The Intersection of Gender/Sex and Food Insecurity on Mental Health Outcomes

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dc.contributor.advisorMcIntyre, Lynn
dc.contributor.authorJessiman-Perreault, Geneviève
dc.contributor.committeememberLetourneau, Nicole
dc.contributor.committeememberJohnston, J. Cyne
dc.contributor.committeememberMcLaren, Lindsay
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-02T15:52:13Z
dc.date.available2016-05-02T15:52:13Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.date.submitted2016en
dc.description.abstractGender and food insecurity are important social determinants of health and are related to a wide spectrum of mental health conditions. Food insecurity typically contains four dimensions: qualitative, quantitative, social and psychological; each of which has its own unique stressors. Food insecurity is a chronically stressful experience, and chronic stress has been consistently associated with the development of mental health problems. This thesis examines, using a pooled sample from a national data set, how the sex gap in seven mental health outcomes is affected by consideration of food insecurity status. For the full sample, the sex gap in five of seven mental health outcomes was pronounced. When only the food insecure sub-sample was examined, there were no statistically significant sex differences in six of seven mental health outcomes. Therefore, food insecurity has a sex neutralizing effect on the sex gap in mental health outcomes, an indication of its powerful effect as a stressor.en_US
dc.identifier.citationJessiman-Perreault, G. (2016). The Intersection of Gender/Sex and Food Insecurity on Mental Health Outcomes (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/28223en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/28223
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11023/2922
dc.language.isoeng
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.subjectMental Health
dc.subjectPublic Health
dc.subject.classificationFood Insecurityen_US
dc.titleThe Intersection of Gender/Sex and Food Insecurity on Mental Health Outcomes
dc.typemaster thesis
thesis.degree.disciplineCommunity Health Sciences
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Calgary
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science (MSc)
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