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301. Rural School Districts Less Likely to Serve Local Food Frequently in School Meals - Resources
Date: Apr 2017

Bar chart comparing suburban, town, and rural school districts to city school districts, regarding how likely they were to serve local food daily during the 2011-2012 school year.

...USDA Economic Research Service Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences · Schools · Statistics and data...

302. A Disaggregated View of Market Concentration in the Food Retail Industry - Resources
Date: Jan 2023

Examines changes in food retailing market concentration at the national, state, Metropolitan Statistical Area, and county levels in the United States from 1990-2019, using data from the National Establishment Time Series dataset. Features statistics with breakdowns by metro, large nonmetro, small nonmetro, and rural areas.

...USDA Economic Research Service Access · Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...

303. School Meals Programs and Other USDA Child Nutrition Programs: A Primer - Resources
Date: Feb 2019

Describes how federal child nutrition programs operate under current law, including eligibility rules, participation, and funding. Features statistics including reimbursement rates with breakdowns by rural or urban locations.

...Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences · Schools · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...

304. Improving Care and Accessibility for Rural Patients with Disabilities - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Oct 2, 2024

Rural people with disabilities face barriers to healthcare, such as transportation, inaccessible buildings, and providers' lack of experience or confidence treating this patient population. Experts, including a public health department in Montana and a disability and health program in New Hampshire, discuss these barriers and ways to improve accessibility and communication with patients with disabilities. - The Rural Monitor

...food security and other social determinants of health. What brought you here today? What is really...

305. Online Pilot Grocery Intervention Among Rural and Urban Residents Aimed to Improve Purchasing Habits - Resources
Date: Jan 2022

Results of a study comparing food purchase choices of 129 rural and urban adults in 7 counties in Kentucky, Maryland, and North Carolina who shopped at online or brick-and-mortar stores during an 8-week-long intervention in the fall of 2021. Features statistics including intervention effect of fruit and vegetable purchases during the study as well as demographics with breakdowns by urban or rural location.

...Access · Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Kentucky · Maryland · North Carolina...

306. The Influence of Food Store Access on Grocery Shopping and Food Spending - Resources
Date: Oct 2017

Reports on households that do not use their own vehicle to travel to a store and live more than half a mile from a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) authorized supermarket or superstore. Includes data on household sources of food, including stores, family and friends, the household's own production, food pantries, and other sources. Data is provided by distance, and the report notes that all households more than 10 miles from the nearest SNAP-authorized store and 55% of households 1-10 miles from a SNAP-authorized store are in rural areas.

...10/2017 USDA Economic Research Service Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...

307. Rural Healthy People 2030 - Resources
Date: 2023

Presents literature reviews of 20 rural public health priority topics identified through a survey of rural stakeholders. Reviews the scope of each topic, discusses related goals and objectives from the national Healthy People 2030 initiative, identifies affected populations, highlights interventions and solutions, and more. Topics include mental health, substance use, social determinants of health, access to care, quality of care, chronic health conditions, and COVID-19.

...Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Health insurance · Health workforce · Healthcare quality · Hospitals · Housing and homelessness...

308. Rural Health Disparities Overview - Topic Guides
Reviewed: Nov 28, 2022

Provides information on health disparities and the causes of these disparities in rural areas. Discusses rural versus urban mortality and life expectancy, and resources and programs to address rural health disparities. Provides information on regions throughout the U.S. that experience higher level of rural health disparities.

...food security and nutrition, and public health efforts. For more information on this work, see our Community...

309. USDA Summer Food Program with Administrator for the Food and Nutrition Service, Cindy Long - Resources
Date: Jun 2024

Podcast episode featuring Cindy Long, Administrator for the the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS). Discusses how the USDA FNS helps parents and caregivers raising families in rural and remote areas navigate nutrition assistance programs when school is out of session in the summer. Describes Summer Food Program eligibility and how to access program benefits.

...enrollment and application · Children and youth · Families · Food security and nutrition · Income support and assistance · Policy...

310. Thinking "Bigger" About Smaller Places: Why Rural Health Planning is Critical to Successful Rural Collective Impact Approaches - Resources
Date: Mar 2017

Video of a speech by the president and CEO of the Rural Policy Research Institute. Presented as part of the Rural Health Lecture Series at the Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina and co-sponsored by the South Carolina Office of Rural Health. Explores how rural health is affected by social determinants of health, such as availability of safe housing, employment opportunities, and healthy food.

...Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Housing and homelessness · Planning and strategy methods and resources...