Food Insecurity and Disease (eBook, PDF)

Prevalence, Policy, and Politics
Redaktion: Hassan, Areej

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Food insecurity and disease are inextricably linked. The chapters in this valuable articles compendium reinforce that message by specifically linking food insecurity to various forms of chronic disease, including HIV/AIDS and obesity, as well as mental health issues. Providing a nuanced look at food insecurity and its connection to disease, the quality of the research gathered here advances our understanding of this issue; the chapter authors have provided us with a solid foundation on which to build well-informed clinical practice, further research, and effective future policy.This informative compendium will provide insight on these important issues for students and scholars in security studies, international politics, and environmental studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Januar 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781771884921
• Artikelnr.: 47509692

Autorenporträt

Areej Hassan, MD, MPH, is an attending in the Division of Adolescent/Young Adult Medicine at Boston Children's Hospital and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. She completed her residency training in Pediatrics at Brown University before her fellowship at BCH. In addition to primary care, Dr.Hassan focuses her clinical interests on reproductive endocrinology and global health. She also maintains an active role in medical education and has particular interest in building and developing innovative teaching tools through open educational resources. She currently teaches, consults, and is involved in pediatric and adolescent curricula development at multiple sites abroad in Central America and Southeast Asia.

Inhaltsangabe

Food Insecurity in Adults with Mood Disorders: Prevalence Estimates and
Associations with Nutritional and Psychological Health. Household Food
Insecurity and Mental Distress Among Pregnant Women in Southwestern
Ethiopia: A Cross Sectional Study Design. Is Food Insecurity Associated
with HIV Risk? Cross-Sectional Evidence from Sexually Active Women in
Brazil. Food Insecurity Is a Barrier to Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV
Transmission Services in Zimbabwe: A Cross-Sectional Study. A Pre-Post
Pilot Study of Peer Nutritional Counseling and Food Insecurity and
Nutritional Outcomes Among Antiretroviral Therapy Patients in Honduras.
Relationship between Food Insecurity and Mortality among HIV-Positive
Injection Drug Users Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy in British Columbia,
Canada. Shamba Maisha: Pilot Agricultural Intervention for Food Security
and HIV Health Outcomes in Kenya: Design, Methods, Baseline Results and
Process Evaluation of a Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial. Challenges of
Diabetes Self-Management in Adults Affected by Food Insecurity in a Large
Urban Centre of Ontario, Canada. Children's Very Low Food Security Is
Associated with Increased Dietary Intakes in Energy, Fat, and Added Sugar
Among Mexican-Origin Children (6-11 Y) in Texas Border Colonias. Obesity
Prevention and National Food Security: A Food Systems Approach. Food
Sovereignty: Power, Gender, and the Right to Food. Big Food, Food Systems,
and Global Health.