Risk and Protective Factors for Adult and Child Hunger Among Low-Income Housed and Homeless Female-Headed Families

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ID11036167
AutoresCheryl Wehler (Cheryl Wehler, Linda F. Weinreb, Kenneth Fletcher, and Robert Goldberg are with the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester. Nicholas Huntington is with the National Center on Family Homelessness, Newton Center, Mass. Richard Scott is with Honors College, University of Central Arkansas, Little Rock. David Hosmer is with the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Craig Gundersen is with the Economic Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC.), Linda Weinreb (National Bureau of Economic Research), Linda F Weinreb (Cheryl Wehler, Linda F. Weinreb, Kenneth Fletcher, and Robert Goldberg are with the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester. Nicholas Huntington is with the National Center on Family Homelessness, Newton Center, Mass. Richard Scott is with Honors College, University of Central Arkansas, Little Rock. David Hosmer is with the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Craig Gundersen is with the Economic Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC.), Nicholas Huntington (0000-0003-2574-4711, Cheryl Wehler, Linda F. Weinreb, Kenneth Fletcher, and Robert Goldberg are with the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester. Nicholas Huntington is with the National Center on Family Homelessness, Newton Center, Mass. Richard Scott is with Honors College, University of Central Arkansas, Little Rock. David Hosmer is with the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Craig Gundersen is with the Economic Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC.), Richard Scott (0000-0001-7188-7102, Cheryl Wehler, Linda F. Weinreb, Kenneth Fletcher, and Robert Goldberg are with the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester. Nicholas Huntington is with the National Center on Family Homelessness, Newton Center, Mass. Richard Scott is with Honors College, University of Central Arkansas, Little Rock. David Hosmer is with the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Craig Gundersen is with the Economic Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC.), Richard Ira Scott (National Bureau of Economic Research), David Hosmer (Cheryl Wehler, Linda F. Weinreb, Kenneth Fletcher, and Robert Goldberg are with the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester. Nicholas Huntington is with the National Center on Family Homelessness, Newton Center, Mass. Richard Scott is with Honors College, University of Central Arkansas, Little Rock. David Hosmer is with the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Craig Gundersen is with the Economic Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC.), David W Hosmer (National Bureau of Economic Research), Kenneth E Fletcher (National Bureau of Economic Research), Kenneth Fletcher (Cheryl Wehler, Linda F. Weinreb, Kenneth Fletcher, and Robert Goldberg are with the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester. Nicholas Huntington is with the National Center on Family Homelessness, Newton Center, Mass. Richard Scott is with Honors College, University of Central Arkansas, Little Rock. David Hosmer is with the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Craig Gundersen is with the Economic Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC.), Richard J Goldberg (0000-0001-7705-7740, National Bureau of Economic Research), Robert Goldberg (Cheryl Wehler, Linda F. Weinreb, Kenneth Fletcher, and Robert Goldberg are with the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester. Nicholas Huntington is with the National Center on Family Homelessness, Newton Center, Mass. Richard Scott is with Honors College, University of Central Arkansas, Little Rock. David Hosmer is with the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Craig Gundersen is with the Economic Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC.), Craig Gundersen (0000-0001-9264-6914, Cheryl Wehler, Linda F. Weinreb, Kenneth Fletcher, and Robert Goldberg are with the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester. Nicholas Huntington is with the National Center on Family Homelessness, Newton Center, Mass. Richard Scott is with Honors College, University of Central Arkansas, Little Rock. David Hosmer is with the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Craig Gundersen is with the Economic Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC.)
Año2004
Volumen94
Número1
Páginas109-115
Fecha de publicación2004-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditorialAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.94.1.109
PMID14713707
OpenAlexW2112185881
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas23
Referencias citadas32

Objectives. We sought to identify factors associated with adult or child hunger. Methods. Low-income housed and homeless mothers were interviewed about socioeconomic, psychosocial, health, and food sufficiency information. Multinomial logistic regression produced models predicting adult or child hunger. Results. Predictors of adult hunger included mothers’ childhood sexual molestation and current parenting difficulties, or “hassles.” Risk factors for child hunger included mothers’ childhood sexual molestation, housing subsidies, brief local residence, having more or older children, and substandard housing. Conclusions. This study found that the odds of hunger, although affected by resource constraints in low-income female-headed families, were also worsened by mothers’ poor physical and mental health. Eliminating hunger thus may require broader interventions than food programs

Environmental health · Logistic regression · Mental health · Multinomial logistic regression · Odds · Population · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Psychosocial · Residence · Socioeconomic status · Child Abuse and Trauma · Demography · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Psychology · Gerontology