Maternal mental health and child allostatic load in rural Nicaragua

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dc.contributor.advisorWilson, Warren M.
dc.contributor.authorHoehn, Natasha Christine
dc.contributor.committeememberKrentz, Hartmut B.
dc.contributor.committeememberMadigan, Sheri L.
dc.date2018-11
dc.date.accessioned2018-09-20T20:37:54Z
dc.date.available2018-09-20T20:37:54Z
dc.date.issued2018-09-10
dc.description.abstractApproximately 25% of individuals worldwide will experience a common mental disorder (CMD) in their lifetime, and previous studies have suggested that poor maternal mental health (MMH) is associated with negative child health and development outcomes. However, these studies use individual markers to represent overall child health status. An allostatic load (AL) index may provide a better understanding of overall health status by pooling together multiple markers of intermediary risk to poor health outcomes. Here, I tested for an association between the following variables in a cross-sectional sample of maternal-child dyads from rural Nicaragua: 1) MMH and individual child health measures. 2) MMH and a child AL index. Multiple regression analyses found no significant relationships between MMH and any of the outcome measures. However, a high prevalence of probable cases of CMDs (30.9%) was documented among mothers, indicating that mental health should be prioritized by local and regional health interventions.en_US
dc.identifier.citationHoehn, N. C. (2018). Maternal mental health and child allostatic load in rural Nicaragua (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/32962en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/32962
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/107799
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.facultyArts
dc.publisher.facultyGraduate Studies
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen
dc.publisher.placeCalgaryen
dc.rightsUniversity of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission.
dc.subjectAllostatic Load
dc.subjectMaternal Mental Health
dc.subjectGlobal Mental Health
dc.subject.classificationAnthropologyen_US
dc.subject.classificationAnthropology--Physicalen_US
dc.subject.classificationHealth Sciencesen_US
dc.subject.classificationHuman Developmenten_US
dc.subject.classificationMental Healthen_US
dc.subject.classificationPublic Healthen_US
dc.subject.classificationPsychology--Physiologicalen_US
dc.titleMaternal mental health and child allostatic load in rural Nicaragua
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineAnthropology
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Arts (MA)
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