Resources Search Results for: Food Security
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Date: Jan 2021
Analyzes relationships between Faith, Activity, and Nutrition (FAN) program implementation and physical activity, fruit and vegetable consumption, and self-efficacy for improving these behaviors among church members in a southeastern, medically underserved county in a rural area. Features data and statistics on participants' health behaviors and self-efficacy at baseline and at a 12-month follow-up.
...Date 01/2021 Tagged as Community and faith-based initiatives · Food security and nutrition · Physical activity...
Date: Jan 2022
Presents a literature review focused on food insecurity in American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations. Analyzes 34 studies and synthesizes major issues across the research such as prevalence of food insecurity, cultural foods and food sovereignty, strategies to improve food access, and the need for cultural competency when studying food insecurity in AI/AN populations.
...Nutrition, 13(5), 1566-1583 Date 01/2022 Tagged as Culture · Food security and nutrition · Tribal communities...
Date: Sep 2018
Explores sociodemographic factors contributing to food affordability, with emphasis on differences between rural and urban areas. Features statistics on select food-related characteristics of U.S. counties, with breakdowns by rural or urban location and by Appalachian or Delta counties and other counties.
...Access · Appalachia · Delta Region · Food security and nutrition · Poverty · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...
Date: May 2021
Utilizes data from the 2017 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) to look at fruit and vegetable (FV) intake and BMI in a nationwide sample of over 450,000 people and compares those results with participants within Mississippi. Examines FV intake across four geographic categories: in the center city of metropolitan statistical area (MSA), outside center city of MSA but within its county, inside suburban county of MSA, and not in MSA. Includes graphs of FV intake related to geographic category and discussion of FV intake within rural areas specifically.
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Mississippi...
Date: Nov 2021
Video of testimony presented to the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry on Nov. 2, 2021. Discusses nutrition insecurity, nutrition-related health disparities, and diet-related disease, including ways in which this affects those who are low-income, rural, American Indians and Alaska Natives, and other racial or ethnic minorities. Includes links for transcripts.
...Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry Tagged as Access · Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Policy · Tribal communities...
Date: Jan 2023
Discusses food insecurity among Hispanics/Latinos in the U.S. and provides program and policy recommendations to improve food access. Reports on a 2022 needs assessment that includes a literature review, socio-demographic survey, focus group with rural Latino adults, and interviews with community-based organizations (CBOs). Offers strategies such as wellness and nutrition education, culturally sensitive engagement, and technology to improve access.
...Food security and nutrition · Policy · Technology for health and human services · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...
Date: Aug 2018
Highlights a study on an intervention to address barriers to food access in economically impoverished rural communities. Focuses on 24 counties in 6 Midwestern states and details the various assessment tools used to evaluate the needs of the community and the success of the intervention.
...Food security and nutrition · Poverty · Public health · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Indiana · Michigan...
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: Dec 2021
Results of a study to assess the nutrition and physical activity environments in rural South Dakota communities with high rates of obesity, to understand whether there are common strengths and challenges that emerge across communities. Features a comparison of availability of various healthful food options between grocery and convenience stores and pricing for healthful vs. regular food options in grocery stores and convenience stores.
...Tagged as Access · Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · South Dakota...
Date: Aug 2021
Results of a study of 854 7th-grade students in rural Appalachian Virginia, exploring relationships between health literacy and energy-balance-related health behaviors, body mass index (BMI), and quality of life. Features demographics and statistics on health-promoting and risky health behaviors, and self-rated health status.
...Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Health literacy · Physical activity · Statistics and data · Virginia...