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571. Listening to Local Voices in Community Assessment: Access to Food and Physical Activity in Wisconsin's Black, Hmong, Latinx, and Somali Communities - Resources
Date: Jan 2023

Examines the barriers and facilitators related to accessing healthy food and engaging in physical activity within Hmong, Somali, Latinx, and Black/African American communities in Wisconsin. Includes feedback from community-led focus group discussions involving participants from rural and urban counties. Provides suggestions to create partnerships and improve programming.

...County-by-county data · Culture · Food security and nutrition · Immigrants · Networking and collaboration · Physical activity · Wisconsin...

572. Family Physicians and Maternal Health in Rural America, with Julie Wood and Zita Magloire – Exploring Rural Health Podcast - Podcast Episode
Date: Oct 4, 2022

The October 2022 episode of RHIhub's podcast features Julie Wood, MD, senior vice president of research, science and health of the public at the American Academy of Family Physicians, and Zita Magloire, MD, a practicing family physician in Cairo, Georgia, in a discussion about the integral part that family physicians play in rural maternal care.

...food security, housing security, and things like that, it doesn't have to be at every...

573. Addressing Social Determinants of Health: Examples of Successful Evidence-Based Strategies and Current Federal Efforts - Resources
Date: Apr 2022

Provides an overview of efforts to address social determinants of health (SDOH) that impact individuals living in rural areas, as well as other populations. Discusses housing, food and nutrition, transportation, social and economic mobility, and social service connections in terms of community (upstream) and individual (downstream) SDOH impacts.

...Planning and Evaluation Food security and nutrition · Funding · Housing and homelessness · Social determinants of health · Transportation...

574. Whole Foods Market Foundation School Garden Grant Program - Funding
Deadline: Mar 15, 2026

Grants to support new and existing edible gardens at K-12 schools and nonprofit organizations. Applications from under-resourced areas, including rural and tribal communities, are encouraged.

...website . Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Schools · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...

575. Aroostook Band of Micmacs Monitor Atmospheric Mercury - Resources
Date: May 2017

Details a project developed by the Aroostook Band of Micmacs to monitor atmospheric mercury in an attempt to protect a crucial food source traditionally utilized by the tribe. Discusses the tribe's partnership with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Atmospheric Deposition Program (NADP).

...NADP). 05/2017 Administration for Native Americans Environmental health · Food security and nutrition · Tribal communities · Maine...

576. 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...

577. Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota Caring Foundation Rural Health Grants Program - Funding
Deadline: Nov 14, 2025

Funding to support health and well-being of rural North Dakotans and address the social determinants of health needs affecting communities.

...Food security and nutrition · Healthcare quality · Housing and homelessness · Human services · Income · Mental health · Physical...

578. Older Americans Act: Greatest Economic and Social Needs of Rural Older Adults - Resources
Date: Oct 2025

Policy brief discussing the economic and social needs for rural older adults. Offers policy and action recommendations for the reauthorization of the Older Americans Act, discussing rural aging programs, affordable housing, access to nutrition, social isolation, healthcare workforce shortages, and caregiver support.

...Food security and nutrition · Health workforce supply and demand · Housing and homelessness · Informal caregivers · Policy...

579. Rural America's Senior Citizens: Considerations for Transportation, Healthcare Access, Connectedness, Nutrition and Economics - Resources
Date: Oct 2020

Policy paper providing an overview of rural older adults. Examines the challenges rural older adults face in accessing healthcare. Discusses how transportation, social isolation, nutrition, and economics impact the health outcomes of this population.

...Economics and the economy · Elderly population · Food security and nutrition · Population health · Social connectedness · Transportation...

580. NRHA Policy Paper: Rural Obesity - Resources
Date: Oct 2020

Policy position paper examining rural-urban differences in obesity prevalence, obesity as a factor in health disparities, differences in weight-related behaviors, and social determinants of health influencing rural obesity. Offers strategies and policy recommendations to address rural obesity.

...Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Obesity and weight control · Policy · Rural-urban differences · Social...