Website Search Results for: Food Security
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Date: 2015
Provides data on households receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in 2013. Includes information for rural, suburban, and urban locations, nationally and by region.
...Carsey School of Public Policy Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...
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: Oct 2018
Provides a case study of a rural program that provides free lunches to school-age children in the summer. Focuses on how the program works and reports on the experiences of those working with the program. Includes data on food insecurity for children in the U.S. and New Hampshire and an overview of USDA school food programs.
...Public Policy Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Policy · Statistics and data · New Hampshire...
Date: Jul 2013
Describes a consumer food environment in rural eastern North Carolina to guide planning and implementation of a Communities Putting Prevention to Work initiative to open a health corner store. Discusses lessons learned and provides nutrition environment comparison data for a rural food desert store versus urban nonfood desert store.
...engagement and volunteerism · Food security and nutrition · Research methods and resources · Rural-urban differences · North Carolina...
Reviewed: Dec 2024
Provides information and data to help healthcare providers recognize and understand the importance of culture when providing healthcare to populations living in rural Minnesota. Discusses population characteristics, health disparities, social determinants of health, social diversity, diet, medical care, mental health, and leading causes of death in rural areas of the state.
...Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Poverty · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants of health · Statistics...
Date: Aug 2023
Discusses how Urgent and Primary Care of Clarksdale in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and community partners constructed a community garden to improve patient and community access to healthy food. Describes how clinic staff used Delta Region Community Health Systems Development Program resources to increase access to care through telehealth, including using technology to provide healthcare services to people incarcerated at the Coahoma County Detention Facility.
...Access · Criminal justice system · Food security and nutrition · Healthcare facilities · Networking and collaboration · Telehealth · Mississippi...
Date: Jan 2016
Examines the barriers to pursuing a healthy lifestyle in rural Colorado communities. Provides examples of innovative programs and uses rural-relevant statistics and illustrations to highlight three main areas of interest: poverty, limited healthy options, and limited access to care. Includes county-level health and population-related statistics for all 64 counties in Colorado.
...data · Food security and nutrition · Population health · Poverty · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Colorado...
Date: Feb 2019
Describes how federal child nutrition programs operate under current law, including eligibility rules, participation, and funding. Features statistics including reimbursement rates with breakdowns by rural or urban locations.
...Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences · Schools · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...
Date: May 2020
Provides an overview of the Nutrition Services Program authorized under the Older Americans Act. Describes the administration of the Nutrition Services Program, its funding, service delivery, program participation, and program evaluation. Includes brief rural references throughout.
...Congressional Research Service Aging and aging-related services · Elderly population · Food security and nutrition · Policy...
Date: Feb 2020
Presents a study examining the role of diet and gut microbiota in rates of colorectal cancer. Compares the diets of Alaska Natives, who have the highest rates of colorectal cancer in the world, with the diets of rural Africans, who have some of the lowest.
...Cancer · Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Public health · Statistics and data · Tribal communities · Alaska...