Website Search Results for: Food Security
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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...
Date: Nov 2021
Explores the efficacy of an obesity prevention program aimed at rural Native Americans. Discusses the structure of the intervention and measures the outcomes. Breaks down the data by age group, region, and intervention component exposed to, among other measures.
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Public health · Statistics and data · Tribal communities...
Date: Jul 2011
Evaluates and compares the rates of overweight, obesity and related health behaviors among rural and urban children using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES).
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Wellness...
Date: Nov 2022
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.
...Food security and nutrition · Funding · Policy · Public health · Statistics and data · Tribal communities · Wellness, health...
Date: Sep 2010
Examines potential impact that longer commute times and limited access to affordable, healthy food have on the rural obesity disparity. Includes statistical breakdowns by age, weight status, race, education, and income level.
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · North...
Date: May 2016
Examines if health literacy influences study participants' perceptions and satisfaction with different components of SIPsmartER, a behavioral health intervention designed to reduce sugary beverage intake in rural, low socioeconomic adults in Virginia. Includes SIPsmartER assessment and health literacy data by annual income, employment status, health insurance, and other characteristics.
...Food security and nutrition · Health literacy · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...
Date: 2023
Highlights a study on a culturally competent educational program on healthy foods and physical activity for Yup'ik Alaska Native communities. Discusses the structure and efficacy of the project. Details some of its limitations and access-based barriers.
...Food security and nutrition · Physical activity · Statistics and data · Tribal communities · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...
Date: May 2021
Utilizes data from the 2017 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) to look at fruit and vegetable (FV) intake and BMI in a nationwide sample of over 450,000 people and compares those results with participants within Mississippi. Examines FV intake across four geographic categories: in the center city of metropolitan statistical area (MSA), outside center city of MSA but within its county, inside suburban county of MSA, and not in MSA. Includes graphs of FV intake related to geographic category and discussion of FV intake within rural areas specifically.
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Mississippi...
Date: Mar 2014
Results of a 4-month-long intervention in which 30 hospitals promoted lower-sodium food choices in their cafeterias and vending machines, and made available information regarding benefits of sodium reduction.
...Disease, 11 03/2014 Food security and nutrition · Hospitals · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Illinois...
Deadline: Mar 26, 2026
Funding for school districts in central Louisiana for projects that promote healthy behaviors in the areas of tobacco prevention and control, alcohol and substance misuse prevention, and healthy eating and active living.
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Schools · Substance use and misuse · Tobacco use · Wellness...