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511. Rural Initiatives Addressing Community Social Needs - Resources
Date: Mar 2021

Describes the role of Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) in improving population health and addressing social needs in their communities. Profiles two Critical Access Hospital social needs programs: Lakewood Health System's food access initiatives in Minnesota, and Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital's NEK Prosper. Provides an overview of both programs and highlights best practices of each.

...Food security and nutrition · Healthcare networks · Housing and homelessness · Human services · Mental health · Physical activity...

512. Consistent SNAP Participation Increases Preventative Health Care Visits for Infants - Resources
Date: Nov 2021

Examines the connection between Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation and preventive care in an infant's first year of life. Uses data from a survey covering 51,551 first-born children of low-income mothers, ages 18 and older, who participated in SNAP and Medicaid in Missouri between 2006-2014. Features statistics including urban or rural residence.

...Food security and nutrition · Medicaid · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...

513. Three Datasets for Nutrition Environment Measures of Food Outlets Located in the Lower Mississippi Delta Region of the United States - Resources
Date: May 2021

Data note providing details of a database containing information on 266 grocery stores, convenience stores, and restaurants located in rural Mississippi towns in the Lower Mississippi Delta region, whose nutrition environments were measured from 2016-2018. Describes the three datasets for the benefit of external researchers.

...Research, 9, 1307 05/2021 Access · Delta Region · Food security and nutrition · Statistics and data · Mississippi...

514. Impact of Assistance Programs on Indigenous Ways of Life in 12 Rural Remote Western Alaska Native Communities: Elder Perspectives Shared in Formative Work for the "Got Neqpiaq?" Project - Resources
Date: Jan 2022

Explores a study evaluating the perception of Alaska Native elders from the Yukon-Kuskokwim area of Alaska on the efficacy and cultural competence of government assistance programs. Discusses and evaluates a number of programs, such as Head Start, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), and Special Supplemental Nutrition Program of Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), among others.

...Food security and nutrition · Income support and assistance · Policy · Poverty · Social determinants of health · Tribal...

515. The Influence of Rurality on Fruit and Vegetable Intake and BMI: Findings in Mississippi Are Not Consistent with Those at the National Level - Resources
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...

516. "What We Raise Ourselves": Growing Food Sovereignty in the Mississippi Delta - Resources
Date: Mar 2022

Discusses strategies to achieve food sovereignty and preserve traditional food practices in the Mississippi Delta based on data from 43 surveys and focus group interviews from 28 participants. Presents information on community gardens, farmers markets, and farm-to-school programs such as Delta EATS to provide more nutritious food options for local communities.

...Community Development, 11(2), 285-299 03/2022 Delta Region · Food security and nutrition · Schools · Mississippi...

517. Healthy-Lifestyle Behaviors Associated With Overweight and Obesity in US Rural Children - Resources
Date: 2012

Describes the association between healthy lifestyle behaviors and the prevalence of overweight and obese ethnically and/or racially diverse, rural school-aged children in California, Kentucky, Mississippi, and South Carolina. Examines the following healthy lifestyle behaviors: improving diet quality, obtaining adequate sleep, limiting screen-time viewing, and consulting a physician about a child's weight.

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

518. The CHANGE Study: A Healthy-Lifestyles Intervention to Improve Rural Children's Diet Quality - Resources
Date: Jan 2014

Describes the Creating Healthy, Active and Nurturing Growing-Up Environments (CHANGE) study. CHANGE is a community- and school-based intervention used to assess the quality of students' diets with the goal of preventing unhealthy weight gain among rural school-aged children.

...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · California...

519. Food Insecurity and Barriers to Supplemental Food Provision in the Mississippi Delta: A Qualitative Analysis - Resources
Date: Jun 2025

Examines the impact of supplemental food provisions (SFPs) in the predominately rural Mississippi Delta. Utilizes interview feedback from 29 SFP personnel to discuss SFP barriers, sustainability, and health initiatives.

...Region · Food security and nutrition · Sustainability of programs · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Mississippi...

520. Closing the Food Access Gap in Rural Mississippi: Evaluation of the Grocery Online Ordering Distribution Service (GOODS) Program Using an Assets-Based Framework - Resources
Date: Jun 2025

Examines the impact of the Grocery Online Ordering Distribution Service (GOODS) food program on nutritious food access in rural Mississippi. Includes data on participant characteristics, eating and shopping habits, and food purchases. Discusses program framework, design, and feedback from staff and participants.

...06/2025 Food security and nutrition · Statistics and data · Technology for health and human services · Mississippi...