Household food insecurity, sociodemographic and lifestyle risk factors associated with high blood pressure among women in farming communities in Ghana
This study buttresses the importance of hypertension awareness among older women, particularly, in urbanizing communities, and the need to explore mediating factors through which ethnicity may influence living with high blood pressure.
Authors
- Irene Akwo Kretchy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6811-5937)
- Aaron Kobina Christian (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8871-3387)
- Ruth Tenkoramaa Owu
Institutions
- University of Ghana (GH)
- University of Health and Allied Sciences (GH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Women s Health
- Published
- 2025-04-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12905-025-03713-3
- Primary Topic
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- International Development Research Centre
- Fondation Rideau Hall
- Fondations communautaires du Canada
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada