Website Search Results for: Food Security
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Date: May 2014
An analysis of the effect of financial incentives for individuals and families who receive food assistance to encourage the purchase of fruits and vegetables at farmers markets located at a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in rural South Carolina.
...Preventing Chronic Disease, 11 05/2014 Federally Qualified Health Centers · Food security and nutrition · South Carolina...
Date: Jul 2018
Examines responses from the Health Information National Trends Survey (2011-2014) to compare Appalachian and non-Appalachian individuals on body mass index, beliefs about obesity, and health behaviors. Provides survey respondents' sociodemographic information, including age, sex, race/ethnicity, education, annual household income, and rurality.
...Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Statistics and data...
Date: Jul 2018
Reports on a study examining a school-based intervention, Kids SIPsmartER, aimed at decreasing sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among middle school students in rural Appalachian Virginia. Includes student demographic data, such as weight, physical activity, sugar-sweetened beverage consumption, and other health factors.
...Appalachia · Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Virginia...
Date: Jun 2018
Reports on the effectiveness of the Faith, Activity, and Nutrition physical activity and healthy eating program implemented in 59 rural churches located in a medically underserved South Carolina county. Discusses the acceptance and reach of program, program impact, and the potential for broader distribution.
...Food security and nutrition · Physical activity · Population health · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...
Date: Jul 2023
Provides 2022-2023 survey data on how supply chain disruptions have impacted school meal operations. Discusses common supply chain challenges, vendor participation issues, changes in food and labor costs, student participation in school meal programs, and more. Includes regional as well as rural versus non-rural snapshots of the survey data.
...Food and Nutrition Administration Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences · Schools · Statistics and data...
Date: Mar 2018
Analyzes results from a randomized control study at a supermarket in rural Maine to assess whether financial incentives are effective in increasing the number of fruits and vegetables low-income families purchase. Includes participants' weekly spending on fruits and vegetables, with data categorized by Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation.
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Poverty · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion...
Date: Sep 2019
Identifies the food safety education needs of adult day care centers. Examines food safety knowledge gaps, preferences for receiving food safety education, and methods for communicating about food safety education resources. Includes information on rural, town, and urban adult day care centers.
...Food security and nutrition · Older adults · Public health · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Wellness...
Date: Jul 2014
Discusses the use of the Tool for Health and Resilience in Vulnerable Environments (THRIVE) by a frontier-based community health center in New Mexico for evaluating and addressing social determinants of health.
...Food security and nutrition · Frontier and remote areas · Housing and homelessness · Policy · Poverty · Social determinants...
Date: Sep 2026
Announces recipients of funding through two initiatives as part of the first year of the Arkansas Rural Health Transformation Program: Healthy Eating, Active Recreation & Transformation (HEART) and Recruitment, Innovation Skills, and Education for Arkansas (RISE AR). Describes each awarded project, its service area, and funding amount.
...Food security and nutrition · Funding · Health workforce · Rural Health Transformation Program · Statistics and data · Wellness...
Reviewed: Nov 28, 2022
Provides information on health disparities and the causes of these disparities in rural areas. Discusses rural versus urban mortality and life expectancy, and resources and programs to address rural health disparities. Provides information on regions throughout the U.S. that experience higher level of rural health disparities.
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