Conversations about financial hardship should not be off limits.

Douglas, Flora C.; Avenell, Alison; Mohamed, Sophie

Abstract

Poverty is both a cause and an outcome of mental health distress. Poverty-driven household food insecurity directly affects health outcomes including obesity and diabetes, mental health, and leads to poor health condition management, increased health care use and hospital admissions, and premature death. In the UK, in the context of the current and looming cost of living crisis it is sobering to reflect on that fact that at the start of the COVID pandemic it was estimated that UK households in the highest deprivation quintile would need to spend 65% of their household income to follow the Eatwell plate, healthy eating guidelines.

Citation

DOUGLAS, F.C., AVENELL, A. and MOHAMED, S. 2022. Conversations about financial hardship should not be off limits. BMJ [online], 376(8329), article o557. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.o577

• Journal Article Type: Letter
• Acceptance Date: Jan 18, 2022
• Online Publication Date: Mar 9, 2022
• Publication Date: Mar 12, 2022
• Deposit Date: Apr 1, 2022
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 1, 2022
• Journal: BMJ
• Print ISSN: 0959-8138
• Electronic ISSN: 1756-1833
• Publisher: BMJ Publishing Group
• Peer Reviewed: Not Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 376
• Issue: 8329
• Article Number: o577
• Item Discussed: SALISBURY, H. 2022. Health, poverty and stigma. 2022. BMJ [online], 376(8322), article o116. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.o116
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.o577
• Keywords: Poverty; Healthcare staff; Mental health; Financial hardship; Depression; Food insecurity; Stigma
• Public URL: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/1624200