This article develops a clinical indicator of household energy security and assesses possible associations with food security, health, and developmental risk in children ≤ 36 months of age. As household […]
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This article summarizes the data on household and children’s food insecurity and its relationship with children’s health and development and with mothers’ depressive symptoms. Food insecurity can be a prevalent risk […]
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Controlling for established correlates of child development, 4- to 36-month-old children from low-income households with food insecurity are more likely than those from low-income households with food security to be at […]
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The objective of this study was to examine how breastfeeding behaviours, perceptions and experiences vary by race/ethnicity among a low-income sample in the USA. Bilingual interviewers conducted a cross-sectional telephone […]
https://childrenshealthwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/screenshotart.png853655adminhttps://childrenshealthwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/CHW-25-anniversary-full-color_small.pngadmin2008-01-01 00:00:002021-01-27 15:41:39Variation in breastfeeding behaviours, perceptions, and experience by race/ethnicity among a low-income statewide sample of Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) participants in the United States
This article investigates the associations between breastfeeding and child health outcomes among citizen infants of immigrant mothers. In a sample of 3,592 immigrant mothers with infants aged 0-12 months, breastfed […]
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This study investigated the relationship between participation in federal nutrition and cash assistance programs and maternal and child well-being among immigrant households in the United States. The objective was to […]
https://childrenshealthwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/screenshotart2.png877729adminhttps://childrenshealthwatch.org/wp-content/uploads/CHW-25-anniversary-full-color_small.pngadmin2007-01-01 00:00:002021-01-27 15:42:27La alimentación y el bienestar de los ciudadanos estadounidenses más jóvenes de madres mexicanas, centroamericanas, y caribeñas
This article measures rates of hunger and food insecurity among young US-born Latino children with Mexican immigrant parents compared with a non-immigrant, non-Latino population. A sample of 1,310 households with one […]
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This article investigates the association of a positive report on a maternal depression screen (PDS) with loss or reduction of welfare support and food stamps, household insecurity, and child health […]
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Utilizing community-based data from the Children’s Sentinel Nutrition Assessment Program (C-SNAP), this article investigates the association between child-level food insecurity and iron status in young children. In a sample of […]
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This article evaluates the association between family’s participation or nonparticipation in the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and the anthropometric status and health of their young children. In […]
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