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Conversations about financial hardship should not be off limits.

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

Authors

Alison Avenell

Sophie Mohamed



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Peer Reviewed Not Peer Reviewed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

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