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331. Utilizing the USDA's National Household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey to Calculate a Household-Level Food Environment Measure - Resources
Date: Mar 2024

Offers the Food Retail Environment Healthfulness Quality measure, a calculation measuring a household's exposure to healthy food retail spaces. Uses the measure to show rural and urban comparisons of distance to healthy food options in addition to demographic analysis.

...03/2024 USDA Economic Research Service Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...

332. Feasibility and Acceptability Pilot Study of an Online Weight Loss Program in Rural, Underserved Communities - Resources
Date: Oct 2024

Examines the feasibility and impact of implementing an online weight loss program in rural, underserved communities. Follows results of the 1-year intervention, analyzing 16 recruited individuals and their ability to attend nutrition and lifestyle education sessions, complete diet and weight monitoring, and achieve weight loss.

...10/2024 Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Statistics and data · Telehealth...

333. Price Variability Across Food Product and Vendor Type in Food Benefit Redemptions Under the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) - Resources
Date: Jul 2018

Examines variability in prices for WIC purchases in 4 WIC State agencies, using data on 2014 Electronic Benefit Transfer transactions. Features statistics including geographic distribution of WIC vendors by State agency, with breakdowns by urban, large rural, small rural, and isolated locations.

...Access · Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Women...

334. 2023 Summer Non-Congregate Meal Service: Results from the 2023 Summer Non-Congregate Sponsor Survey - Resources
Date: Oct 2024

Evaluates the implementation of the 2023 Consolidated Appropriations Act, which permanently allowed for rural non-congregate meal service as part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Summer Meal Programs. Provides 2023 survey data from State agency sponsors operating summer non-congregate meal service for children, with a focus on site participation, sponsor experiences, meal pick up sites, meal delivery, and future plans for non-congregate meal service.

...Nutrition Administration Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Legislation and regulations · Statistics and data...

335. Fiscal Years 2021-2023 USDA Report to Congress on Reducing Barriers to Food Access - Resources
Date: Oct 2024

Examines federal strategies between October 2020 and September 2023 to improve food access in the United States. Discusses resilient food systems, nutrition assistance programs, safety and sustainability, and research and evaluation activities. Includes examples of rural and tribal development, food policy, and funding.

...Food and Nutrition Administration Community and economic development · Food security and nutrition · Funding · Policy · Tribal communities...

336. Barriers to Access to Local Produce in an Early Childhood Setting in Rural Appalachia - Resources
Date: Oct 2024

Analyzes access to fresh produce in early childhood programs in Appalachia as well as farm to school programming. Utilizes semi-structured interview feedback with program directors to examine issues such as staffing, increased work loads, regulations, and lack of funding, knowledge, parental involvement, and equipment.

...Development, 14(1), 169-183 10/2024 Appalachia · Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Schools · Sustainability of programs...

337. Elder Index - Resources
Reviewed: Mar 2026

Tool offering cost of living comparisons at the county, state, or metropolitan area levels based on household and health characteristics. Includes breakdown of monthly expenses for food, transportation, health, housing, and miscellaneous expenses.

...Food security and nutrition · Housing and homelessness · State-by-state data · Transportation · State-by-state...

338. The Association Between Nutrition Information Use and the Healthfulness of Food Acquisitions - Resources
Date: Apr 2018

Results of a study examining the effectiveness of federal nutrition information and education efforts, using data from the USDA's 2012-13 National Household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey (FoodAPS). Features demographic statistics including percentage of FoodAPS respondents in rural areas, and the percentage of these rural respondents who participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

...Research Service Food security and nutrition · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...

339. USDA Summer Food Program with Administrator for the Food and Nutrition Service, Cindy Long - Resources
Date: Jun 2024

Podcast episode featuring Cindy Long, Administrator for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service (FNS). Discusses how the USDA FNS helps parents and caregivers raising families in rural and remote areas navigate nutrition assistance programs when school is out of session in the summer. Describes Summer Food Program eligibility and how to access program benefits.

...enrollment and application · Children and youth · Families · Food security and nutrition · Income support and assistance · Policy...

340. Georgia AHEC Scholars Program - Funding
Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis

A multidisciplinary certificate program for certain health professions students in Georgia that offers opportunities for hands-on training, experience in rural communities, and networking with other students and professionals.

...Food security and nutrition · Integrated service delivery · Interprofessional training of the health workforce · Nurse practitioners...