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A qualitative study of healthy eating, physical activity, and mental health among single mothers in Canada

Abstract

Single motherhood is associated with higher demands in home and family responsibilities that may exist in similar sized households with grandparents. These demands can compete with opportunities and resources for maintenance of healthy behaviours. This may have been exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic since supports outside the home may have been restricted by public health measures. A qualitative narrative study was conducted to explore …

Authors

Gavidia LAP; MacDermid JC; Brunton L; Doralp S

Journal

PLOS ONE, Vol. 18, No. 11,

Publisher

Public Library of Science (PLoS)

DOI

10.1371/journal.pone.0294552

ISSN

1932-6203