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581. Promoting a Nutritious Diet Inside and Outside the Hospital - Resources
Date: Sep 2017

Highlights a rural Vermont hospital's efforts to promote healthier eating habits both inside and outside the hospital by locally sourcing food, encouraging participation in their "Ton of Tomatoes" project, and processing produce to help food-insecure community members. Discusses efforts of other hospitals promoting healthy diets, including removing unhealthy cafeteria meal options and promoting community gardens.

...Community engagement and volunteerism · Food security and nutrition · Hospitals · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...

582. Tanner Health System: Promoting Healthy Behaviors - Resources
Date: Jan 2020

Describes "Get Healthy, Eat Well," an initiative by Tanner Health System to promote healthy behaviors in its rural Georgia and Alabama communities. Provides an overview of the framework that guided the network of community partners, school and community interventions, and results of the program. Includes lessons learned and next steps.

...Food security and nutrition · Networking and collaboration · Obesity and weight control · Schools · Social determinants of health...

583. Feeding the Residents of Hardeman County Tennessee - Resources
Date: Feb 2023

Profiles Healthy Hardeman Outreach for Healthy Weight (H2O), a partnership between the Healthcare Bolivar General Hospital (BGH), the Hardeman County Health Department, and Hardeman County Community Health Center to improve access to healthy foods and reduce obesity in the Tennessee county.

...Food security and nutrition · Networking and collaboration · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Wellness, health...

584. The Hospital as a Convener in Rural Communities - Resources
Date: Apr 2021

Examines the traditional and non-traditional role of rural hospitals as conveners that support community health initiatives and population health. Discusses examples of approaches used by rural and urban serving hospitals from Michigan and Virginia. Offers steps for hospitals on becoming a convener, and suggests community stakeholders for forming partnerships to improve health and well-being in their communities.

...volunteerism · Food security and nutrition · Hospitals · Housing and homelessness · Population health · Schools · Transportation · Michigan · Virginia...

585. Experiences Participating in Federal Nutrition Assistance Programs During the Early Months of the COVID-19 Pandemic: An Investigation in Vermont - Resources
Date: Jul 2024

Analyzes participant experiences with federal nutrition assistance programs during the COVID-19 period of July 2020 to September 2020 in Vermont. Utilizes qualitative and quantitative feedback to analyze program participation, food insecurity, perceived stress, and fruit and vegetable intake. Discusses rurality as a factor in food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic.

...COVID-19 · Food security and nutrition · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Vermont...

586. Addressing Food Insecurity in Rural Tennessee - Resources
Date: May 2023

A podcast that discusses local hospitals in rural Hardeman County, Tennessee that collaborated to improve access to healthy food for citizens who were experiencing food insecurity and a lack of transportation to grocery stores. Includes information on a community health needs assessment, data exploration, obesity rates, use of grant funds to address health and wellness, and more.

...Food security and nutrition · Funding · Hospitals · Networking and collaboration · Obesity and weight control · Transportation · Wellness...

587. Differences in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Participation among Oklahoma Counties - Resources
Date: May 2022

Examines Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participation among income-eligible residents in Oklahoma. Includes data on age, race, sex, and rurality of participants, among other factors.

...Development, 11(3), 229-239 05/2022 Benefit enrollment and application · Food security and nutrition · Poverty · Statistics and data · Oklahoma...

588. Addressing Food Access In Arkansas: A Report & Recommendations From The 2022 Arkansas Governor's Food Desert Working Group - Resources
Date: Dec 2022

Reports on actionable steps at the community and policy level to eliminate food deserts in Arkansas. Provides county-level data on food insecurity and benefits programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and the Special Supplemental Nutritional Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), as well as working models to alleviate food insecurity in both urban and rural areas.

...Institute Benefit enrollment and application · County-by-county data · Food security and nutrition · Policy · Arkansas...

589. Working With Rural Producers to Expand EBT in Farmers' Markets: A Case Study in Hardeman County, Tennessee - Resources
Date: Mar 2023

Reviews a case study about how an Extension program encouraged rural Tennessee farmers market producers to accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits through Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT). Discusses the outcomes of a workshop about how to begin the EBT application process, advertise SNAP at a farmers market, and improve health benefits by expanding food access.

...Promotion Practice, 24(1) 03/2023 Access · Benefit enrollment and application · Food security and nutrition · Tennessee...

590. Aligning Systems to Advance Family and Community Well-Being: A Partnership Playbook for Community Action and Human Services Agencies - Resources
Date: Jan 2022

Provides an overview of how community action and human service agencies partnered, collaborated, and aligned services to address COVID-19 on a family-level and a systems-level. Presents field examples of partnerships in rural Maryland and rural Ohio with their successes and challenges when aligning services such as Head Start, housing assistance, and more. Discusses how rural models and strategies were employed in other geographic areas to mitigate COVID-19 issues in communities.

...Access · COVID-19 · Families · Food security and nutrition · Human services · Networking and collaboration · Maryland · Ohio...