Maternal Mental Health and Child Well-Being in Northwest Tanzania

Summary Although food insecurity, social capital, demographic characteristics, such as socioeconomic status, maternal education and marital status have been linked to maternal and child well-being individually, no studies have considered each of these variables in single model. The proposed research will do so among peri-urban and rural women and their children in Western Tanzania to test three hypotheses: (1) poverty and social capital predict maternal and child allostatic load, maternal mental health, and food insecurity, (2) food insecurity predicts maternal and child health, with the latter association moderated by actions mothers take t