Food Insecurity and Rural Child and Family Functioning.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

In the US, children in food-insecure households are at risk for adverse psychological outcomes despite being shielded from hunger and malnutrition by their caregivers and school- and community-based programs. Parenting stress may be an important mechanism through which food insecurity is associated with negative outcomes for child mental health.

Objective

To investigate associations of household food insecurity with child mental health, parenting stress, and family functioning.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional study used a daily-diary design in a community-based sample to examine associations between daily fluctuations in food insecurity and child and family functioning. The study was conducted remotely during the COVID-19 pandemic in

SUBMITTER: Ametti MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12413651 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature