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Persistent household food insecurity, HIV, and maternal stress in Peri-Urban Ghana.

TitlePersistent household food insecurity, HIV, and maternal stress in Peri-Urban Ghana.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2013
AuthorsGarcia, Jonathan, Amber Hromi-Fiedler, Robert E. Mazur, Grace Marquis, Daniel Sellen, Anna Lartey, and Rafael PĂ©rez-Escamilla
JournalBMC public health
Volume13
Pagination215
Date Published2013
ISSN1471-2458
AbstractThe mental health of caregivers has been shown to be important for improving HIV prevention and treatment. Household food insecurity affects hundreds of millions of individuals in Sub-Saharan Africa, a region that experiences a disproportionate burden of the HIV pandemic. Both maternal HIV diagnosis and household food insecurity may be linked with maternal stress. This in turn may lead to unhealthy coping behaviors. We examined the independent associations of HIV, persistent household food insecurity and the synergistic effect of both on maternal stress.
DOI10.1186/1471-2458-13-215
Alternate JournalBMC Public Health

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