Website Search Results for: Food Security
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Date: Jun 2023
A program evaluation brief that provides an overview of the Healthy Eating and Active Lifestyle to Enhance Diabetes management (HEALED) program that surveyed patients in 2019 and then delivered plant-based foods to 40 participants as a part of a produce prescription (PRx) program in 2021. Reports on how PRx programs and related resources such as cooking instructions can positively impact diabetes patients. Discusses the importance of performing a needs assessment, pilot programming, and a formative evaluation in rural and underserved programs to remove food access barriers such as lack of transportation and involve participants in their own wellness journeys.
...Food security and nutrition · Health insurance · Needs assessment methods and resources · Transportation · Wellness, health promotion...
Date: 2017
Describes how a rural Colorado community re-opened its only grocery store as a co-op, after a severe blizzard that cut off the town for days made the need for a local store apparent to residents. Discusses the challenges facing rural grocery stores.
...Cooperatives, 84(3), 12-15 2017 USDA Rural Development Access · Community engagement and volunteerism · Food security and nutrition · Colorado...
Date: Dec 2022
A collection of charts showing changes in spending in urban and rural areas in 2019 compared to 2020. Includes data on healthcare expenditures, including medical supplies, medical services, health insurance, and prescription drugs. Also covers spending related to food, transportation, and more.
...Food security and nutrition · Health insurance · Pharmacy and prescription drugs · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...
Date: Mar 2022
Evaluates the effects of the early COVID-19 pandemic on family health behaviors, utilizing thematic analysis of 30 interviews conducted from June 2020 through September 2020 with rural caregivers who were participants in a healthy lifestyles intervention. Discusses themes related to mental health, physical activity, time use, approaches to parenting and family routines, and food choice.
...Families · Food security and nutrition · Mental health · Physical activity · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...
Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Direct USDA loans and/or grants to purchase, construct, or improve essential community facilities for healthcare, public safety, education, and public services in rural areas.
...system · Food security and nutrition · Healthcare facilities · Hospitals · Housing and homelessness · Public health · Schools · Telehealth...
Reviewed: Dec 2025
Story map explaining the investments and reach of the USDA Rural Emergency Health Care Program, which expanded rural vaccination, healthcare services, and food assistance availability in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Provides data on overall investments and economic relief provided, and highlights healthcare facilities that benefited from USDA Rural Development grants and loans.
...Clinics · Community and economic development · Food security and nutrition · Funding · Hospitals · Statistics and data · Vaccination...
Deadline: Applications accepted on an ongoing basis
Loans from eligible private lenders, guaranteed by USDA, to help build essential community facilities in rural areas.
...Food security and nutrition · Healthcare facilities · Hospitals · Housing and homelessness · Human services · Infrastructure · Oral health...
Date: Jun 2022
Examines impacts of COVID-19 on Native American food systems. Analyzes 401 survey responses from Intertribal Agriculture Council (IAC) members, such as food producers, tribal leaders, and grocers. Discusses food systems issues such as limited storage capacity, shipment logistics, increased hunger and demand on social support programs, and cessation of food programs during COVID-19.
...Intertribal Agriculture Council COVID-19 · Food security and nutrition · Infectious diseases · Social connectedness · Tribal communities...
Date: Jan 2022
Examines 5 school districts in socially vulnerable communities and describes problems faced by students after disasters, including housing instability, food insecurity, and lack of access to mental health services, especially in rural communities. Includes a state- and territory-level map showing school districts that received federal recovery grants for 2017-2019 presidentially-declared disasters.
...response · Food security and nutrition · Funding · Housing and homelessness · Mental health · Schools · Statistics and data...
Date: Mar 2024
Examines the potential for elevated blood lead levels (BLL) due to consuming water from private wells in rural areas by utilizing Integrated Exposure Uptake Biokinetic (IEUBK) modeling. Analyzes the water lead levels (WLLs) in 151 homes located in Illinois and discusses water safety for rural children.
...03/2024 Children and youth · Environmental health · Food security and nutrition · Infrastructure · Statistics and data · Illinois...