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631. Culture Care Connection: Rural Minnesotans
Reviewed: Dec 2023

Provides information and data to help healthcare providers recognize and understand the importance of culture when providing healthcare to populations living in rural Minnesota. Discusses population characteristics, health disparities, social determinants of health, social diversity, diet, medical care, mental health, and leading causes of death in rural areas of the state.

...Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Poverty · Rural-urban differences · Social determinants of health · Statistics...

632. Understanding the County Role in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
Date: Mar 2019

Describes the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in terms of its role in the country's social safety-net and the ways counties help fund SNAP services to support low-income residents. Examines disparities in food insecurity between urban and rural areas, and features a county-level map showing food insecurity rates as of 2016. Also describes how SNAP supports local businesses and economies, and helps maintain food access in rural counties.

...food access in rural counties. Date 03/2019 Type Document Organization National Association of Counties Tagged as Access · Benefit enrollment and application · Community and economic development · Food security...

633. Food Access and Food Delivery Service: An Exploratory Study for the Role of Public Transportation During the COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020-2021
Date: May 2022

Explores public transportation services that offered food delivery services before, during, and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Reports on surveys completed by 392 transit agencies in December 2020 and 63 transit agencies in June 2021 about their role related to increasing food access in their communities. Includes discussions about food insecurity in rural and tribal areas and mitigating transportation strategies.

...Plains Transportation Institute Tagged as COVID-19 · Food security and nutrition · Statistics and data · Transportation...

634. Veteran Mobility and COVID-19
Date: May 2022

Examines veterans living in rural areas and how their mobility options, cost of transportation, use of telehealth, access to healthy food, and social isolation have been impacted by COVID-19. Discusses issues and policies related to improving healthcare transportation and access to Veterans Administration (VA) services for rural veterans. Includes data on veteran demographics and survey responses to health- and transportation-related questions.

...COVID-19 · Food security and nutrition · Infectious diseases · Social connectedness · Statistics and data · Telehealth · Transportation · Veterans...

635. Utilizing Public Transportation to End Food Insecurity in Rural and Small Urban Areas by Providing Better Access: A Case Study of Rural Counties in North Dakota
Date: Mar 2024

Analyzes the impact of public transportation in addressing food insecurity in rural and urban areas of North Dakota. Provides county and ZIP-code level sociodemographic data on population changes, food insecurity, poverty, and more. Includes discussion about causes of food insecurity in rural areas.

...food insecurity in rural areas. Author(s) Dilip Mistry, Jill Hough Date 03/2024 Type Document Organization Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute Tagged as County-by-county data · Food security...

636. Feeding the Residents of Hardeman County Tennessee
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.

...foods and reduce obesity in the Tennessee county. Date 02/2023 Type Document Organization American Hospital Association Tagged as Access · Critical Access Hospitals · Food security...

637. Expansion of Grocery Delivery and Access for Washington SNAP Participants During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Date: Jun 2022

Examines 2021 grocery delivery access and 2017 food insecurity rates by county in Washington using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) data and grocery delivery data from Amazon and Walmart. Identifies food insecure areas, including rural regions of the state, and describes actions to address food insecurity.

...food insecurity. Author(s) Shawna Beese, Ofer Amram, Acacia Corylus, et al. Citation Preventing Chronic Disease, 19 Date 06/2022 Type Document Tagged as Access · County-by-county data · Food security...

638. Using Networks To Build Collaborative And Equitable Food Systems
Date: May 2023

Examines food production and agriculture practices that promote equality, sustainability, and rural-urban collaboration. Discusses statewide, regional, and national food system initiatives that showcase farmer-consumer connections, balanced development outcomes, rural stewardship, and rural stakeholder equity.

...food system initiatives that showcase farmer-consumer connections, balanced development outcomes, rural stewardship, and rural stakeholder equity. Author(s) Rich Pirog, Marcus A. Coleman Date 05/2023 Type Document Organization Aspen Institute Tagged as Food security...

639. Tanner Health System: Promoting Healthy Behaviors
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...

640. Strengthening the Connection Between the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and Farmer's Markets
Date: Dec 2016

Study showing the geographic distribution of farmer's markets with Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive (FINI) programs in Washington, in relation to areas with high Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program populations. Includes breakdowns by rural and urban locations.

...Tagged as Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Washington...