Website Search Results for: Food Security
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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...
Reviewed: Sep 26, 2023
Healthy Monadnock is a community-wide initiative that aspires to provide "better health and wellness for all" residents of the Monadnock Region of New Hampshire.
...Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Hospitals · Networking and collaboration · Physical activity · Population health · Social...
Date: Mar 2023
Examines the food-away-from-home (FAFH) landscape in nonmetropolitan counties between 1990 and 2019. Explores trends and differentiating features of FAFH access across the metropolitan divide and across the rural-urban continuum. Describes local economic conditions that are associated with more FAFH options.
...Access · Community and economic development · Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...
Date: Jan 2021
Describes a pilot study investigating whether delivering Eat Healthy, Be Active (EHBA) workshops through promotoras is a practical and culturally relevant method for encouraging healthy lifestyle behaviors and reducing obesity among Hispanic women in rural areas of Washington state. Includes data and statistics, with information on changes in nutrition label literacy, food insecurity, health behaviors, and health status among participants.
...Food security and nutrition · Health literacy · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Statistics and data...
Date: Jul 2018
Reports on the overall health of residents in state of Oregon. Includes information on social determinants of health, environmental health, prevention and health promotion, and other topics. Covers urban, rural, frontier statistics for economic disparities; educational attainment; food insecurity; homelessness; adult suicide rates; chronic disease; mortality; oral, primary care, and behavioral health workforce; communicable disease; and access to healthcare services.
...Food security and nutrition · Frontier and remote areas · Health conditions · Health workforce supply and demand...
Date: 2023
Highlights a study on a culturally competent educational program on healthy foods and physical activity for Yup'ik Alaska Native communities. Discusses the structure and efficacy of the project. Details some of its limitations and access-based barriers.
...Food security and nutrition · Physical activity · Statistics and data · Tribal communities · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...
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.
...Tagged as Children and youth · Delta Region · Food security and nutrition · Statistics and data · Women · Alabama...
Date: Oct 2020
Policy paper providing an overview of rural older adults. Examines the challenges rural older adults face in accessing healthcare. Discusses how transportation, social isolation, nutrition, and economics impact the health outcomes of this population.
...Economics and the economy · Elderly population · Food security and nutrition · Population health · Social connectedness · Transportation...
Date: Sep 2018
Examines questionnaire responses from adults in rural Kentucky to determine whether overall diet quality varies according to body mass index (BMI) category and presence of depressive symptoms in people with or at increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Contains data comparing healthy eating habits among depressed and non-depressed individuals who are overweight or obese, including breakdowns by age, sex, race/ethnicity, marital status, education, comorbidities, and other characteristics.
...Food security and nutrition · Mental health conditions · Obesity and weight control · Rural-urban differences · Statistics...
Date: Sep 2015
Examines household food purchases for those living in low-income, low-access (LILA) areas, with a comparison of rural LILA and urban LILA households. Compares purchases in 14 major food groups that vary in dietary quality. See Tables 6-8 for rural-specific information.
...Research Service Tagged as Food security and nutrition · Poverty · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...