Website Search Results for: Food Security
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Date: Sep 2021
Research brief examining participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) in Virginia during children's first six years of life. Uses administrative data from the Virginia Longitudinal Data System to explore differences in participation by race and residence in rural versus urban counties.
...Children and youth · Families · Food security and nutrition · Poverty · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Virginia...
Date: Jul 2015
Describes a peer-based obesity prevention program focused on healthy eating and physical activity for rural Appalachian high school students, with college students serving as facilitators.
...Appalachia · Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Schools...
Date: Sep 2015
Examines nutritional quality of foods and beverages available in 8 rural Virginia middle schools. Includes statistics with breakdowns by number of foods and beverages offered, number that were compliant with USDA National School Lunch Program standards, percentage of students eligible for free and reduced-price lunches, and percentages of components such as sugar, fat, and sodium in available foods.
...Preventing Chronic Disease, 12 09/2015 Appalachia · Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Schools · Virginia...
Date: Apr 2022
Discusses Appalachia's food systems based on the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) 2017 Census of Agriculture, highlighting the connection to economic and community development, environmental health and safety, and public health. Provides case studies of food banks that improve community access to food as well as produce prescription programs that help treat chronic diseases and promote community health.
...promote community health. 04/2022 Appalachian Regional Commission Appalachia · Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences...
Reviewed: Feb 2026
Presents an interactive map to explore Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Program eligibility and participation at the state and county levels in 8 states: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Provides statistics on age, race/ethnicity, educational attainment, employment status, health insurance status, and more.
...Food security and nutrition · Health insurance · Income support and assistance · Women · Arizona · Colorado · Idaho · Kansas...
Date: Oct 2017
Examines the relationship between 17 rural Appalachian Kentucky grocery stores' social marketing efforts to promote healthy eating and the frequency of fruit and vegetable purchases. Features statistics on survey participants' demographics and influence of recipe cards on purchase of ingredients including fruits and vegetables.
...Appalachia · Food security and nutrition · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Kentucky...
Date: Oct 2025
Policy brief discussing the economic and social needs for rural older adults. Offers policy and action recommendations for the reauthorization of the Older Americans Act, discussing rural aging programs, affordable housing, access to nutrition, social isolation, healthcare workforce shortages, and caregiver support.
...Food security and nutrition · Health workforce supply and demand · Housing and homelessness · Informal caregivers · Policy...
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...
Date: Oct 2017
Reports on households that do not use their own vehicle to travel to a store and live more than half a mile from a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) authorized supermarket or superstore. Includes data on household sources of food, including stores, family and friends, the household's own production, food pantries, and other sources. Data is provided by distance, and the report notes that all households more than 10 miles from the nearest SNAP-authorized store and 55% of households 1-10 miles from a SNAP-authorized store are in rural areas.
...10/2017 USDA Economic Research Service Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...
Date: Aug 2022
Examines the research done in the last decade by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) related to nutrition and health disparities. Includes discussions on recommended studies and grants to reduce health disparities in special populations, such as American Indian, rural, minority groups, and more.
...Medicine, 63(2), 49-57 08/2022 Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Research methods and resources...