Association of food insecurity with mental health status, mental health services utilisation and general healthcare utilisation among US adults
Food insecurity is associated with worse mental health. However, food-insecure adults may not access adequate mental health services and instead rely on emergency room visits.
Authors
- Sungchul Park (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7546-9685)
- Seth A. Berkowitz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1030-4297)
Institutions
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
- Korea University (KR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
- Published
- 2024-11-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2024-221900
- Citations
- 7
- Primary Topic
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.95
Funders
- National Research Foundation of Korea
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases