Website Search Results for: Food Security
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Date: Aug 2016
Explores successful type 2 diabetes management practices of low-income Hispanic women residing in a rural community on the Texas-Mexico border in a sociocultural context, specifically looking at foodways. Foodways are the cultural, social, and economic practices relating to the production and consumption of food.
...08/2016 Chronic disease management · Culture · Diabetes · Food security and nutrition · U.S.-Mexico Border Region · Women...
Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Grants to small businesses in the retail and wholesale food industry that are working to improve access to fresh, affordable, high-quality food in USDA designated food deserts in Michigan.
...online application is available on the program website . Capital funding · Food security and nutrition · Michigan...
Date: Aug 2023
An episode of the Exploring Rural Health podcast featuring Carter Florence, DrPH, MPH, Vice President of Programs with Meals on Wheels America, and Shon Gress, CEO and Executive Director of Meals on Wheels Guernsey County. Focuses on the benefits of the program, the impact of braided funding, and how rural stakeholders can get involved.
...aging-related services · Community engagement and volunteerism · Elderly population · Food security and nutrition · Funding · Ohio...
Date: Aug 2019
Describes use of the ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) model to support and evaluate program objectives of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Good Health and Wellness in Indian Country (GHWIC) program.
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Public health · Tobacco use · Tribal communities · Wellness...
Date: Oct 2018
Provides a case study of a rural program that provides free lunches to school-age children in the summer. Focuses on how the program works and reports on the experiences of those working with the program. Includes data on food insecurity for children in the U.S. and New Hampshire and an overview of USDA school food programs.
...Public Policy Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Policy · Statistics and data · New Hampshire...
Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Grants to nonprofits and other eligible organizations for projects in Texas that support children in rural areas, individuals impacted by substance abuse, residents of the Palacios area, and the coastal Texas environment.
...faith-based initiatives · Environmental health · Food security and nutrition · Poverty · Substance use and misuse · Texas...
Date: Dec 2015
Examines school meal costs and identifies factors that affect per-meal costs, including the school food authority's location, size, and balance between the number of lunches and breakfasts served. Includes data on school meal costs for rural, suburban, and urban schools.
...Service Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences · Schools · Statistics and data...
Date: Dec 2015
Compares food access for the nation as a whole with access in tribal areas to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) authorized supermarkets and Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) sites.
...Saksena Amber Waves 12/2015 USDA Economic Research Service Access · Food security and nutrition · Tribal communities...
Date: May 2024
Examines the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on a rural, Appalachian community in Kentucky. Utilizes focus group data from 39 participants to analyze ongoing issues such as social isolation, cost of living, and food access. Discusses how these issues affect mental health, access to needed medications, and ability to purchase nutritious food.
...COVID-19 · Food security and nutrition · Mental health · Pharmacy and prescription drugs · Poverty · Social connectedness · Kentucky...
Date: Dec 2024
Interviews 26 residents of a rural Pennsylvania town to explore the impact of the loss of vital places (defined as sources of healthy food, recreational facilities, and social spaces) through a social determinants of health lens. Discusses built environments, economic stability, education, and transportation and their impacts on health and wellbeing.
...Food security and nutrition · Infrastructure · Social connectedness · Social determinants of health · Statistics and data · Transportation...