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321. To Improve Rural Health Equity, Invest in Housing, Water, and Food Access - Resources
Date: Nov 2020

Discusses proven solutions state and federal policymakers can adopt to promote health equity in rural communities by focusing on investments in water, housing, and food access.

...Corianne Payton Scally 11/2020 Urban Institute Food security and nutrition · Housing and homelessness · Infrastructure · Policy...

322. Disrupting Food Insecurity: Steps Communities Can Take - Resources
Date: Oct 2019

Offers possible solutions to challenges that affect families' ability to afford a healthy diet. Explores strategies developed specifically to meet needs of overlooked rural communities, including help with housing and transportation.

...Food security and nutrition · Housing and homelessness · Rural-urban differences · Transportation · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...

323. A 'Scrappy' Push for Health: 'Our Best Asset Is Our People' - Resources
Date: Sep 2017

Provides an overview of health challenges in Allen County, Kansas, and actions that communities in the area have taken to address them, including fundraising for a local hospital, building bike and walking trails, establishing job training programs, advocating for improved access to healthy food, and more. Allen County is a recipient of the 2017 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Culture of Health Prize.

...Environmental health · Food security and nutrition · Infrastructure · Schools · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Kansas...

324. Listening to Local Voices in Community Assessment: Access to Food and Physical Activity in Wisconsin's Black, Hmong, Latinx, and Somali Communities - Resources
Date: Jan 2023

Examines the barriers and facilitators related to accessing healthy food and engaging in physical activity within Hmong, Somali, Latinx, and Black/African American communities in Wisconsin. Includes feedback from community-led focus group discussions involving participants from rural and urban counties. Provides suggestions to create partnerships and improve programming.

...County-by-county data · Culture · Food security and nutrition · Immigrants · Networking and collaboration · Physical activity · Wisconsin...

325. Agriculture and Health Sectors Collaborate in Addressing Population Health - Resources
Date: Sep 2017

An overview of the collaboration between the Cooperative Extension Service and the health sector in various states and the impact this collaboration has on population health through community-based efforts, including health and wellness and 4-H programs, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Describes a case study of a collaborative model in New Mexico.

...Food security and nutrition · Networking and collaboration · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · New Mexico...

326. Gallery for New Mexico Community Data Collaborative - Resources
Reviewed: Aug 2025

Provides interactive maps with county-level health data for New Mexico. Covers a wide range of topics including child abuse and neglect, the food environment, drug overdoses, chronic disease, Medicaid enrollment, healthcare facilities, and more.

...county data · Food security and nutrition · Health conditions · Healthcare facilities · Medicaid · Population health · New Mexico...

327. The State of Obesity: Creating Pathways to a Healthier America Livestream Event - Resources
Date: Oct 2023

A recorded livestream event that focuses on The State of Obesity 2023: Better Policies for a Healthier America report. Discusses federal policy and strategy to address nutrition and wellness, diet-related disease, and obesity prevention programs. Includes information specific to rural areas. Transcript available under video description.

...Food security and nutrition · Health conditions · Obesity and weight control · Policy · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...

328. Measurement of Nutrition Environments in Grocery Stores, Convenience Stores, and Restaurants in the Lower Mississippi Delta - Resources
Date: Mar 2020

Reports on the Delta Food Outlets Study, evaluating the local nutrition environments of pregnant woman and their infants living in rural Lower Mississippi Delta to assess environmental exposures influencing their dietary habits. Study participants had previously participated in a nutrition and physical activity intervention, the Delta Health Sprouts Project.

...03/2020 Children and youth · Delta Region · Food security and nutrition · Statistics and data · Women · Alabama...

329. Hawai'i Health Matters - Resources
Reviewed: Sep 2025

Provides state and county-level information on health indicators for Hawaii, along with promising practices and data reporting tools. Covers demographics, chronic disease, healthcare access, maternal and child health, behavioral health, exercise and nutrition, and more.

...Children and youth · County-by-county data · Food security and nutrition · Health conditions · Population health · Hawaii...

330. Support for Healthy Eating and Active Living in Rural Communities: Insights from a National Survey of Local Governments - Resources
Date: Dec 2023

Analyzes local government policies that support wellness, healthy eating, and physical activity in metro versus nonmetro areas. Utilizes Community Based Survey of Supports for Healthy Eating and Active Living (CBS HEAL) data to compare government structures, master plans, built environment policies, transit options, supportive food access policies, and more.

...Food security and nutrition · Infrastructure · Physical activity · Policy · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Transportation...