Website Search Results for: Food Security
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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...
Deadline: Jun 15, 2026
Grants to support community-based projects in Colorado that focus on helping older adults maintain their health through self-help and lifestyle changes. This is a statewide fund, and organizations in rural and urban areas have received funding in the past.
...Food security and nutrition · Health conditions · Human services · Older adults · Physical activity · Wellness, health promotion...
Date: Feb 2026
Report provides an analysis of the current state of Food is Medicine (FIM) programs in Oklahoma. Details the FIM program's mission and highlights the food access and insecurity situation throughout the state, especially in rural areas.
...Access · Food security and nutrition · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Oklahoma...
Date: Nov 2011
Presents the results of a randomized, attention-controlled trial comparing the Strong African American Families–Teen (SAAF–T) family-centered intervention program for adolescents to a comparable family-centered control program that focused on health and nutrition. African American families from six counties in rural Georgia with a 10th-grade student participated in the study. The study focused on family management skills, culturally consistent programming, and community-based implementation procedures.
...Food security and nutrition · Population health · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...
Date: Dec 2021
Study examining food access during the COVID-19 pandemic in a rural Appalachian community in Kentucky, based on qualitative data from 5 focus groups. Discusses food scarcity, supply chain disruptions, federal food assistance, community food resources, and home gardening, and highlights policy implications related to federal programs and social determinants of health.
...Appalachia · COVID-19 · Food security and nutrition · Infectious diseases · Policy · Social determinants of health · Kentucky...
Date: Jul 2011
Report on the Healthy Foods Hawaii intervention trial in four rural communities, which aimed to improve the diets of children and decrease obesity rates. Includes information about the impacts of access to transportation, education, and healthy foods.
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Hawaii...
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...
Date: Mar 2015
Examines school nutrition policies and practices by school characteristics in Minnesota secondary schools between 2008 and 2012. Compares school nutrition policies by rural versus urban/suburban location and across three main areas: the availability of low-nutrient, energy dense (LNED) items, strategies to engage students in healthy eating, and restrictions on advertising LNED products around the school.
...Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Obesity and weight control · Rural-urban differences · Schools · Statistics...
Date: Mar 2016
Provides an overview of afterschool and summer learning programming in rural America. Discusses health and wellness impacts of afterschool programs for rural children. Describes strengths of rural programs and identifies barriers to participation in rural communities.
...Afterschool Alliance Child care · Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences · Schools...
Date: Oct 2024
Examines food insecurity among working adults aged 18 to 64 and their families. Utilizes 2021 National Health Interview Survey to analyze food insecurity according to type of work shift, work schedule, advance notice of work schedule, and monthly change in earnings, with additional breakdowns of worker sociodemographics, including rural versus urban residence.
...Statistics Employment and unemployment · Families · Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...