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551. COVID-19: Significant Improvements Are Needed for Overseeing Relief Funds and Leading Responses to Public Health Emergencies - Resources
Date: Jan 2022

Discusses the federal government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Provides an overview of federal actions on healthcare and economic policy areas through early January 2022, including data on COVID-19 relief spending and vaccinations. Offers 5 new recommendations to federal agencies regarding emergency rental assistance, nutrition assistance, and tax relief for businesses. Also designates the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) leadership and coordination of a range of public health emergencies as high risk to ensure sustained executive branch and congressional attention so the nation is prepared for future emergencies.

...response · Food security and nutrition · Funding · Income support and assistance · Policy · Statistics and data · Vaccination...

552. Pennsylvania Summer Food Service Program Sites, by Rural and Urban County - Resources
Date: Jun 2023

County-level map showing locations of USDA Summer Food Service Program meal sites, with shadings indicating rural or urban counties.

...Center for Rural Pennsylvania Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Pennsylvania...

553. 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...

554. Older Americans Act: Updated Information on Unmet Need for Services - Resources
Date: Jun 2015

Examines older adults' reported need for home and community-based services and the potential unmet need for these services. Includes metropolitan and nonmetropolitan data on food insecurity and receipt of congregate and home-delivered meals.

...Food security and nutrition · Home and community-based services · Older adults · Rural-urban differences · Statistics...

555. Means-Tested Programs: Information on Program Access Can Be an Important Management Tool - Resources
Date: Mar 2005

Discusses access to and participation in low-income programs, such as welfare and public housing, by those who are eligible. Includes information on strategies used by federal, state, and local administrators to improve access.

...application · Food security and nutrition · Health insurance · Housing and homelessness · Income support and assistance · Medicaid...

556. School Meals Programs and Other USDA Child Nutrition Programs: A Primer - Resources
Date: Feb 2019

Describes how federal child nutrition programs operate under current law, including eligibility rules, participation, and funding. Features statistics including reimbursement rates with breakdowns by rural or urban locations.

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

557. Older Americans Act: Nutrition Services Program - Resources
Date: May 2020

Provides an overview of the Nutrition Services Program authorized under the Older Americans Act. Describes the administration of the Nutrition Services Program, its funding, service delivery, program participation, and program evaluation. Includes brief rural references throughout.

...Congressional Research Service Aging and aging-related services · Food security and nutrition · Older adults · Policy...

558. Opportunities and Challenges Addressing Access to Healthy Food in Five Rural Louisiana Food Stores - Resources
Date: Jul 2019

Results of a rural food store intervention implemented in 3 Louisiana parishes where obesity prevalence was greater than 40%. Describes implications for public health and offers recommendations for future interventions.

...Community and faith-based initiatives · Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Public health · Louisiana...

559. A Portrait of Louisiana 2020: Human Development in an Age of Uncertainty - Resources
Date: 2020

Assesses well-being and access to opportunities among Louisiana residents by examining health disparities, access to healthy food, social determinants of health, racial inequality, and other topics. Provides human development index (HDI) scores for Louisiana state by sex, race, ethnicity, and parish.

...Food security and nutrition · Health conditions · Mental health · Mortality · Population health · Social determinants of health...

560. The Impact of Nutrition Training Programs on Knowledge, Confidence, and Behavioral Intention Among School Nutrition Professionals - Resources
Date: Aug 2025

Examines training programs for rural school nutrition professionals (SNPs) that include flexible scheduling and considerations related to staff and resource shortages. Utilizes observational data and pre- and post-training evaluations to analyze SNP knowledge and confidence to implement new culinary behaviors after the virtual and in-person flexible training format.

...08/2025 Food security and nutrition · Schools · Statistics and data · Technology for health and human services...