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361. Food Deserts in Nebraska: A Revised Methodology and Analysis - Resources
Date: Sep 2024

Analyzes the geography of healthy food access in Nebraska. Identifies census tracts designated as food deserts, discusses factors influencing rural food desert prevalence, and examines trends using county-level sociodemographic data and studies of grocery store and farmer's market locations.

...County-by-county data · Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Nebraska...

362. Risks to Health Among American Indian/Alaska Native High School Students in the United States - Resources
Date: Jul 2011

Examines leading health risks among nationally representative sample of American Indian/Alaska Native high school students and compares rates to other racial/ethnic groups. Includes statistical breakdowns by frequency of cigarette and alcohol use, weight status, physical activity level, television and computer use, and healthy food intake.

...youth · Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Tobacco use · Tribal communities...

363. Rural Hunger in America: Special Supplemental Nutrition Program For Women, Infants, and Children - Resources
Date: Jul 2018

Provides information on the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program in rural versus urban areas, including rates of poverty, food insecurity, participation in WIC, and more.

...enrollment and application · Children and youth · Families · Food security and nutrition · Poverty · Rural-urban differences · Women...

364. Distance Education Grants Program for Institutions of Higher Education in Insular Areas - Funding
Deadline: Jun 15, 2026

Grants to institutions of higher education in U.S. territories, commonwealth, and freely associated states designed to strengthen the capacity to carry out resident instruction, curriculum, and teaching programs in the food and agriculture sciences through distance education technology.

...Food security and nutrition · Health career pathways · Health workforce education and training · Poverty · Research methods...

365. Role of Rural Libraries in Promoting Digital Health Literacy - Resources
Date: Mar 2023

Webinar highlighting a rural library's efforts to increase digital health literacy and healthcare access in rural Texas. Discusses telehealth, broadband access inequities and digital literacy, transportation issues, aging in place, community health workers working in libraries, emergency response, circulating medical equipment, and summer meals for students. Transcript available in the video description.

...response · Food security and nutrition · Health literacy · Home and community-based services · Telehealth · Transportation · Texas...

366. Healthy-Lifestyle Behaviors Associated With Overweight and Obesity in US Rural Children - Resources
Date: 2012

Describes the association between healthy lifestyle behaviors and the prevalence of overweight and obese ethnically and/or racially diverse, rural school-aged children in California, Kentucky, Mississippi, and South Carolina. Examines the following healthy lifestyle behaviors: improving diet quality, obtaining adequate sleep, limiting screen-time viewing, and consulting a physician about a child's weight.

...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...

367. DRCHSD Spotlight: Urgent & Primary Care of Clarksdale in Clarksdale, Mississippi - Resources
Date: Aug 2023

Discusses how Urgent and Primary Care of Clarksdale in Clarksdale, Mississippi, and community partners constructed a community garden to improve patient and community access to healthy food. Describes how clinic staff used Delta Region Community Health Systems Development Program resources to increase access to care through telehealth, including using technology to provide healthcare services to people incarcerated at the Coahoma County Detention Facility.

...Access · Criminal justice system · Food security and nutrition · Healthcare facilities · Networking and collaboration · Telehealth · Mississippi...

368. USDA's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Contributed to Rural Economic Output, Jobs Following the Great Recession - Resources
Date: Dec 2021

Reports on the economic impacts of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in rural areas from 2009-2014 based on data from the USDA and U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Economic Analysis. Discusses job creation, household spending, and food-sector investments.

...Economics and the economy · Food security and nutrition · Policy · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...

369. Differences in Response to a Dietary Intervention Between the General Population and First Degree Relatives of Colorectal Cancer Patients - Resources
Date: 2014

Examines whether dietary interventions have a greater response among people with a family history of colorectal cancer compared with the general population in rural Virginia. Data was collected by telephone surveys completed at a starting baseline and a one-month follow-up using a 28 question Fat and Fiber Behavior questionnaire. Includes family member and general population sample group data by demographics, education, eating habits, family social support, and other factors.

...Food security and nutrition · Health screening · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...

370. Development of a National Childhood Obesogenic Environment Index in the United States: Differences by Region and Rurality - Resources
Date: 2020

Details the formation of a childhood obesogenic environment index (COEI), which was used to identify rural, urban, and other geographic differences in environmental factors associated with obesity. Variables used to calculate COEI scores include availability of fast-food restaurants, farmers markets, grocery stores, and other related facilities; access to exercise opportunities; violent crime; walkability; and more. Includes county-level data on COEI scores across the U.S.

...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...