Skip to main content
Rural Health Information Hub

Website Search Results for: Food Security

1076 webpages matched your search. Here are matches 1001 - 1010:

1001. Community-Based Efforts Aim to Improve the Food Environment within a Highly Obese Rural Appalachian County - Resources
Date: Jun 2021

Discusses efforts to improve nutrition of rural Appalachian citizens through community-developed marketing strategies. Examines statistical differences in food purchases at 5 Kentucky gas stations before and after healthier options were noted on station shelves via a "Smart Snack" logo.

...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Kentucky...

1002. Nebraska Loan Repayment Program for Rural Health Professionals - Funding
Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis

Loan repayment assistance for certain healthcare professionals who agree to practice in a Health Professional Shortage Area of Nebraska.

...Food security and nutrition · Health workforce · Loans, loan repayment, and loan forgiveness for health careers...

1003. Rural Hunger in America: Afterschool Meals - Resources
Date: Apr 2018

Fact sheet describing the benefits of Afterschool Nutrition Programs and offering suggestions for strategies to help rural communities overcome barriers to participating in these programs.

...enrollment and application · Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...

1004. The Impact of a Grocery Store Closure in One Rural Highly Obese Appalachian Community on Shopping Behavior and Dietary Intake - Resources
Date: Mar 2022

Results of telephone surveys of people in Martin County, Kentucky, a highly obese community in which healthy food accessibility is scarce and which experienced the closure of a local grocery store in January 2020. Includes demographics for the participants, and compares their food shopping habits at the time of the initial contact with those at the time of a follow-up survey a year later.

...Health, 19(6), 3506 03/2022 Appalachia · Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Statistics and data · Kentucky...

1005. Hunger Doesn't Take a Vacation: Summer Nutrition Status Report - Resources
Date: Aug 2024

Provides information on the use of federal nutrition programs in the summer of 2023, when COVID-19 waivers ended and normal operations resumed. Includes national and state findings, policy opportunities, and information about the the rural non-congregate meal option.

...Food security and nutrition · Policy · State-by-state data · Statistics and data · State-by-state...

1006. Barriers, Facilitators, and Opportunities to Promote Healthy Weight Behaviors among Preschool-Aged Children in Two Rural U.S Communities - Resources
Date: Jan 2023

Examines barriers, facilitators, and opportunities related to supporting wellness and healthy weight in rural preschool children. Utilizes focus group interviews with parents, caregivers, and community organizations as well as observation of built environment to assess healthy eating and physical activity resources. Discusses wellness barriers and facilitators for preschool children at the family, organization, and community levels.

...Food security and nutrition · Infrastructure · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Statistics and data · Indiana...

1007. Factors Impacting Implementation of Nutrition and Physical Activity Policies in Rural Schools - Resources
Date: Feb 2023

Examines school policies and implementation related to nutrition and physical activity (PA) to understand the disproportionate rates of obesity in rural Latino children. Analyzes perceptions of policies and barriers from 20 interviews with stakeholders in Lower Yakima Valley of Eastern Washington State K-12 school districts. Discusses themes such as knowledge of school PA and nutrition policies as well as barriers and facilitators to policy implementation.

...Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Schools · Washington...

1008. Changes in Physical Activity Outcomes in the Strong Hearts, Healthy Communities (SHHC-2.0) Community-Based Randomized Trial - Resources
Date: Dec 2022

Examines the Strong Hearts, Healthy Communities 2.0 (SHHC-2.0) intervention focused on exercise, nutrition, and civic engagement. Analyzes behavior changes of 182 women aged 40 and older living in rural New York and provides discussion about implementing wellness interventions in rural areas.

...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Statistics and data · Women · New York...

1009. Teacher and Caregiver Perspectives on Water Is K'é: An Early Child Education Program to Promote Healthy Beverages among Navajo Children - Resources
Date: Aug 2023

Presents a study exploring the efficacy of the Water is K'é pilot program which is designed to increase water consumption among young children in the Navajo Nation. Evaluation draws on the perspective of teachers and caregivers who were interviewed about their children's water consumption.

...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Public health · Tribal communities · Wellness, health promotion...

1010. Aroostook Band of Micmacs Monitor Atmospheric Mercury - Resources
Date: May 2017

Details a project developed by the Aroostook Band of Micmacs to monitor atmospheric mercury in an attempt to protect a crucial food source traditionally utilized by the tribe. Discusses the tribe's partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Atmospheric Deposition Program (NADP).

...NADP). 05/2017 Administration for Native Americans Environmental health · Food security and nutrition · Tribal communities · Maine...