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511. Validation of a Dietary Screening Tool in a Middle-Aged Appalachian Population - Resources
Date: Mar 2018

Examines the use of a dietary screening tool (DST) utilizing surveys, anthropometry, and dietary recalls to assess nutritional risk in rural older adults living in Appalachia. Includes statistics on patient characteristics and medical history by risk category.

...03/2018 Appalachia · Food security and nutrition · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...

512. Balancing Act: Ensuring Access and Integrity in Rural Non-Congregate Summer Meal Programs - Resources
Date: Dec 2024

Presentation slides that offer experiences from non-congregate summer meal staff regarding strategies to maintain integrity in food services. Includes information about different food service program models around the country.

...Muñoz, et al. 12/2024 No Kid Hungry Children and youth · Families · Food security and nutrition...

513. 2-1-1 Information and Referral Service - Resources
Reviewed: Oct 2025

Provides a free, confidential information and referral service for help with employment, food, housing, healthcare, addiction prevention programs, and counseling.

...Abuse and violence · Emergency preparedness and response · Food security and nutrition · Housing and homelessness · Human services...

514. Health Disparities in Tennessee - Resources
Date: May 2024

Examines health disparities experienced by Tennessee residents. Measures include life expectancy, healthcare access, mental health and trauma, infectious disease, chronic disease, cancer, reproductive health, and age-specific health. Features statistics with breakdowns by race, ethnicity, sex, and urban or rural location.

...Food security and nutrition · HIV and AIDS · Health disparities · Health screening · Health workforce shortage designations...

515. Summer Meals Site Finder - Resources
Reviewed: Aug 2026

An online tool that allows the user to search an address within the United States and find free summer meals for kids within a 15-mile radius. Provides information about the meal service site and how to contact them, type of meal offered, days of operation, and directions to the meal site.

...directions to the meal site. USDA Food and Nutrition Administration Children and youth · Food security and nutrition...

516. Home Food and Activity Assessment: Development and Validation of an Instrument for Diverse Families of Young Children - Resources
Date: Sep 2014

Outlines and tests an assessment tool that measures the home food and activity environments of geographically and economically varied families of preschool aged children in rural Colorado.

...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...

517. Food for Thought - Facing the Facts About Food Insecurity: Episode 2 - Resources
Date: Aug 2023

Podcast episode discussing U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) research on food insecurity in rural areas. Describes the prevalence of food insecure households, behavioral responses to food insecurity, and how USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) research and data can inform policy and community-driven solutions.

...Communications, Inc. Access · Food security and nutrition · Policy · Research methods and resources · Statistics and data...

518. Disparities in Obesity Among Rural and Urban Residents in a Health Disparate Region - Resources
Date: Oct 2014

Reports on a community-based study to measure and compare the current levels of obesity and associated lifestyle behaviors of physical activity and diets of fruits and vegetables among rural and urban residents in south central Virginia and north central North Carolina.

...Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Rural-urban differences...

519. Retail-Based Healthy Food Point-of-Decision Prompts (PDPs) Increase Healthy Food Choices in a Rural, Low-Income, Minority Community - Resources
Date: 2018

Examines differences in the quantity of and total expenditures spent on healthy foods and fresh fruits and vegetables in a grocery store with posted narrowly defined point-of-decision prompts (N-PDPs) and broadly defined PDPs (B-PDPs) on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. N-PDPs focus on promoting fresh produce, and B-PDPs focus on promoting any health food item.

...e0207792 2018 Food security and nutrition · Tribal communities · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · South Dakota...

520. Evaluation of Demonstration Projects to End Childhood Hunger (EDECH): The Chickasaw Nation Packed Promise Project - Resources
Date: Apr 2019

Report exploring a project in which boxes of nutritious, shelf-stable foods were provided to low-income families in the Chickasaw Nation territory in rural Oklahoma. Discusses successes, challenges, and costs of implementation.

...Vivian Gabor, et al. 04/2019 Mathematica Access · Food security and nutrition · Poverty · Tribal communities · Oklahoma...