Food insufficiency and women's mental health: findings from a 3-year panel of welfare recipients

CM Heflin, K Siefert, DR Williams - Social science & medicine, 2005 - Elsevier
Household food insufficiency is a significant problem in the United States, and has been
associated with poor outcomes on mental health indicators among low-income women …

Food insufficiency and physical and mental health in a longitudinal survey of welfare recipients

K Siefert, CM Heflin, ME Corcoran… - Journal of health and …, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
Food insufficiency is a significant problem in the United States, and poor African American
women with children are at especially high risk. An inadequate household food supply can …

Food insufficiency and the physical and mental health of low-income women

K Siefert, CM Heflin, ME Corcoran, DR Williams - Women & health, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
Poor women with children are disproportionately represented among the food insufficient.
Recent research has linked food insufficiency with dietary deficiencies, but further research …

Food insufficiency and depression

Z Wu, CM Schimmele - Sociological Perspectives, 2005 - journals.sagepub.com
Using National Population Health Survey data and the stress process model, this study
investigates the relationship between food insufficiency and the risk of depression among …

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

AC Tsai, M Tomlinson, WS Comulada… - Social science & …, 2016 - Elsevier
Rationale Food insecurity has emerged as an important, and potentially modifiable, risk
factor for depression. Few studies have brought longitudinal data to bear on investigating …

Food insecurity and maternal depression in rural, low-income families: a longitudinal investigation

C Huddleston-Casas, R Charnigo… - Public health …, 2009 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveThe purpose of the present study was to examine the relationship between
household food insecurity and maternal depression in a rural sample to determine whether …

Work trajectories, income changes, and food insufficiency in a Michigan welfare population

CM Heflin, ME Corcoran, KA Siefert - Social Service Review, 2007 - journals.uchicago.edu
This article examines determinants of changes in food insufficiency status over time in a
Michigan welfare sample. The studied determinants include individual constraints on coping …

Maternal mental health and the persistence of food insecurity in poor rural families

MD Lent, LE Petrovic, JA Swanson… - … of health care for the poor …, 2009 - muse.jhu.edu
Background. Little is known about the causal relationship between and the mechanisms
linking depression and food insecurity. Our purpose was to examine these knowledge gaps …

Relationship of household food insecurity to health-related quality of life in a large sample of rural and urban women

JR Sharkey, CM Johnson, WR Dean - Women & health, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
The authors examined the associations of household food insecurity and other
characteristics with fair-to-poor general health, poor physical health, and frequent mental …

Food Insufficiency, Food Stamp Participation, and Mental Health*

CM Heflin, JP Ziliak - Social Science Quarterly, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives. This study examines whether the mental health consequences associated with
food insufficiency vary by food stamp participation status and/or the value of the food stamp …