Inadequate Access to Diapers Joins Food Insecurity and Unstable Housing as Sources of Parental Stress

Elk Grove Village, IL—(ENEWSPF)—July 29, 2013. Food insecurity and lack of stable housing are factors known to increase maternal stress. But a study in the August 2013 issue of Pediatrics, “Diaper Need and Its Impact on Child Health,” (published online July 29) points to another stressor – an inadequate supply of diapers. The study, conducted by researchers at Yale University and the National Diaper Bank Network, surveyed 877 pregnant and parenting women.