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311. Complementary Feeding Interventions for Infants and Young Children Under Age 2: Scoping of Promising Interventions to Implement at the Community or State Level - Resources
Date: 2023

Provides a scoping review of interventions related to complementary feeding, or introduction to foods other than breast milk or formula, of infants and young children. Includes information on interventions in a variety of settings, including those that can be scaled to rural or tribal areas.

...Division (HMD), National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Children and youth · Food security and nutrition...

312. Barriers, Facilitators, and Opportunities to Promote Healthy Weight Behaviors among Preschool-Aged Children in Two Rural U.S Communities - Resources
Date: Jan 2023

Examines barriers, facilitators, and opportunities related to supporting wellness and healthy weight in rural preschool children. Utilizes focus group interviews with parents, caregivers, and community organizations as well as observation of built environment to assess healthy eating and physical activity resources. Discusses wellness barriers and facilitators for preschool children at the family, organization, and community levels.

...Food security and nutrition · Infrastructure · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Statistics and data · Indiana...

313. SNAP Redemptions Contributed to Employment During the Great Recession - Resources
Date: May 2019

Discusses rural and urban Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation and benefits paid during the Great Recession due to poverty and unemployment, particularly in high-poverty rural regions. Includes a map showing per capita SNAP redemptions by county for 2010. Examines the impact of SNAP redemptions on county employment during the recession for rural and urban counties.

...Food security and nutrition · Income support and assistance · Poverty · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...

314. Not Enough Food on the Dinner Table: A Look into Food Insecurity among Hispanics/Latinos Living in Rural Communities in the United States - Resources
Date: Jan 2023

Discusses food insecurity among Hispanics/Latinos in the U.S. and provides program and policy recommendations to improve food access. Reports on a 2022 needs assessment that includes a literature review, sociodemographic survey, focus group with rural Latino adults, and interviews with community-based organizations (CBOs). Offers strategies such as wellness and nutrition education, culturally sensitive engagement, and technology to improve access.

...Food security and nutrition · Policy · Technology for health and human services · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...

315. Transportation Issues Affecting Independent Grocers and Fresh Food Distribution: A Comparison Study of Rural and Urban Communities in the US - Resources
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...

316. Closing the Opportunity Gap for Young Children - Resources
Date: 2023

Discusses the factors that cause inequities and limited access to resources for young children, such as poverty, food insecurity, abuse and violence, lack of social and emotional safety, inadequate healthcare and schooling, and more. Discusses policy and practices aimed at reducing opportunity gaps, with a focus on historically disadvantaged populations, including those in rural areas.

...Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Mental health · Policy · Poverty · Schools · Social determinants of health...

317. Changes in Physical Activity Outcomes in the Strong Hearts, Healthy Communities (SHHC-2.0) Community-Based Randomized Trial - Resources
Date: Dec 2022

Examines the Strong Hearts, Healthy Communities 2.0 (SHHC-2.0) intervention focused on exercise, nutrition, and civic engagement. Analyzes behavior changes of 182 women aged 40 and older living in rural New York and provides discussion about implementing wellness interventions in rural areas.

...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Statistics and data · Women · New York...

318. Food Insecurity in the Rural United States: An Examination of Struggles and Coping Mechanisms to Feed a Family among Households with a Low-Income - Resources
Date: Dec 2022

Analyzes the barriers and strategies of low-income rural families around food insecurity. Reports on interviews with 153 primary grocery shoppers about their experiences related to affordability and adequacy of meals, difficulty in obtaining food and managing household food needs, and more. Includes demographic information about participants as well as selected quotes relating to their food insecurity experiences.

...Nutrients, 14(24), 5250 12/2022 Families · Food security and nutrition · Poverty · Social determinants of health...

319. Understanding Low-Income and Low-Access Census Tracts Across the Nation: Subnational and Subpopulation Estimates of Access to Healthy Food - Resources
Date: May 2019

Examines access to food stores by state, metropolitan, and micropolitan area as a proxy for healthy food access. Estimates rural areas' distance to the nearest and third-nearest food store with breakdowns by race/ethnicity, income, age, vehicle access, and participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

...Food security and nutrition · Income · Income support and assistance · Rural-urban differences · State-by-state...

320. Mapping the Food Landscape in New Hampshire - Resources
Date: Jun 2019

Examines access to food and food support in New Hampshire at a census tract level. Covers farm and non-farm retail food sources, retail sites that accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Special Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), food support sites such as the National School Lunch Program, and food pantries. Identifies less densely populated areas and areas with more people in poverty and discusses some issues specific to rural areas of the state.

...data · Food security and nutrition · Income support and assistance · Poverty · Rural-urban differences · New Hampshire...