A5079541030- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- Mental Health and Patient Involvement
- Schizophrenia research and treatment
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
- Healthcare innovation and challenges
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Family Caregiving in Mental Illness
- Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
- Sex work and related issues
- Mental Health and Psychiatry
University College London
2021-2025
Queen Mary University of London
2019-2021
Newham University Hospital
2018-2020
Barts Health NHS Trust
2018-2020
University of California, San Francisco
2015-2019
University of San Francisco
2015-2016
During the COVID-19 pandemic, rates of food insecurity and mental illness have been projected to increase in U.S. owing significant social economic disruption. This study aims estimate prevalence insufficiency (often most extreme form insecurity), correlates insufficiency, associations between symptoms poor health during pandemic.Cross-sectional data from 63,674 participants Census Household Pulse Survey were collected analyzed 2020. Multiple Poisson regression models used with...
Background and Aims Few longitudinal studies have examined the relationship between food insecurity substance use. We aimed to investigate this using data among women with or at risk for HIV in United States. Design Women's Interagency Study (WIHS), a prospective cohort study. Setting Nine sites across Participants A total of 2553 HIV. Measurements Semi‐annual structured interviews were conducted during April 2013–March 2016. Food security (FS) was primary predictor, measured Household...
Abstract Background It is well-established that carers of people with psychosis require support given the stress, social isolation and health problems commonly associated their caring role. However, interventions for are under-researched underprovided. Psychoeducation groups can improve carers’ experiences caregiving, but there insufficient evidence to inform an optimal intervention. Furthermore, limited existing literature tends focus on carer provided within early intervention services. We...
Forty-nine million individuals are food insecure in the United States, where insecurity and HIV/AIDS prevalent among urban poor. Food is associated with risky sexual behaviours people living (PLHIV). No qualitative studies, however, have investigated mechanisms underlying this relationship either a resource-rich setting or populations that include men who sex (MSM).Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted 34 low-income PLHIV receiving assistance San Francisco Bay Area. The explored...
Abstract Background and Objectives The relationship between food insecurity alcohol use disorder remains unknown. aim of this study was to determine the association risk in a nationally representative sample young adults. Methods Cross‐sectional data 14,786 US adults aged 24–32 years old from Wave IV (2008) National Longitudinal Study Adolescent Adult Health were analyzed assess single‐item measure Diagnostic Statistical Manual , 5th Edition (DSM‐5) disorder. Results Among adults, 12% found...
Background Food insecurity is associated with poor mental health among people living HIV (PLHIV). This qualitative study explored the experiences of PLHIV participating in a medically appropriate food support program. Methods Semi-structured interviews were conducted post-intervention (n = 34). Interview topics included changes, or lack thereof, and reasons for changes. Interviews audio-recorded, transcribed, double-coded. Salient themes identified using an inductive-deductive method....
Psychotropic prescription rates continue to increase in the United States (USA). Few studies have investigated whether social-structural factors may play a role psychotropic medication use independent of mental illness. Food insecurity is prevalent among people living with HIV USA and has been associated poor health. We food was symptoms depression anxiety women USA.We used cross-sectional data from Women's Interagency Study (WIHS), nationwide cohort study. security (FS) primary explanatory...
Climate change is associated with adverse mental and emotional health outcomes. Social economic factors are well-known drivers of health, yet comparatively few studies examine the social pathways through which climate affects health. There additionally a lack research on in sub-Saharan Africa. This qualitative study aimed to identify potential impacts wellbeing, focusing vulnerable population Kenyan smallholder farmers living HIV. We conducted in-depth, semi-structured interviews forty...
Abstract Objective: To estimate the association between food insufficiency and mental health service utilisation in USA during COVID-19 pandemic. Design: Cross-sectional study. Multiple logistic regression models were used to associations utilisation. Setting: US Census Household Pulse Survey data collected October 2020. Participants: Nationally representative sample of 68 611 adults. Results: After adjusting for sociodemographic factors, experiencing was associated with higher odds unmet...
Abstract Background In the UK, inpatient psychiatric rehabilitation services for complex psychosis aim to provide recovery-orientated treatment patients, with goal of supporting sustained stepdown into community living. The extent which uphold this recovery orientation is associated better outcomes. However, few studies have been able ascertain what promotes or prevents in settings. Methods We conducted an ethnographic study on a National Health Service (NHS) ward London over six months...
Aims Inpatient psychiatric rehabilitation services for people with complex psychosis promote independent living and reduce readmissions through multidisciplinary recovery-based practice. Yet, little research has explored how these are experienced by patients staff, partly due to the difficulties of conducting qualitative in such settings using interviews focus groups. We therefore lack an in-depth understanding inpatient operates on ground, including which aspects as helpful/unhelpful...
Aging populations in the United States (US) exhibit high rates of both food insecurity and chronic illness. Few studies have explored depth how arises among such populations, it interacts with experiences aging. We qualitatively aging, low-income women experience at multiple sites across US, focusing on neighborhood-level factors that influence these experiences. Study participants were drawn from San Francisco, CA, Atlanta, GA, Chapel Hill, NC Women's Interagency HIV (WIHS), a cohort study...