Longitudinal pathways between maternal mental health in infancy and offspring romantic relationship outcomes in adulthood were examined using a 30-year prospective longitudinal study of 196 mothers and their children. Structural equation modeling revealed that maternal mental health at 30 months was related to offspring relationship status and relationship attachment insecurity at 30 years. The...

OBJECTIVES To assess the prevalence and identify the predictors of food insecurity among households in Los Angeles County with incomes below 300% of the federal poverty level. METHODS The Six-Item Short Form of the US Department of Agriculture's Household Food Security Scale was used as part of a 1999 county-wide, population-based, telephone survey. RESULTS The prevalence of food insecurity...

Travel and tourism are considered the most popular form of individual enjoyment in the countries of origin of the visitors. Despite this fact, the consequences of the steady growing tourism are often criticised by the citizens of these same countries. The ephemeral nature of the tourism phenomenon is a cause of insecurity; moreover, it is often subject to misleading, emotional and even ideologi...

The Child and Adult Care Food Program ðCACFPÞ provides cash reimbursement to family day care, child-care centers, homeless shelters, and afterschool programs for meals and snacks served to children. Despite young children’s known vulnerability to fluctuations in nutritional intake, prior literature has largely neglected the contributions of the CACFP to reducing household food insecurity. Using...

OBJECTIVE To examine independent associations of job strain (high demands and low control) and job insecurity with mental and physical health outcomes. DESIGN Cross sectional general population study conducted in 2000 using a self completed questionnaire. SETTING Two adjoining cities in south east Australia. SUBJECTS 1188 employed professionals, aged 40-44 years, 55% (n = 655) male. MAI...

PURPOSE It was shown that both job insecurity and unemployment are strongly and consistently associated with depressive symptoms. It is, however, less clear whether perceived job insecurity and unemployment constitute a comparable risk for the onset of depressive symptoms. A meta-analysis was conducted to explore this issue. METHODS In December 2014, relevant records were identified through t...

BACKGROUND Food insecurity, insufficient quality and quantity of nutritionally adequate food, affects millions of people in the United States (US) yearly, with over 18 million Americans reporting hunger. Food insecurity is associated with obesity in the general population. Due to the increasing prevalence of obesity and risk factors for cardiovascular disease among HIV-infected women, we sought...

Introduction of a pedagogical concept, Kubus, in a problem oriented learning context – analysed within the framework of an activity system – indicates what might happen when offering tools tempting to influence and regulate students‟ learning approach and hereby neglecting the importance of existing habits and values. Introduction of this new approach challenges existing “truisms “. It implies ...