Website Search Results for: Food Security
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Date: 2019
Describes current literature on rural challenges and opportunities, including cardiovascular risk due to obesity, lack of access to healthcare, workforce shortages, importance of paramedics and community health workers, telehealth and broadband, and impact of the substance use disorder epidemic. Intended to help stakeholders understand the causes of health disparities and to support action to improve the health of rural communities.
...Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Health workforce supply and demand · Illicit drug use · Obesity...
Date: Nov 2, 2016
Women in Chuuk, Micronesia, often serve as caregivers for their families and communities. But without a formal education, many women can't move beyond their immediate environments. The Chuuk Women's Council provides education and training for Micronesian women, empowering them to become leaders in health. - The Rural Monitor
...food security, and services provided by the government to the communities," stated Stinnett. The council...
Date: Jan 2016
Examines the barriers to pursuing a healthy lifestyle in rural Colorado communities. Provides examples of innovative programs and uses rural-relevant statistics and illustrations to highlight three main areas of interest: poverty, limited healthy options, and limited access to care. Includes county-level health and population-related statistics for all 64 counties in Colorado.
...data · Food security and nutrition · Population health · Poverty · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Colorado...
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: Nov 2010
Explores the opportunities for social, economic, and environmental challenges in the local and regional food movement and systems for rural populations.
...rural populations. Jennifer Jensen 11/2010 Rural Policy Research Institute Environmental health · Food security and nutrition...
Date: Dec 2022
Bar chart showing the percent of adults in food insecure families overall, in urban areas, and in rural areas, with breakdowns by income level for those under the federal poverty level (FPL), between 100-199% of the FPL, and 200% or more of the FPL.
...Disease Control and Prevention Food security and nutrition · Poverty · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...
Reviewed: Feb 2026
Tracks state legislation that impacts rural grocers and communities. Allows user to submit relevant legislation to the tracker.
...legislation to the tracker. Kansas State University, Rural Grocery Initiative Food security and nutrition · Legislation and regulations...
Deadline: Jun 1, 2026
Supplies Michigan students, teachers, and administrators with resources and tools needed to create a healthy school environment that supports a culture of wellness.
...youth · Food security and nutrition · Physical activity · Schools · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Michigan...
Date: Aug 2018
Highlights a study on an intervention to address barriers to food access in economically impoverished rural communities. Focuses on 24 counties in 6 Midwestern states and details the various assessment tools used to evaluate the needs of the community and the success of the intervention.
...Food security and nutrition · Poverty · Public health · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Indiana · Michigan...
Date: Oct 2025
Policy brief discussing the economic and social needs for rural older adults. Offers policy and action recommendations for the reauthorization of the Older Americans Act, discussing rural aging programs, affordable housing, access to nutrition, social isolation, healthcare workforce shortages, and caregiver support.
...Food security and nutrition · Health workforce supply and demand · Housing and homelessness · Informal caregivers · Older...