Website Search Results for: Food Security
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Date: Oct 2017
Examines whether or not policies determining benefit levels for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) reflect current spending patterns of low-income households in the United States. Includes statistics, such as a rural versus urban comparison of low-income household spending and average spending by low-income household characteristic and expenditure type, among others.
...enrollment and application · Food security and nutrition · Income support and assistance · Policy · Poverty · Rural-urban differences...
Date: 2019
Episodes of the radio program "Inside Appalachia," exploring challenges faced by elderly people in Appalachia, and the resources available to them. Topics include caregiver shortages, Alzheimer's disease, dying with dignity, and isolation and loneliness.
...Food security and nutrition · Home and community-based services · Hospice and palliative care · Informal caregivers...
Date: 2014
Overview of StrongWomen Change Clubs (SWCC), an organization developed through an academic-community research partnership to initiate changes to improve nutrition and physical activity environments for women in rural communities in seven states across the country.
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...
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...
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...
Date: Jan 2017
A brief that discusses regions of the country with low-income and limited access to supermarkets and how they demonstrate the connection between poverty and access to healthy food. Includes a comparison of urban and rural locations as connected to low-income and low-access tracts.
...USDA Economic Research Service Food security and nutrition · Poverty · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...
Date: Jul 2013
Describes a consumer food environment in rural eastern North Carolina to guide planning and implementation of a Communities Putting Prevention to Work initiative to open a health corner store. Discusses lessons learned and provides nutrition environment comparison data for a rural food desert store versus urban nonfood desert store.
...engagement and volunteerism · Food security and nutrition · Research methods and resources · Rural-urban differences · North Carolina...
Reviewed: Dec 2024
A collection of articles, videos, graphics, and more highlighting issues specific to health. Includes stories about rural healthcare facilities, profiles of innovative rural programs, and examples of rural health successes and challenges. Examines rural healthcare in relation to today's political climate, hoping to glean lessons that are broadly applicable throughout the rest of the U.S.
...Food security and nutrition · Healthcare facilities · Obesity and weight control · Policy · Public health · Technology for health...
Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Funding to provide free, nutritious meals and snacks to help children in low-income areas get the nutrition they need during the summer months.
...youth · Community and faith-based initiatives · Food security and nutrition · Income support and assistance · Schools...
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...