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Resources by Topic: Food security and nutrition

Practicing Tribal Sovereignty Through a Tribal Health Policy: Implementation of the Healthy Diné Nation Act on the Navajo Nation
Examines the Healthy Diné Nation Act (HDNA) which was passed by the Navajo Nation in 2014 to support health and wellness in tribal communities. Analyzes the process, implementation, and evaluation of the HDNA to understand its impact on public health policy. Includes historical information about the Navajo nation as well as diabetes data and HDNA funding amounts for specific Navajo chapters.
Author(s): Regina Eddie, Caleigh Curley, Del Yazzie, et al.
Citation: Preventing Chronic Disease, 19
Date: 11/2022
Type: Document
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Supporting Rural Grocery Stores Across the North Central Region
Webinar recording describing 3 programs that work to support rural grocery stores as locations for food security as well as community and economic vitality. Discusses programming and strategies to support rural groceries. Transcript available below description.
Date: 11/2022
Type: Video/Multimedia
Sponsoring organization: North Central Regional Center for Rural Development
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Child Nutrition Program Operations Study (CN-OPS-II): School Year 2017-18
Reports on policy, administrative, and operational issues in Child Nutrition (CN) programs in the United States. Analyzes 2,000 State agencies (SAs) and School Food Authorities (SFAs) to provide a nationally representative sample with 2017-2018 data on finances and eligibility related to school meals, meeting nutritional standards, implementation of policies to purchase local food, and more. Includes breakdown of data by SFA size, urbanicity, U.S. region, and percent of children approved for free or reduced price (F/RP) meals.
Additional links: Summary
Author(s): Jim Murdoch, Steven Garasky, Susan Ullrich, et al.
Date: 11/2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: USDA Food and Nutrition Service
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Pennsylvania SNAP Enrollment as Percent of Population, by County: September 2022
County-level map with percentages of SNAP enrollment and shadings indicating counties that are at or below the statewide rate and those that are above the statewide rate. Includes statistics on Pennsylvania SNAP enrollment by year from 2012-2022, with breakdowns by urban and rural location.
Date: 09/2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Center for Rural Pennsylvania
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2022 Missouri Poverty Report
Provides county-level data on poverty and its related impacts in Missouri. Includes information on education, food and nutrition, health and mental health, housing, benefit programs such as Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the impact of COVID-19, and more.
Date: 09/2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Missouri Community Action Network
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America's Children in Brief: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2022
Examines the factors predicting child well-being. Features a focus on the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural and urban children. Breaks down data by a number of measures, including race/ethnicity, housing instability, food insufficiency, and behavioral health, among others.
Date: 09/2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
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Biden-Harris Administration National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health
Provides an overview of the current hunger, nutrition, and health landscape in the United States. Outlines federal actions to address hunger and diet-related diseases and disparities across five pillars: improving food access and affordability, integrating nutrition and health, empowering consumers to make and have access to healthy food choices, supporting physical activity for all, and enhancing nutrition and food security research.
Date: 09/2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: The White House
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Household Food Security in the United States in 2021
Reports on household food security, food expenditures, and use of federal food and nutrition assistance programs in 2021. Includes food insecurity statistics for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas. Discusses the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on food security and related mitigating nutrition programs.
Additional links: Report Summary, Statistical Supplement
Author(s): Alisha Coleman-Jensen, Matthew P. Rabbitt, Christian A. Gregory, Anita Singh
Date: 09/2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Rural Communities Leading the Way: Spreading the Word through Creative Communications
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.
Date: 08/2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organization: No Kid Hungry
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Informing the White House Conference: Ambitious, Actionable Recommendations to End Hunger, Advance Nutrition, and Improve Health in the United States
Provides food security and nutrition policy recommendations on issues such as federal nutrition programs, public health and nutrition education, healthcare, research and science, business and innovation, and federal coordination. Includes data on health disparities as they relate to food access. Rural considerations throughout the report.
Additional links: Executive Summary
Author(s): Task Force on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health
Date: 08/2022
Type: Document
Sponsoring organizations: Food Systems for the Future, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Tufts University: Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, World Central Kitchen
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