| Title | Persistent household food insecurity, HIV, and maternal stress in Peri-Urban Ghana. |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 2013 |
| Authors | Garcia, Jonathan, Amber Hromi-Fiedler, Robert E. Mazur, Grace Marquis, Daniel Sellen, Anna Lartey, and Rafael Pérez-Escamilla |
| Journal | BMC public health |
| Volume | 13 |
| Pagination | 215 |
| Date Published | 2013 |
| ISSN | 1471-2458 |
| Abstract | The 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. |
| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-13-215 |
| Alternate Journal | BMC Public Health |
