Severe food insecurity and mental health among women living in extreme poverty in Ceara, Brazil

Backgroung: the prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity (FI) in the world will reach 2.4 billion people in 2020. Common Mental Disorders (CMDs) affect one in five people, reaching all social classes. Objective: to examine the associations between CMDs and FI in the most vulnerable populatio...

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Published in:Revista brasileira de crescimento e desenvolvimento humano 2023-12, Vol.33 (3), p.354-364
Main Authors: Maria Moreira Leite de Santana, Onélia, Maria Tavares Machado, Márcia, Gretha Amorim Gomes, Laecia, Alexandre Lima Rocha, Hermano, Lima Correia, Luciano, Vinicius de Alcantara Sousa, Luiz
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Summary:Backgroung: the prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity (FI) in the world will reach 2.4 billion people in 2020. Common Mental Disorders (CMDs) affect one in five people, reaching all social classes. Objective: to examine the associations between CMDs and FI in the most vulnerable population, mothers of young children. Methods: population-based cross-sectional observational study, interviewing 484 families with children under six years of age, beneficiaries of the cash transfer program Cartão Mais Infância Ceará (CMIC), in 24 municipalities of Ceara. Poisson regression models were used, adjusted for the sampling effect. Results: 86% of the families were in a situation of FI, with 36% expressing a severe FI, a condition compatible with hunger. In relation to CMDs, it was observed that the prevalence of severe FI increased significantly, affecting 53% of mothers with CMDs against 31% of those without the disorder (p
ISSN:0104-1282
2175-3598
DOI:10.36311/jhgd.v33.15282