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Date: 2015
Provides a rural focus for the Healthy People 2020 priorities. Includes overviews of the top 10 rural health priority areas identified by rural stakeholders. (Volume 2 discusses priorities 11-20.) Topics addressed include: health insurance, primary care, emergency services, nutrition and weight status, diabetes, mental health, substance abuse, heart disease and stroke, physical activity, older adults, maternal and child health, and tobacco use. Each overview includes reviews of the relevant literature and models that rural communities can use to address the issues. Document is available for free download, after providing brief information about intended use.
...Food security and nutrition · Maternal health and prenatal care · Mental health · Obesity and weight control...
Date: Mar 2017
Report on the progress of farm-to-school programs as a way to improve access to local foods for daily meals. Includes examples of successful programs, a discussion of the influence of school location, size, farmers markets, and state policies as impacts on that success, and variation by regional districts.
...Michael Smith 03/2017 USDA Economic Research Service Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Schools...
Date: Mar 2025
Examines the factors impacting fresh food distribution by independent grocers in rural and urban areas of the United States. Discusses food access, transportation concerns, roadways, logistics, markets, and more. Includes a profile of the northernmost rural counties in Wisconsin.
...David Long 03/2025 Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Transportation · Wisconsin...
Deadline: Jan 19, 2026
Peer learning groups designed for mutual support and knowledge exchange to foster a stronger, more connected rural grocery community.
...program website . Community and economic development · Food security and nutrition · Health workforce education and training...
Date: Jan 2017
A brief that discusses regions of the country with low-income and limited access to supermarkets and how they demonstrate the connection between poverty and access to healthy food. Includes a comparison of urban and rural locations as connected to low-income and low-access tracts.
...USDA Economic Research Service Food security and nutrition · Poverty · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...
Date: Apr 2017
Reports on changes in the number of low-income and low-access (LILA) census tracts between 2010 and 2015 for rural and urban areas. Briefly describes changes to the low-access or low-income aspect for rural census tracts that became LILA tracts in 2015.
...USDA Economic Research Service Food security and nutrition · Poverty · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...
Date: Nov 2025
Describes Hawaii's maternal and child health programs, which include initiatives related to access to care, family violence and neglect, sleep environment, developmental screening, preventive care, mental health supports, and more. Includes discussion of rural topics including healthcare access, activities of the Office of Primary Care and Rural Health, and more.
...Food security and nutrition · Health screening · Maternal health and prenatal care · Mental health · Public health...
Date: Aug 2017
Reports on food spending in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) households, eligible nonparticipant households, and other U.S. households. Includes data specific to households in rural areas.
...08/2017 USDA Economic Research Service Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...
Date: Sep 2017
Examines characteristics of households with at least one obese child and without any obese children. Table 2 compares rural and urban household financial well-being, as it relates to obesity. Table 3 examines the food environment for rural households with and without obese children.
...youth · Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...
Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Direct USDA loans and/or grants to purchase, construct, or improve essential community facilities for healthcare, public safety, education, and public services in rural areas.
...system · Food security and nutrition · Healthcare facilities · Hospitals · Housing and homelessness · Public health · Schools · Telehealth...