Website Search Results for: Food Security
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Date: May 2024
Policy brief analyzing the association between food deserts and hypertension by census tract in San Joaquin Valley, California. Includes color-coded census tract maps. Mentions high incidence of hypertension and food deserts in rural areas.
...Valley Health Policy Institute Cardiovascular disease · Food security and nutrition · Policy · Statistics and data · California...
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...
Date: Oct 2020
Policy paper providing an overview of rural older adults. Examines the challenges rural older adults face in accessing healthcare. Discusses how transportation, social isolation, nutrition, and economics impact the health outcomes of this population.
...Economics and the economy · Elderly population · Food security and nutrition · Population health · Social connectedness · Transportation...
Date: Jul 2018
Examines responses from the Health Information National Trends Survey (2011-2014) to compare Appalachian and non-Appalachian individuals on body mass index, beliefs about obesity, and health behaviors. Provides survey respondents' sociodemographic information, including age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, annual household income, and rurality.
...Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Statistics and data...
Date: Jun 2024
Webinar recording discussing persistent poverty and structural barriers to increasing wealth. Discusses the work of community development finance institutions. Highlights successful program examples including indigenous food systems in Maine, home ownership in the Mississippi Delta and colonias along the U.S.-Mexico Border, and using community engagement to impact systems and policy in Kansas. Transcript available in the video description.
...Food security and nutrition · Funding · Housing and homelessness · Policy · Poverty · U.S.-Mexico Border Region · Kansas...
Date: Jul 2, 2024
The July 2024 episode of RHIhub's podcast features an interview with John Supplitt, Senior Director of Rural Health Services for the American Hospital Association. Focuses on the importance of maintaining rural essential services, along with insights from Supplitt's long career in rural health.
...food security, housing — and we apply it to the circumstances of a mom and baby...
Date: Feb 2023
Policy brief exploring how work support programs – Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Medicaid, and Child Care and Development Funds (CCDF) – and other state and federal programs can address social determinants of health, improve health, and stimulate economic activity in rural America. Offers policy recommendations to increase access to these programs in rural areas.
...Community and economic development · Food security and nutrition · Health insurance · Income support and assistance · Policy...
Date: May 2025
Examines public transit availability and planning, presence of demand responsive transportation (DRT), and DRT services to food retail destinations in 1,956 municipalities. Provides data on demographic disparities in public transit access and planning, including rural-urban disparities. Discusses health impacts of access to healthy food and the importance of planning for adequate public transit.
...Community and economic development · Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Transportation...
Date: Jul 2025
Reports on maternal and child health needs for the American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) population in Arizona, including health indicator and community survey data on topics such as mental health, education, nutrition, public health communication, and more. Discusses tribal health topics throughout, with additional rural-specific data presented on pages 14-19.
...Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Maternal health and prenatal care · Mental health · Population health...
Date: Oct 2020
Policy position paper examining rural-urban differences in obesity prevalence, obesity as a factor in health disparities, differences in weight-related behaviors, and social determinants of health influencing rural obesity. Offers strategies and policy recommendations to address rural obesity.
...Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Obesity and weight control · Policy · Rural-urban differences · Social...