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Resources Search Results for: Food Security

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281. PubMed Search: Rural Hunger and Access to Healthy Food
Reviewed: Dec 2023

Searches PubMed's collection of journal article citations on the topic of rural hunger and access to healthy food.

...food. Type Literature Search Organization U.S. National Library of Medicine Tagged as Food security and nutrition...

282. COVID-19: Significant Improvements Are Needed for Overseeing Relief Funds and Leading Responses to Public Health Emergencies
Date: Jan 2022

Discusses the federal government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Provides an overview of federal actions on healthcare and economic policy areas through early January 2022, including data on COVID-19 relief spending and vaccinations. Offers 5 new recommendations to federal agencies regarding emergency rental assistance, nutrition assistance, and tax relief for businesses. Also designates the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) leadership and coordination of a range of public health emergencies as high risk to ensure sustained executive branch and congressional attention so the nation is prepared for future emergencies.

...response · Food security and nutrition · Funding · Income support and assistance · Policy · Statistics and data · Vaccination...

283. Cultivating a Competitive Advantage: How Rural Counties Are Growing Economies with Local Assets and Regional Partners
Date: Nov 2014

Case studies of rural counties using creative methods to improve their economies. Includes examples that involve the healthcare sector and address issues that impact health.

...Association of Counties Tagged as Community and economic development · Environmental health · Food security and nutrition...

284. Rural Community Profiles: Stories about Improving Nutrition, Increasing Physical Activity, and Making Schools Healthier
Date: Aug 2015

Presents summaries of 3 rural community profiles related to physical activity, school wellness, and improving nutrition. Includes information and strategies to promote health.

...Food security and nutrition · Physical activity · Schools · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Arizona · North...

285. Providing Fresh Produce in Small Food Stores: Distribution Challenges & Solutions for Healthy Food Retail
Date: Jan 2014

Provides an overview of the produce distribution system and challenges to sourcing fresh produce. Describes strategies and partnerships to ensure fresh produce is available at affordable prices in small food stores, including grocery stores located in rural areas, to provide healthy food choices for communities.

...food stores, including grocery stores located in rural areas, to provide healthy food choices for communities. Author(s) Hannah Burton Laurison Date 01/2014 Type Document Organization ChangeLab Solutions Tagged as Food security...

286. Munson Medical Center: A Prescription for Long-Lasting Wellness
Reviewed: Aug 2023

Describes the Shape Up North Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Program, an initiative of the Munson Medical Center in rural Traverse City, Michigan, in cooperation with local farmers markets.

...Hospital Association Tagged as Food security and nutrition · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Michigan...

287. Williamson, WV: 2014 Culture of Health Prize Winner
Date: Jun 2014

Describes a rural community effort to improve both the health and the economy of a region that once prospered from the coal industry. Veteran coal miners banded together to modify a historic building to house the Williamson Health and Wellness Center, which started out as a free clinic and is now designated as a Federally Qualified Health Center. Discusses the Health Innovation Hub event where entrepreneurial initiatives are presented and experts are available to help develop new businesses and healthy enterprises. Williamson, WV is a recipient of the 2014 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Culture of Health Prize.

...Qualified Health Centers · Food security and nutrition · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · West Virginia...

288. Impact of Nutrition Interventions on Vitamin and Mineral Intake Among Native American Children and Parents: Insights from Food Resource Equity for Sustainable Health (FRESH) Study
Date: Aug 2024

Examines a tribal community-based nutrition program that utilizes a farm-to-school family intervention. Analyzes data from 193 children and 170 adults for diet quality and vitamin and mineral intake. Discusses issues of food quality and access in Native American populations.

...youth · Families · Food security and nutrition · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...

289. Barriers, Benefits and Behaviors Related to Breakfast Consumption among Rural Adolescents
Date: Mar 2016

Analyzes perceived barriers, benefits, and modifiable behaviors that support or interfere with breakfast consumption in 16 racially and economically diverse rural high schools in Minnesota. Includes data for students who reported skipping breakfast in three categories: overall, 0-2 days, or 3 or more days, by socioeconomic status (SES), race, grade, sex, weight categories, breakfast beliefs, barriers, and benefits scales.

...Type Document Tagged as Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Statistics and data · Minnesota...

290. Development and Evaluation of the Delivery-Based HEALED Produce Rx Program for Uninsured Patients With Diabetes in Rural Eastern North Carolina
Date: Jun 2023

A program evaluation brief that provides an overview of the Healthy Eating and Active Lifestyle to Enhance Diabetes management (HEALED) program that surveyed patients in 2019 and then delivered plant-based foods to 40 participants as a part of a produce prescription (PRx) program in 2021. Reports on how PRx programs and related resources such as cooking instructions can positively impact diabetes patients. Discusses the importance of performing a needs assessment, pilot programming, and a formative evaluation in rural and underserved programs to remove food access barriers such as lack of transportation and involve participants in their own wellness journeys.

...Food security and nutrition · Health insurance · Needs assessment methods and resources · Transportation · Wellness, health promotion...