Website Search Results for: Food Security
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Date: Nov 2, 2016
Women in Chuuk, Micronesia, often serve as caregivers for their families and communities. But without a formal education, many women can't move beyond their immediate environments. The Chuuk Women's Council provides education and training for Micronesian women, empowering them to become leaders in health. - The Rural Monitor
...food security, and services provided by the government to the communities," stated Stinnett. The council...
Date: Jan 2020
Report details an effort to promote water consumption as a replacement for sugary beverages in order to combat obesity in Nebraska schools. Highlights ways the state has increased access to water fountains and water bottle filling stations. Compares rates of obesity to other states for children and adults.
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Schools · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion...
Date: Jun 2014
Describes a point-of-purchase intervention conducted in 28 owner-operated restaurants in 26 rural counties in the Midwest. Features statistics with characteristics of adopters and non-adopters.
...06/2014 Food security and nutrition · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Iowa...
Date: Oct 2020
Policy paper providing an overview of rural older adults. Examines the challenges rural older adults face in accessing healthcare. Discusses how transportation, social isolation, nutrition, and economics impact the health outcomes of this population.
...Economics and the economy · Elderly population · Food security and nutrition · Population health · Social connectedness · Transportation...
Date: 2023
Discusses the factors that cause inequities and limited access to resources for young children, such as poverty, food insecurity, abuse and violence, lack of social and emotional safety, inadequate healthcare and schooling, and more. Discusses policy and practices aimed at reducing opportunity gaps, with a focus on historically disadvantaged populations, including those in rural areas.
...Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Mental health · Policy · Poverty · Schools · Social determinants of health...
Date: Nov 2019
Report focuses on the shortcomings of the federal nutrition guidelines in meeting the nutritional needs of older adults. Bases recommendations on interviews with older adults in both rural and urban areas.
...services · Elderly population · Food security and nutrition · Public health · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...
Deadline: May 20, 2026
Planning grants to support tribes in developing an AmeriCorps program that will engage AmeriCorps members in implementing evidence-based interventions to solve community problems.
...Food security and nutrition · Healthcare needs and services · Human services · Infrastructure · Mental health · Public health...
Date: Dec 2021
Study examining food access during the COVID-19 pandemic in a rural Appalachian community in Kentucky, based on qualitative data from 5 focus groups. Discusses food scarcity, supply chain disruptions, federal food assistance, community food resources, and home gardening, and highlights policy implications related to federal programs and social determinants of health.
...Appalachia · COVID-19 · Food security and nutrition · Infectious diseases · Policy · Social determinants of health · Kentucky...
Date: Jan 2023
Discusses food insecurity among Hispanics/Latinos in the U.S. and provides program and policy recommendations to improve food access. Reports on a 2022 needs assessment that includes a literature review, socio-demographic survey, focus group with rural Latino adults, and interviews with community-based organizations (CBOs). Offers strategies such as wellness and nutrition education, culturally sensitive engagement, and technology to improve access.
...Food security and nutrition · Policy · Technology for health and human services · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...
Reviewed: Aug 2025
An online tool that allows the user to search an address within the United States and find free summer meals for kids within a 15-mile radius. Provides information about the meal service site and how to contact them, type of meal offered, days of operation, and directions to the meal site.
...directions to the meal site. USDA Food and Nutrition Service Children and youth · Food security and nutrition...