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481. Northeast Iowa Food and Fitness Impacts - Resources
Date: 2017

Highlights programs in 6 rural counties to improve the health and well-being of children and families supported by the Northeast Iowa Food and Fitness Initiative. Programs included the expansion of the early childhood care and education program, promotion of physical activity through the development of walking and biking routes, and improved accessibility to local foods and support for the local economy.

...Economics and the economy · Food security and nutrition · Physical activity · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Iowa...

482. America After 3PM Special Report: The Growing Importance of Afterschool in Rural Communities - Resources
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...

483. Sociodemographic Differences in COVID-19 Pandemic Experiences Among Families in the United States - Resources
Date: Aug 2023

Examines challenges experienced by individuals during the COVID-19 pandemic according to sociodemographic differences. Analyzes survey data focused on children and caregivers and their experiences with infection and testing, healthcare, school, access to food, child care and work, financial concerns, and more. Data is broken down by demographic variables such as caregiver education, age of children, and rural versus urban location.

...Food security and nutrition · Informal caregivers · Rural-urban differences · Schools · Statistics and data · Wellness, health...

484. Rural Hunger in America: Afterschool Meals - Resources
Date: Apr 2018

Fact sheet describing the benefits of Afterschool Nutrition Programs and offering suggestions for strategies to help rural communities overcome barriers to participating in these programs.

...enrollment and application · Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...

485. Developing an Agenda for Research about Policies to Improve Access to Healthy Foods in Rural Communities: A Concept Mapping Study - Resources
Date: Jun 2014

Identifies factors in accessing healthy, affordable food in rural areas of the U.S. and outlines a rural food policy research agenda.

...Sitaker, et al. BMC Public Health, 14, 592 06/2014 Food security and nutrition · Policy · Research methods and resources...

486. Kansas Healthy Food Initiative - Funding
Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis

Technical assistance and financing designed to increase access to affordable, healthy food to improve the health and economic development of communities in Kansas.

...Community and economic development · Food security and nutrition · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Kansas...

487. Challenges in Researching the Diets of SNAP Recipients — Addressing Methodological Flaws and Emphasizing SNAP as an Anti-Hunger Program - Resources
Date: Mar 2025

Provides information on food insecurity in the U.S. and the role of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to improve access to healthy food. Includes state-by-state data on poverty, food insecurity, and SNAP usage, including percentage of SNAP households living in rural counties.

...Research & Action Center Food security and nutrition · Poverty · State-by-state data · State-by-state...

488. Factors Impacting Implementation of Nutrition and Physical Activity Policies in Rural Schools - Resources
Date: Feb 2023

Examines school policies and implementation related to nutrition and physical activity (PA) to understand the disproportionate rates of obesity in rural Latino children. Analyzes perceptions of policies and barriers from 20 interviews with stakeholders in Lower Yakima Valley of Eastern Washington State K-12 school districts. Discusses themes such as knowledge of school PA and nutrition policies as well as barriers and facilitators to policy implementation.

...Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Schools · Washington...

489. Federal Nutrition Programs for Grandfamilies and Kinship Families - Resources
Date: 2022

A fact sheet that provides information on benefits, programs, and organizations that assist low-income grandfamilies and kinship families gaining access to healthy food. Includes information on the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR).

...Center, Generations United Benefit enrollment and application · Families · Food security and nutrition · Poverty · Tribal communities...

490. "Ancestral Recipes": A Mixed-Methods Analysis of MyPlate-Based Recipe Dissemination for Latinos in Rural Communities - Resources
Date: Feb 2023

Examines the adoption of a MyPlate-informed cookbook culturally tailored toward Latinx communities to improve nutrition, healthy lifestyles, and knowledge related to chronic diseases such as diabetes. Discusses results of holding 20 cooking demonstrations with pre- and post-test surveys as well as focus group interviews with 19 participants.

...Culture · Diabetes · Food security and nutrition · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...