Website Search Results for: Food Security
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Reviewed: Nov 28, 2022
Provides information on health disparities and the causes of these disparities in rural areas. Discusses rural versus urban mortality and life expectancy, and resources and programs to address rural health disparities. Provides information on regions throughout the U.S. that experience higher level of rural health disparities.
...food security and nutrition, and public health efforts. For more information on this work, see our Community...
Date: Apr 2018
Describes how Summer Nutrition Programs reduce food insecurity for low-income children in rural areas and offers strategies that can help rural communities overcome barriers to participation in these programs.
...Community and faith-based initiatives · Food security and nutrition · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...
Date: 2017
Compares economic and demographic characteristics of rural counties by county income level. Includes data on employment. Also examines reliance on public sector supports: the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and children's health insurance.
...Food security and nutrition · Health insurance · Income support and assistance · Limited English proficient · Poverty · Rural...
Date: Mar 2016
Analyzes perceived barriers, benefits, and modifiable behaviors that support or interfere with breakfast consumption in 16 racially and economically diverse rural high schools in Minnesota. Includes data for students who reported skipping breakfast in three categories: overall, 0-2 days, or 3 or more days, by socioeconomic status (SES), race, grade, sex, weight categories, breakfast beliefs, barriers, and benefits scales.
...Health, 86(3), 187-194 03/2016 Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Statistics and data · Minnesota...
Deadline: Apr 1, 2024
Grants for scholarship programs leading to either baccalaureate degrees within the food and agricultural sciences or Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.) degrees in order to educate students in national need areas of the food and agricultural sciences and in rural economic, community, and business development.
...Food security and nutrition · Health workforce education and training · Obesity and weight control · Poverty · Wellness...
Deadline: May 14, 2024
Funding to operate Head Start and Early Head Start programming for migrant and seasonal families, leveraging existing local resources to provide a comprehensive array of health, mental health, nutrition, and social services for children and their families.
...Families · Food security and nutrition · Healthcare needs and services · Human services · Migrants · Networking and collaboration...
Date: Oct 2021
Discusses how 3 rural communities utilize local food procurement strategies to provide for school meals. Includes approaches to overcome food insecurity, invest in local food economies, and provide educational opportunities for students related to agriculture and science.
...Children and youth · Community and economic development · Community engagement and volunteerism · Food security and nutrition · Schools...
Date: 2018
Describes ways in which the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits rural Americans and offers suggestions to help rural communities overcome barriers to implementing SNAP. Includes a county-level map showing levels of SNAP participation in rural counties from 2012-2016.
...Access · County-by-county data · Food security and nutrition · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...
Date: 2011
Presents the results from a workshop, held November 16-18, 2010, which explored the relationship between food insecurity and obesity. Chapter 4 includes a section on rural populations.
...Engineering, and Medicine Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Tribal communities...
Date: Aug 2022
Describes the communication strategies used by Kern County Libraries in California to educate rural audiences about meal service programs, such as direct communications with families, community promotion, and online promotion.
...families, community promotion, and online promotion. 08/2022 No Kid Hungry Food security and nutrition · California...