Grant: Travel Awards - Institute Community Support
University of Calgary
$1,500.00
Food Insecurity Gradient on Seven Mental Health Outcomes: Hypothesizing the Impact of the Elimination of Severe Food Insecurity
FY 2015-16
Summary
The problem under investigation in this paper is the relationship between sex/gender and mental health, specifically, how food insecurity may alter or change that relationship. Using Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) pooled data from 2005-2012, this paper determines that there is a distinct sex gap in seven mental health outcome. Moreover, this paper determines there is a persistent food insecurity gradient on all seven mental health outcomes. Given the distinct impact of gender and food insecurity on mental health outcomes. This paper examines sex, food insecurity and mental health together and determined that the sex differences in five of seven mental health outcomes are neutralized with the addition of food insecurity status. Therefore, men and women experience the same levels of mental health outcomes when reporting food insecurity.
Department
Program
Travel Awards - Institute Community Support
Recipient
Location
Alberta, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
CIHR Funding Decisions Database
As published
Id
347103
Name
Jessiman-Perreault Genevieve
Region
Alberta
Country
Canada
Orgtype
Institution Paid; Research Institution
Instname2
Population and Public Health
Theme2
Social / Cultural / Environmental / Population Health
Prcname2
CPHA Conference
Projecttitle
Food Insecurity Gradient on Seven Mental Health Outcomes: Hypothesizing the Impact of the Elimination of Severe Food Insecurity
Programtype2
Undefined
Orgnameinp2
University of Calgary
Cihramount2
$1,500
Cihrequipment2
$0
Programname2
Travel Awards - Institute Community Support
Keyworddelim
Canadian Community Health Survey; Food Insecurity; Gender/Sex; Mental Health; Quantitative Data
Abstract
The problem under investigation in this paper is the relationship between sex/gender and mental health, specifically, how food insecurity may alter or change that relationship. Using Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS) pooled data from 2005-2012, this paper determines that there is a distinct sex gap in seven mental health outcome. Moreover, this paper determines there is a persistent food insecurity gradient on all seven mental health outcomes. Given the distinct impact of gender and food insecurity on mental health outcomes. This paper examines sex, food insecurity and mental health together and determined that the sex differences in five of seven mental health outcomes are neutralized with the addition of food insecurity status. Therefore, men and women experience the same levels of mental health outcomes when reporting food insecurity.
Competitiondate
201601
Approvedterm2
1 yr 0 mth
Pinamesdelim
Jessiman-Perreault, Genevieve
Approvedterm
1 an 0 mois
Cihrcontribution2
Inst of Population &Publ Hlth~ $1,500~ $0~
