1.03 to 1.43). Food insecurity at year four was associated with child pervasive developmental problems at year five (B=0.21, p=0.041) in adjusted models. The association between food insecurity at year four and oppositional defiant problems at year five was partially mediated (28.7% mediation, p=0.046) by maternal clinical depression in years four and five. Our results suggest that household food insecurity is associated with greater maternal depression, and both food insecurity and maternal depression uniquely predict certain types of child behavior problems. Assessing for and addressing household food insecurity may be beneficial additions to psychosocial interventions targeting maternal and child mental health.
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