Rural Hunger and Access to Healthy Food – Resources
Selected recent or important resources focusing on Rural Hunger and Access to Healthy Food.
Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Program for Diabetes Control Among Community Health Centers in Rural Idaho and Oregon
Highlights a study on the efficacy of a fruit and vegetable prescription program aimed at controlling type 2 diabetes in rural northwestern communities. Details the program's structure and implementation into rural community health centers. Presents participants' results and breaks down data by age and food security, among other measures.
Author(s): Barbara Gordon, Sarah Ridinger, Rae Krick, et al.
Citation: American Journal of Public Health, 112(7), 975-979
Date: 07/2022
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Highlights a study on the efficacy of a fruit and vegetable prescription program aimed at controlling type 2 diabetes in rural northwestern communities. Details the program's structure and implementation into rural community health centers. Presents participants' results and breaks down data by age and food security, among other measures.
Author(s): Barbara Gordon, Sarah Ridinger, Rae Krick, et al.
Citation: American Journal of Public Health, 112(7), 975-979
Date: 07/2022
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How a Desert Town Is Growing Its Way to Better Health
Highlights the work of a community garden program to address food insecurity in Huachuca City, Arizona, by offering fresh produce to the rural desert community through partnerships with the local library and senior center. Discusses the development of the garden, challenges related to water, and the efforts of the program to encourage healthy lifestyle through community and youth programming.
Author(s): Elizabeth Bellizzi
Date: 07/2022
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Highlights the work of a community garden program to address food insecurity in Huachuca City, Arizona, by offering fresh produce to the rural desert community through partnerships with the local library and senior center. Discusses the development of the garden, challenges related to water, and the efforts of the program to encourage healthy lifestyle through community and youth programming.
Author(s): Elizabeth Bellizzi
Date: 07/2022
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Report on Health Equity, Hunger, and Nutrition in Indian Country
Reports on feedback related to food and nutrition disparities in Indian Country based on 2 listening sessions that took place in June 2022, hosted by the Native American Agriculture Fund (NAAF) and the Native Farm Bill Coalition (NFBC). Provides recommendations such as improving food access and affordability, integrating indigenous-led nutrition education, promoting physical activity, enhancing food security research, and more.
Date: 06/2022
Sponsoring organizations: Native American Agriculture Fund, Native Farm Bill Coalition
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Reports on feedback related to food and nutrition disparities in Indian Country based on 2 listening sessions that took place in June 2022, hosted by the Native American Agriculture Fund (NAAF) and the Native Farm Bill Coalition (NFBC). Provides recommendations such as improving food access and affordability, integrating indigenous-led nutrition education, promoting physical activity, enhancing food security research, and more.
Date: 06/2022
Sponsoring organizations: Native American Agriculture Fund, Native Farm Bill Coalition
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Technology & Innovation: Finding Digital Connections for Rural Communities
A recorded webinar that discusses how to leverage online technologies to help rural communities access Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. Transcript available below description.
Additional links: Slide Deck
Author(s): Zareena Meyn, Chanel Griffin, Gloria Dickerson, Alison Gustafson
Date: 05/2022
Sponsoring organization: No Kid Hungry
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A recorded webinar that discusses how to leverage online technologies to help rural communities access Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. Transcript available below description.
Additional links: Slide Deck
Author(s): Zareena Meyn, Chanel Griffin, Gloria Dickerson, Alison Gustafson
Date: 05/2022
Sponsoring organization: No Kid Hungry
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Going the Extra Mile: Overcoming Transportation Challenges and Other Barriers to Nourishing Food in Rural Communities
A recorded webinar that discusses food access issues in rural communities and solutions to overcome barriers. Focuses on challenges of transportation, limited income, and staffing, while also providing success stories that describe food banks, mobile feeding buses, farmers markets, and more. Transcript available below description.
Additional links: Slide Deck
Author(s): Peggy Hamby, Alicia Linares, Yolanda Minor
Date: 05/2022
Sponsoring organization: No Kid Hungry
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A recorded webinar that discusses food access issues in rural communities and solutions to overcome barriers. Focuses on challenges of transportation, limited income, and staffing, while also providing success stories that describe food banks, mobile feeding buses, farmers markets, and more. Transcript available below description.
Additional links: Slide Deck
Author(s): Peggy Hamby, Alicia Linares, Yolanda Minor
Date: 05/2022
Sponsoring organization: No Kid Hungry
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Food Access and Food Delivery Service: An Exploratory Study for the Role of Public Transportation During the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020-2021
Explores public transportation services that offered food delivery services before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Reports on surveys completed by 392 transit agencies in December 2020 and 63 transit agencies in June 2021 about their role related to increasing food access in their communities. Includes discussions about food insecurity in rural and tribal areas and mitigating transportation strategies.
Additional links: Executive Summary
Author(s): Hamad Al Qublan, Jeremy Mattson, Jill Hough
Date: 05/2022
Sponsoring organizations: Small Urban and Rural Center on Mobility, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
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Explores public transportation services that offered food delivery services before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Reports on surveys completed by 392 transit agencies in December 2020 and 63 transit agencies in June 2021 about their role related to increasing food access in their communities. Includes discussions about food insecurity in rural and tribal areas and mitigating transportation strategies.
Additional links: Executive Summary
Author(s): Hamad Al Qublan, Jeremy Mattson, Jill Hough
Date: 05/2022
Sponsoring organizations: Small Urban and Rural Center on Mobility, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute
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Rural Produce Prescription Toolkit Webinar
A recorded webinar that provides an overview of the rural produce prescription toolkit and resources for implementing a produce prescription program. Discusses food security issues such as vouchers for produce and partnerships that provide nutritional support to communities. Transcript available below description.
Date: 04/2022
Sponsoring organization: No Kid Hungry
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A recorded webinar that provides an overview of the rural produce prescription toolkit and resources for implementing a produce prescription program. Discusses food security issues such as vouchers for produce and partnerships that provide nutritional support to communities. Transcript available below description.
Date: 04/2022
Sponsoring organization: No Kid Hungry
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Rural Produce Prescription Toolkit: Increasing Access to Healthy Food for Rural Communities
Provides a framework for how to implement a produce prescription program in a rural community to improve healthy food access. Discusses funding, partnerships, program design, and evaluation with considerations for scalability and sustainability.
Date: 04/2022
Sponsoring organizations: No Kid Hungry, UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations
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Provides a framework for how to implement a produce prescription program in a rural community to improve healthy food access. Discusses funding, partnerships, program design, and evaluation with considerations for scalability and sustainability.
Date: 04/2022
Sponsoring organizations: No Kid Hungry, UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations
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Evaluating the Dissemination and Implementation of a Community Health Worker-Based Community Wide Campaign to Improve Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Physical Activity among Latinos along the U.S.-Mexico Border
Describes a culturally tailored community-wide program to augment fruit and vegetable consumption and promote physical activity among 5,686 low-income Latinos of Mexican descent living in Texas. Features demographics and statistics on changes in fruit and vegetable consumption over the course of the intervention.
Author(s): Paul Gerardo Yeh, Belinda M. Reininger, Lisa A. Mitchell-Bennett, et al.
Citation: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(8), 4514
Date: 04/2022
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Describes a culturally tailored community-wide program to augment fruit and vegetable consumption and promote physical activity among 5,686 low-income Latinos of Mexican descent living in Texas. Features demographics and statistics on changes in fruit and vegetable consumption over the course of the intervention.
Author(s): Paul Gerardo Yeh, Belinda M. Reininger, Lisa A. Mitchell-Bennett, et al.
Citation: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19(8), 4514
Date: 04/2022
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Over 9 Million Adults Ages 50 and Older Faced Food Insecurity in 2020
Describes trends in food insecurity of food-insecure adults ages 50 and older between 2010-2020. Highlights demographic characteristics linked to older adult food insecurity, including nonmetropolitan residence. Presents state-by-state statistics on food insecurity prevalence by age group.
Author(s): Olivia Dean, Carlos Figueiredo
Date: 03/2022
Sponsoring organization: AARP Public Policy Institute
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Describes trends in food insecurity of food-insecure adults ages 50 and older between 2010-2020. Highlights demographic characteristics linked to older adult food insecurity, including nonmetropolitan residence. Presents state-by-state statistics on food insecurity prevalence by age group.
Author(s): Olivia Dean, Carlos Figueiredo
Date: 03/2022
Sponsoring organization: AARP Public Policy Institute
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