Website Search Results for: Food Security
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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...
Date: Mar 2020
Reports on the Delta Food Outlets Study, evaluating the local nutrition environments of pregnant woman and their infants living in rural Lower Mississippi Delta to assess environmental exposures influencing their dietary habits. Study participants had previously participated in a nutrition and physical activity intervention, the Delta Health Sprouts Project.
...03/2020 Children and youth · Delta Region · Food security and nutrition · Statistics and data · Women · Alabama...
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...
Date: 2020
Details the formation of a childhood obesogenic environment index (COEI), which was used to identify rural, urban, and other geographic differences in environmental factors associated with obesity. Variables used to calculate COEI scores include availability of fast-food restaurants, farmers markets, grocery stores, and other related facilities; access to exercise opportunities; violent crime; walkability; and more. Includes county-level data on COEI scores across the U.S.
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...
Date: Nov 2019
Presents an overview of Veggies for Kids, a nutrition education program used with American Indian kindergarten students attending schools on reservations and kindergarten students attending schools next to a Nevada reservation. Examines the impact this program had on the students' knowledge of nutritional concepts and practicing healthy behaviors.
...Food security and nutrition · Health literacy · Physical activity · Schools · Statistics and data · Tribal communities · Wellness...
Added: Feb 18, 2021
Home-based programs use evidence-based strategies to support rural mothers and families in promoting health and well-being in early childhood.
...food security, and positive parenting skills. Includes discussion of research relevant to home visiting and health...
Date: Aug 2019
Provides a baseline for the prevalence of obesity and low height-for-age in elementary students on Majuro, Republic of Marshall Islands in response to initiatives addressing childhood over- and under-nutrition. Compares data by age group, school type, and sex.
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Schools · Statistics and data · Republic of the Marshall...
Date: Apr 2021
Describes food insecurity challenges in rural America. Explores state policy options to improve food access such as food bucks, food procurement reforms, farm to school programs, cooperative development tax incentives, farmers markets, establishing food hubs, and supporting small grocers. Offers policy recommendations to increase access to healthy food and address food insecurity in rural communities.
...Center for Rural Affairs Access · Food security and nutrition · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...
Date: Jul 2022
Investigates impacts of COVID-19 on food insecurity among Latino immigrant families in rural areas of California. Utilizes interviews from 31 participants to examine barriers to food access including transportation, school closures, and lack of convenience. Discusses mitigation efforts related to food insecurity such as government and charitable programs.
...Young Nutrients, 14(13) 07/2022 COVID-19 · Food security and nutrition · Immigrants · Infectious diseases · California...
Date: Sep 2024
Describes the Ohio Medicaid program and the federal Medicaid health-related social needs (HRSN) framework. Discusses how Medicaid coverage in Ohio can cover aspects of housing and nutrition needs as of 2023. Includes county-level map depicting percent of income spent on housing in Ohio as well as examples of programs addressing HRSNs in rural areas.
...Food security and nutrition · Housing and homelessness · Legislation and regulations · Medicaid · Social determinants of health...