Food Insecurity and Mental Well-Being Among Low-Income Families During COVID-19 Pandemic.
Am J Health Promot
; 36(7): 1123-1132, 2022 Sep.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1785017
ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
To examine the interaction effects of adult and child food insecurity on parents' and children's mental well-being.DESIGN:
An online survey study was conducted.SETTING:
Two Head Start organizations and the Qualtrics Panel.SUBJECTS:
Four hundred and eight parents under poverty level and having a child aged 3-5 years participated.MEASURES:
Food insecurity was assessed by the U.S. Household Food Security Survey Module. Parents' stress, anxiety and depression; and children's sadness, fear, anger, and positive affect were measured using instruments from HealthMeasures.ANALYSIS:
Multivariate general linear models were performed in SPSS.RESULTS:
Mean age was 31 years, 17% Hispanic, 21% Black. About 51% parents and 37% children were food insecure. After adjusting for demographics and child food insecurity, parents with adult food insecurity had higher stress (B = 2.65, p = .002), anxiety (B = 3.02, p = .001), and depression (B = 3.66, p = .001); and fear in their children (B = 5.03, p = .002) than those without adult food insecurity. Similarly, parents reporting child food insecurity had greater depression than those having no child food insecurity (B = 4.61, p = .020). Black parents had lower stress (B = -1.91, p = .018), anxiety (B = -2.26, p = .012), and depression (B = -4.17, p < .001) than their White counterparts.CONCLUSIONS:
The study's results underscore the importance of reducing food insecurity in both parents and children as a whole family system to promote mental well-being of low-income families.Keywords
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Food Supply
/
COVID-19
Type of study:
Observational study
Limits:
Adult
/
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Am J Health Promot
Journal subject:
Public Health
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
08901171221089627
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