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281. Barriers to Access to Local Produce in an Early Childhood Setting in Rural Appalachia - Resources
Date: Oct 2024

Analyzes access to fresh produce in early childhood programs in Appalachia as well as farm to school programming. Utilizes semi-structured interview feedback with program directors to examine issues such as staffing, increased work loads, regulations, and lack of funding, knowledge, parental involvement, and equipment.

...Development, 14(1), 169-183 10/2024 Appalachia · Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Schools · Sustainability of programs...

282. Map: SNAP Matters to Seniors in Every Community - Metropolitan Areas, Small Towns, and Rural Areas - Resources
Reviewed: Aug 2026

Interactive county-level map showing the share of all households with seniors ages 60 and above that participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. Each county is categorized as metropolitan, small town, or rural.

...enrollment and application · County-by-county data · Food security and nutrition · Older adults · Rural-urban differences...

283. Addressing Food Insecurity in Rural Primary Care: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of Barriers and Facilitators - Resources
Date: May 2024

Examines food insecurity (FI) in rural areas and the barriers and facilitators to identifying FI during primary care visits. Provides interview feedback from rural New England primary care practitioners, focused on factors that impact screening for FI and potential interventions to address patient FI. Discusses difficulty of addressing FI in rural geographies, stigma in rural communities, and food resource options from local farms.

...Canavan, et al. BMC Primary Care, 25, 163 05/2024 Food security and nutrition · Health screening · Primary care · Stigma...

284. HRSA Awards Nearly $13 Million to Expand Access to Healthy Foods for Pregnant and Postpartum Women - News
Date: Oct 13, 2026

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) announced $12.7 million in awards through the Maternal Produce Prescription Program to help pregnant and postpartum women and their families in low-income and medically underserved communities access healthy foods. The program bolsters partnerships among healthcare providers, community-based organizations, and local food systems. Source: Health Resources and Services Administration.

...local food systems. Access · Food security and nutrition · Funding · Maternal health and prenatal care · Women...

285. Map the Meal Gap 2024: A Report on County and Congressional District Food Insecurity and County Food Cost in the United States in 2022 - Resources
Date: May 2024

Provides information on food insecurity in the United States, focusing on how race and ethnicity impact access to food. Includes county-level U.S. maps that show food insecurity for children and the overall U.S. population. Includes regional data on counties with high food insecurity as well as by rural versus urban status.

...America Access · Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...

286. Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children Nutrition Assessment and Tailoring Study (WIC NATS) - Resources
Date: May 2024

Provides an overview of the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and how local WIC agencies and clinic sites assess their breastfeeding and nutrition services to improve participant retention and service delivery. Includes two reports: a pre-pandemic nutrition assessment report at the state and local levels and a remote versus in-person report focused on assessment processes. Includes data from state agencies as well as 369 local WIC agencies, with differences between rural versus urban agencies discussed.

...Food security and nutrition · Maternal health and prenatal care · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...

287. A Community-Based Marketing Campaign at Farmers Markets to Encourage Fruit and Vegetable Purchases in Rural Counties With High Rates of Obesity, Kentucky, 2015-2016 - Resources
Date: Aug 2017

Examines effectiveness of the Plate it Up Kentucky Proud program, targeting farmers market shoppers in 6 rural Kentucky counties in the Delta and Appalachian regions, from September 2014-September 2016. Features statistics including age, sex, income, and rate of consumption of fruit, salad, and other vegetables.

...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...

288. Summer Food for Children: An Overview of Federal Aid - Resources
Date: Jul 2025

Provides an overview of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). Highlights changes to the SFSP made in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, including the permanent authorization of the nationwide Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer (Summer EBT) Program for Children, and allowing Seamless Summer Option (SSO) sponsors to provide meals for offsite consumption to children in rural areas without access to congregate meal sites.

...Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Income support and assistance · Legislation and regulations · Schools...

289. Obesity in Rural America, with Jennifer Conner and Jason Lofton – Exploring Rural Health Podcast - Podcast Episode
Date: Nov 1, 2022

The November 2022 episode of RHIhub's podcast features Jennifer Conner, DrPH, an associate professor with the Delta Population Health Institute at the NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine at Arkansas State University, and Jason Lofton, MD, a family physician at the Lofton Family Clinic in De Queen, Arkansas, in a discussion about rural obesity and how rural patients can live their healthiest life.

...food security. So definitely, there's "big P" and "little p" strategies that have been...

290. Family Physicians and Maternal Health in Rural America, with Julie Wood and Zita Magloire – Exploring Rural Health Podcast - Podcast Episode
Date: Oct 4, 2022

The October 2022 episode of RHIhub's podcast features Julie Wood, MD, senior vice president of research, science and health of the public at the American Academy of Family Physicians, and Zita Magloire, MD, a practicing family physician in Cairo, Georgia, in a discussion about the integral part that family physicians play in rural maternal care.

...food security, housing security, and things like that, it doesn't have to be at every...