Effect of food coupon incentives on timely completion of DTP immunization series in children from a low-income area in Karachi, Pakistan: A longitudinal intervention study

Using National Population Health Survey data and the stress process model, this study investigates the relationship between food insufficiency and the risk of depression among Canadian adults. The study presents three principal findings. First, after controlling for conventional socioeconomic and socio-demographic variables, food insufficiency increases the risk of depression and actually predicts this risk better than measures of low income, main source of income, and education. Second, the negative effect of food insufficiency is not attributable to social resources disparities, even though these resources significantly reduce the size of the effect. Third, the effects of food insufficiency on depression are generally stronger for women than for men, but the results also indicate that single fathers from food insufficient households face more depression than other groups, including single mothers.

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Mediators affecting the association between a lifestyle behavior intervention and stress in low-income overweight or obese mothers of young children

Journal of Health Psychology ◽

10.1177/1359105319887780 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 135910531988778 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Mei-Wei Chang ◽

Lorraine B Robbins ◽

Jiying Ling ◽

Roger Brown ◽

Duane T Wegener

Keyword(s):

Young Children ◽

Perceived Stress ◽

Low Income ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Intervention Study ◽

Secondary Data ◽

Autonomous Motivation ◽

Community Based ◽

Emotional Coping ◽

Using Data

Using data from a community-based lifestyle behavioral intervention study, this secondary data analysis investigated whether emotional coping, coping self-efficacy, and autonomous motivation mediated the association between the intervention and perceived stress in low-income overweight or obese mothers of young children. Results showed that coping self-efficacy significantly mediated the association between the intervention and perceived stress. However, emotional coping and autonomous motivation did not significantly mediate the association between intervention and perceived stress. Interventions may be more effective in helping the target audience reduce stress if they incorporate practical skills that can increase a sense of coping self-efficacy.

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The impact of goal attainment on behavioral and mediating variables among low income women participating in an Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program intervention study

Appetite ◽

10.1016/j.appet.2010.06.017 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 55 (2) ◽

pp. 305-310 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Karen Weber Cullen ◽

Deborah I. Thompson ◽

Amanda R. Scott ◽

Agueda Lara-Smalling ◽

Kathleen B. Watson ◽

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Keyword(s):

Nutrition Education ◽

Low Income ◽

Education Program ◽

Goal Attainment ◽

Intervention Study ◽

Food And Nutrition ◽

Program Intervention ◽

Nutrition Education Program ◽

Food And Nutrition Education ◽

The Impact

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SCHOOL-TIME MOVEMENT BEHAVIOURS AND FUNDAMENTAL MOVEMENT SKILLS IN PRESCHOOLERS: AN ISOTEMPORAL REALLOCATION ANALYSIS

10.31124/advance.13607789.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Clarice Martins ◽

Cain Craig Truman Clark ◽

Rafael Tassitano ◽

Anastácio Souza Filho ◽

Anelise Reis Gaya ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Low Income ◽

Intervention Study ◽

Compositional Analysis ◽

Fixed Duration ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Movement Skills ◽

School Time ◽

Fundamental Movement Skills ◽

Time Movement ◽

Activity Behaviour

ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Little is known on how relocations of time spent in different movement behaviours during pre-school hours could relate to preschooler’s fundamental movement skills (FMS), a key predictor of later physical activity (PA). Thus, the aim of this study was to examine whether the school-time composition was associated with FMS; and to investigate predicted differences in FMS when a fixed duration of time was reallocated from one activity behaviour to another in preschool children. METHODS: A cross-sectional representative data of an intervention study with Brazilian low-income preschoolers. Two hundred and four preschoolers of both sexes (4.5±0.8 years-old; 101boys) provided 10 hours of school-time objectively assessed PA and sedentary behaviour (SB) data (Actigraph wGT3X), and FMS assessments (TGMD-2). Association of school-time composition of movement behaviuors with FMS and its reallocations during school-time was explored using compositional analysis in R (version 1.40-1), robCompositions (version 0.92-7), and lmtest (version 0.9-35) packages. RESULTS: The isotemporal reallocation showed that for manipulative skills, an increasing pattern was observed (0.14, 0.28, and 0.42-units) when reallocating 5, 10 and 15 minutes, respectively, from light PA to SB. CONCLUSIONS: The current study highlights that school-time composition is a significant predictor of FMS. Moreover, a modest increase in SB, at the expense of LPA, during the school-time may elicit a positive change in manipulative skills.

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Fungal Exposure in New York City Low-Income Homes Enrolled in a Mold Intervention Study

Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology ◽

10.1016/j.jaci.2018.12.070 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 143 (2) ◽

pp. AB22

Author(s):

Luis M. Acosta ◽

Ray Lopez ◽

Lindsey Realmuto ◽

Adnan Divjan ◽

Brett J. Green ◽

...

Keyword(s):

New York ◽

New York City ◽

Low Income ◽

York City ◽

Intervention Study ◽

Fungal Exposure

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Food insecurity and depressive symptoms of older adults living alone in South Korea

Ageing and Society ◽

10.1017/s0144686x18000429 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 39 (9) ◽

pp. 2042-2058 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

YOUNGMI KIM ◽

AELY PARK ◽

KYEONGMO KIM

Keyword(s):

Older Adults ◽

Depressive Symptoms ◽

South Korea ◽

Food Insecurity ◽

Low Income ◽

Living Alone ◽

Financial Strain ◽

Ageing Population ◽

Effect Of Food ◽

The Relationship

ABSTRACTIn South Korea, the number of older adults living alone is rapidly increasing with the growth of the ageing population. Although there is some evidence of a link between financial strain and depression in this population, there is limited empirical evidence on the relationship between food insecurity and depression in older adults living alone despite the fact that they have a high prevalence of food insecurity and tend to seek food assistance. This study aims to investigate whether food insecurity explains depressive symptoms in Korean older adults living alone. We employed data from the Korea Welfare Panel Study collected from a large-scale national sample in South Korea. Our sample consisted of 815 older adults aged 65 or older who lived alone. Conducting ordinary least square regression analyses, we tested the main effect of food insecurity on depression and the interaction effect of food insecurity and low income. We found that the relationship between food insecurity and depressive symptoms differed by low-income status (b = 6.27, p = 0.047). The association was significant only in the low-income group (b = 1.37, p = 0.04). These findings suggest that protecting access to food may be a promising strategy to lessen depressive symptoms associated with financial strain among older adults living alone.

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Effect of Food Subsidies on Micronutrient Consumption

Indian Journal of Human Development ◽

10.1177/0973703016685668 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 10 (3) ◽

pp. 317-335

Author(s):

Felix M. Muchomba ◽

Neeraj Kaushal

Keyword(s):

Low Income ◽

Distribution System ◽

Negative Effects ◽

Public Distribution System ◽

Price Subsidy ◽

Micronutrient Intake ◽

Effect Of Food ◽

Food Subsidies ◽

Low Income Families ◽

Targeted Public Distribution System

In this article, we study the effect of an exogenous increase in wheat and rice price subsidy to poor families resulting from a targeted food price subsidy programme in India called the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) on micronutrient intake in low-income families. Descriptive results show that wheat and rice have one of the lowest micronutrient density scores, suggesting that these are poor suppliers of micronutrients. Empirical analysis suggests that the increase in monthly per capita subsidy amount of ₹15–18 resulting from the TPDS expansion lowered calcium intake by 12–14 per cent and had negligible to small (often negative) effects on the consumption of most micronutrients.

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