Website Search Results for: Food Security
1026 webpages matched your search. Here are matches 491 - 500:
Date: 2017
Describes efforts to combat hunger and food insecurity in Ashe County, North Carolina through the Food Pantry Project, a food access screening program located within the local hospital.
...North Carolina Medical Journal, 78(4), 259-260 2017 Food security and nutrition · North Carolina...
Date: Jan 2017
A brief that discusses regions of the country with low-income and limited access to supermarkets and how they demonstrate the connection between poverty and access to healthy food. Includes a comparison of urban and rural locations as connected to low-income and low-access tracts.
...USDA Economic Research Service Food security and nutrition · Poverty · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...
Date: Apr 2026
Evaluates the sociodemographic characteristics, health behaviors, and psychosocial factors of 327 rural Appalachian adults to identify associations with insufficient sleep duration, insomnia, and obstructive sleep apnea risk.
...Food security and nutrition · Health conditions · Income · Pharmacy and prescription drugs · Physical activity · Statistics and data...
Date: Oct 2020
Reports on the experiences of rural households during the COVID-19 pandemic. Discusses impacts on finances, employment, healthcare, housing, food, and child care. Concerns related to healthcare include access to care during the pandemic, concerns for those with special health issues such as chronic conditions, and use of telehealth.
...Food security and nutrition · Housing and homelessness · Income · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Telehealth...
Date: Jun 2020
Highlights an examination of access to fruit and vegetables in small rural stores across the Navajo Nation in New Mexico. Details a survey of several small stores scattered throughout the Navajo Nation and discusses the food options in these rural stores.
...Nutrition, 23(9), 1638-1646 06/2020 Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Public health · Tribal communities · New Mexico...
Date: May 2020
Examines the effectiveness of the initial phase of the Faith, Activity, and Nutrition (FAN) program, an evidence-based program designed to help churches develop policy, methods, and environmental change to support physical activity and health eating within their congregation. Study was implemented in rural, medically underserved Fairfield County, South Carolina with 59 churches participating. Members were predominantly Black/African American and affiliated with the Baptist denomination.
...Food security and nutrition · Physical activity · Public health · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...
Date: Aug 2023
Podcast episode featuring Farah Ahmad, Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Discusses how USDA Rural Development (RD) invests in rural communities, including improving access to healthy foods in rural communities. Provides an overview of the Emergency Rural Health Care Grant program, which helped increase access to COVID-19 testing and vaccines, rural healthcare and telehealth services, and food assistance.
...Communications, Inc. Access · Community and economic development · Food security and nutrition · Funding · Healthcare facilities · Hospitals · Policy...
Date: May 2022
Examines veterans living in rural areas and how their mobility options, cost of transportation, use of telehealth, access to healthy food, and social isolation have been impacted by COVID-19. Discusses issues and policies related to improving healthcare transportation and access to Veterans Administration (VA) services for rural veterans. Includes data on veteran demographics and survey responses to health- and transportation-related questions.
...COVID-19 · Food security and nutrition · Infectious diseases · Social connectedness · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Transportation · Veterans...
Date: Jun 2021
Examines changing food retailer trends from 1990 to 2015 in rural areas, discussing food access issues, economic challenges, and health impacts. Provides county-level maps indicating numbers of food retailers and grocery stores, and compares store types and numbers of food retailers for rural, nonmetro large urban, and nonmetro small urban counties.
...Access · Community and economic development · Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...
Date: Dec 2023
Examines the relationship between food insecurity in rural tribal areas and transportation access. Analyzes 2022 survey data from Native American respondents in North Dakota and reports on respondent demographics, traditional indigenous food pathways, factors leading to food insecurity, disability and health status, availability of transportation, and more. Provides information on Native American reservations and populations as well as strategies to reduce food insecurity.
...Culture · Food security and nutrition · Health conditions · Statistics and data · Transportation · Tribal communities · North Dakota...