Website Search Results for: Food Security

391. Who Regularly Uses the Nutrition Facts Label? Exploring Demographic, Socioeconomic, and Geographic Differences - Resources
Date: May 2025

Analyzes the consumers who regularly read nutrition facts labels when purchasing food. Utilizes National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data to examine label use by demographic and household characteristics, dietary and spending behaviors, nutrition information use measures, and geographic characteristics, including small/medium metropolitan area versus nonmetropolitan area.

...Economic Research Service Food security and nutrition · Health literacy · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...

392. Child Nutrition Program Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic, July 2020 through December 2021 School Meals Operations Study, Year 2 Report (Final) - Resources
Date: Apr 2024

Describes trends in Child Nutrition (CN) Program participation during the COVID-19 pandemic, from July 2020 through December 2021. Builds on a previous report that presents data on the number of meals served, operational and financial challenges of state agencies and local program operators, and the use of COVID-19 Child Nutrition nationwide waivers.

...application · Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences · Schools · Statistics and data...

393. Support for Healthy Eating and Active Living in Rural Communities: Insights from a National Survey of Local Governments - Resources
Date: Dec 2023

Analyzes local government policies that support wellness, healthy eating, and physical activity in metro versus nonmetro areas. Utilizes Community Based Survey of Supports for Healthy Eating and Active Living (CBS HEAL) data to compare government structures, master plans, built environment policies, transit options, supportive food access policies, and more.

...Food security and nutrition · Infrastructure · Physical activity · Policy · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Transportation...

394. Nutritional Guidance on Fitness Centers' Websites in Illinois: An Automated Content Analysis - Resources
Date: Mar 2024

Examines the nutritional content on fitness websites in Illinois as well as metro versus nonmetro statistics related to body mass index (BMI), diet, physical activity, and more.

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

395. Strengthening the Safety Net: Improving Access to High Quality Health Care in Michigan - Funding
Deadline: Sep 1, 2026

Grants to support clinics providing free medical, dental, and/or mental healthcare for uninsured and underinsured residents of Michigan.

...Food security and nutrition · Grant writing · Health literacy · Healthcare needs and services · Healthcare quality · Medical...

396. The Relationship Between Rural Setting and Health: Factors that Influence Individuals With or at Risk of CVD - A Summary of the Literature - Resources
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...

397. IEUBK Modeling of Children's Blood Lead Levels in Homes Served by Private Domestic Wells in Three Illinois Counties - Resources
Date: Mar 2024

Examines the potential for elevated blood lead levels (BLL) due to consuming water from private wells in rural areas by utilizing Integrated Exposure Uptake Biokinetic (IEUBK) modeling. Analyzes the water lead levels (WLLs) in 151 homes located in Illinois and discusses water safety for rural children.

...03/2024 Children and youth · Environmental health · Food security and nutrition · Infrastructure · Statistics and data · Illinois...

398. Aligning Systems to Advance Family and Community Well-Being: A Partnership Playbook for Community Action and Human Services Agencies - Resources
Date: Jan 2022

Provides an overview of how community action and human service agencies partnered, collaborated, and aligned services to address COVID-19 on a family-level and a systems-level. Presents field examples of partnerships in rural Maryland and rural Ohio with their successes and challenges when aligning services such as Head Start, housing assistance, and more. Discusses how rural models and strategies were employed in other geographic areas to mitigate COVID-19 issues in communities.

...Access · COVID-19 · Families · Food security and nutrition · Human services · Networking and collaboration · Maryland · Ohio...

399. Urban–Rural Disparities in Food Insecurity and Weight Status Among Children in the United States - Resources
Date: Jul 2024

Analyzes urban versus rural place of residence and its association with childhood food insecurity and weight status. Utilizes 2013-2016 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data and provides breakdowns of urban versus rural food insecurity by child's age and weight status, according to underweight/normal weight, overweight, and obese designations.

...Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Obesity and weight control · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...

400. WARM Center Street Outreach Program - Models & Innovations
Added: Sep 8, 2026

Trained outreach workers meet with people experiencing homelessness in southern Rhode Island to connect them to services, distribute items like food and clothing, and provide case management.

...Food security and nutrition · Housing and homelessness · Human services · Social determinants of health Rhode Island...