Food Insecurity And Health Outcomes

Gundersen, Craig; Ziliak, James P.

doi:10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0645

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“…Some authors postulate that HFI is actually a risk factor for affective disorders, rather than the opposite (38,39) . Clearly, both directions are acceptable and further analyses examining non-recursive and/or time-related longitudinal transition models could shed further light on the matter (40,41) .…”

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Intimate partner violence, common mental disorders and household food insecurity: an analysis using path analysis

Moraes¹,

Marques²,

Reichenheim³

et al. 2016

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: To investigate the direct and indirect associations between psychological and physical intimate partner violence and the occurrence of common mental disorders (CMD) and how they relate to the occurrence of household food insecurity (HFI). Design: This was a population-based cross-sectional study. Intimate partner violence was assessed using the Brazilian version of the Revised Conflict Tactics Scale (CTS2) and HFI was assessed using the Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale. The propositional analytical model was based on a review of the literature and was tested using path analysis. Setting: Duque de Caxias, Greater Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (April-December 2010). Subjects: Women (n 849) who had been in a relationship in the 12 months preceding the interview. Results: Both psychological and physical violence were found to be major risk factors of HFI. Psychological violence was associated with HFI indirectly via physical violence and CMD, and directly by an unidentified path. The effects of physical violence seemed to be manifested exclusively through CMD. Most of the variables in the propositional model related to socio-economic position, demographic characteristics, degree of women's social support and partner alcohol misuse were retained in the 'final' model, indicating that these factors contribute significantly to the increased likelihood of HFI. Conclusions: The results reinforce the importance of considering domestic violence and other psychosocial aspects of family life when implementing interventions designed to reduce/eradicate HFI.

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“…According to Gundersen and Ziliak (41) , a causal relationship between food insecurity and other health outcomes in cross-sectional studies is not as clear. In principle, this data collection strategy cannot ensure that IPV precedes HFI.…”

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Intimate partner violence, common mental disorders and household food insecurity: an analysis using path analysis

Moraes¹,

Marques²,

Reichenheim³

et al. 2016

Public Health Nutr.

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“…Food insecurity leads to many negative consequences for families. For example, 1 digitalcommons.unl.edu a literature review on the impact of food insecurity on health documents many negative short and long-term outcomes for children, adults, and also seniors (Gundersen and Ziliak 2015).…”

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Food insecurity and housing instability in vulnerable families

King

2016

Rev Econ Household

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Reducing the prevalence of household food insecurity has been a long-standing objective of the federal government. Previous research has found many negative consequences of food insecurity for families and households but has not examined its relationship with housing instability. Using longitudinal data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, difference-in-difference models show that food insecurity is associated with housing instability. The association remains statistically significant after accounting for potential selection and unobserved heterogeneity using propensity score matching and excluding households that experienced prior housing instability from the sample. Examining potential mediating factors, I find that material hardship explains about half of this association. These findings suggest that maintaining a strong social safety net would reduce the risk that families experience material hardship and housing instability, which may also reduce the risk of homelessness.

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“…1 Studies from Canada and the United States have demonstrated that household food insecurity is a major public health problem, associated with elevated health care costs 2 and numerous adverse health outcomes. 3 The social epidemiology of food insecurity is well documented in Canada, with multiple characteristics indicative of financial vulnerability identified as risk factors, including low income [4][5][6][7] and renting versus owning a dwelling. [5][6][7][8] A recent multilevel analysis revealed a positive association between average rental cost in census metropolitan areas and food insecurity, 7 suggesting that the heightened vulnerability of renter households may be influenced by the cost of rents.…”

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High vulnerability to household food insecurity in a sample of Canadian renter households in government-subsidized housing

St-Germain

Tarasuk

2017

Can J Public Health

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OBJECTIVES: To determine the prevalence and severity of household food insecurity and examine household material circumstances related to food insecurity in a sample of renter households in government-subsidized housing. METHODS:Cross-sectional data from the 2010 Survey of Household Spending were used to determine the food insecurity status of 455 renter households living in the 10 provinces and receiving a government housing subsidy. Multivariable logistic regressions were conducted to examine the relationship between household characteristics describing material circumstances and food insecurity.RESULTS: One in two households was food insecure. Marginal, moderate and severe food insecurity affected 9.0%, 23.3% and 18.5% of households respectively. Household economic resources, as captured with after-tax income, after-rent income, or total expenditure, had an independent, inverse relationship with food insecurity. Among the other characteristics examined, more adults or children in the household, presence of a member with disability, and receipt of social assistance increased the odds of food insecurity, but receipt of social assistance lost statistical significance when controlling for total expenditure. Presence of a senior in the household was independently associated with lower odds of food insecurity. CONCLUSION:Our findings suggest that more effective income-based interventions are needed to address food insecurity among low-income households receiving government housing subsidies. A better integration of housing and income-based policies is necessary to support household food security among government-subsidized renter households.KEY WORDS: Food insecurity; renters; housing subsidy; Canada La traduction du résumé se trouve à la fin de l'article.

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Food Insecurity And Health Outcomes

Cited by 1,282 publications

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Intimate partner violence, common mental disorders and household food insecurity: an analysis using path analysis

Intimate partner violence, common mental disorders and household food insecurity: an analysis using path analysis

Food insecurity and housing instability in vulnerable families

High vulnerability to household food insecurity in a sample of Canadian renter households in government-subsidized housing

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