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561. The StrongWomen Change Clubs: Engaging Residents to Catalyze Positive Change in Food and Physical Activity Environments - Resources
Date: 2014

Overview of StrongWomen Change Clubs (SWCC), an organization developed through an academic-community research partnership to initiate changes to improve nutrition and physical activity environments for women in rural communities in seven states across the country.

...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...

562. 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...

563. Supporting Community Agriculture and Local Education Systems (Project SCALES) - Funding
Deadline: Dec 13, 2024

Funding for projects that aim to build capacity and increase the resilience of food systems by supporting partnerships between school food authorities and growers, producers, distributors, and processors, as well as other industry partners.

...Grants and Contracts Children and youth · Community and economic development · Food security and nutrition · Schools...

564. Secondary Education, Two-Year Postsecondary Education, and Agriculture in the K-12 Classroom Challenge Grants Program - Funding
Deadline: Mar 8, 2024

Grants to promote and strengthen food and agricultural science education in K-12, secondary, and postsecondary settings.

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

565. Technology & Innovation: Finding Digital Connections for Rural Communities - Resources
Date: May 2022

A recorded webinar that discusses how to leverage online technologies to help rural communities access Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. Transcript available below description.

...Hungry Benefit enrollment and application · Food security and nutrition · Technology for health and human services...

566. Altering the School Breakfast Environment Reduces Barriers to School Breakfast Participation Among Diverse Rural Youth - Resources
Date: Jan 2018

Analyzes data from the BreakFAST study to examine if changing school breakfast policies and environments impacts students' beliefs on the barriers and benefits of eating breakfast in rural high schools in Minnesota.

...Health, 88(1), 3-8 01/2018 Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Schools · Minnesota...

567. Availability and Cost of Healthy Foods in a Large American Indian Community in the North-Central United States - Resources
Date: Jan 2018

Results of a study conducted in January and February of 2016, assessing availability and price of 68 food items at stores within a 90-mile radius of a large rural reservation. Includes statistics with breakdowns by availability and price of food, by store type.

...Best, et al. Preventing Chronic Disease, 15 01/2018 Food security and nutrition · Statistics and data · Tribal communities...

568. 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...

569. Assessment of Dietary Patterns, Physical Activity and Obesity from a National Survey: Rural-Urban Health Disparities in Older Adults - Resources
Date: 2018

Examines the association between rural-urban status, physical activity, consumption of fruits and vegetables, and obesity prevalence in older adults by analyzing data derived from respondents aged 65 and above from the 2012 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).

...Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Obesity and weight control · Older adults · Physical activity · Rural...

570. Non-Communicable Diseases and Preventive Health Behaviors: A Comparison of Hispanics Nationally and Those Living Along the US-Mexico Border - Resources
Date: Jun 2015

Reports on a study comparing preventive healthy behaviors of Hispanic populations in the U.S. nationwide and those living in the U.S.-Mexico border region. Healthy behaviors included physical activity, diets of fruits and vegetables, avoiding heavy alcohol use, and being a non-smoker.

...Food security and nutrition · Physical activity · Statistics and data · Tobacco use · U.S.-Mexico Border Region...