Website Search Results for: Food Security
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Date: Jul 2013
Describes a consumer food environment in rural eastern North Carolina to guide planning and implementation of a Communities Putting Prevention to Work initiative to open a health corner store. Discusses lessons learned and provides nutrition environment comparison data for a rural food desert store versus urban nonfood desert store.
...engagement and volunteerism · Food security and nutrition · Research methods and resources · Rural-urban differences · North Carolina...
Date: Dec 2014
Examines a community-based, culturally relevant intervention to promote healthy eating and physical activity among African American women between the ages of 45-65 living in rural Alabama. Includes study participant demographic data at the starting baseline and a 24 month follow up. Covers healthy lifestyle data at the starting baseline, 12 month, and 24 month follow up for dietary and physical activity measures.
...Food security and nutrition · Physical activity · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...
Date: Oct 2013
Explores a study of a school-based intervention that mentors young children to reverse obesity health risks in rural Appalachia. Compares two curriculum delivery methods, one using teen mentors and the other adult teachers. Assesses the effects of the number of mentoring sessions attended on the intended outcomes.
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Schools · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...
Date: Jun 2014
Identifies factors in accessing healthy, affordable food in rural areas of the U.S. and outlines a rural food policy research agenda.
...Sitaker, et al. BMC Public Health, 14, 592 06/2014 Food security and nutrition · Policy · Research methods and resources...
Date: Jun 2014
Describes a point-of-purchase intervention conducted in 28 owner-operated restaurants in 26 rural counties in the Midwest. Features statistics with characteristics of adopters and non-adopters.
...06/2014 Food security and nutrition · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Iowa...
Date: Jun 2014
Study examining access to foods in rural and urban Texas. Uses the CDC's Modified Retail Food Environment (mRFEI) and compares border and non-border county food environments. Discusses availability of healthy foods in rural areas.
...Health, 11(6), 5640-5650 06/2014 Food security and nutrition · U.S.-Mexico Border Region · Texas...
Deadline: Jan 30, 2026
Grants for rural organizations working outside of healthcare but interested in supporting community health in the Midwest Region.
...Food security and nutrition · Occupational health and safety · Tobacco use · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...
Date: 2019
Describes current literature on rural challenges and opportunities, including cardiovascular risk due to obesity, lack of access to healthcare, workforce shortages, importance of paramedics and community health workers, telehealth and broadband, and impact of the substance use disorder epidemic. Intended to help stakeholders understand the causes of health disparities and to support action to improve the health of rural communities.
...Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Health workforce supply and demand · Illicit drug use · Obesity...
Date: Mar 2014
Analyzes 22 stories from rural, local newspapers prompted by a press release regarding their local restaurant participating in the Rural Restaurant Healthy Options Program, a health promotion program, to determine the overall response rate, quality of coverage, and promotion provided by local media. The program was implemented in 28 restaurants and all restaurants were owner-operated, family style, sit-down restaurants in counties designated as rural.
...Practice, 15(2), 217-222 03/2014 Food security and nutrition · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...
Date: May 2024
Series of videos highlighting challenges with access to quality healthcare for rural Americans. Discusses healthcare access in remote locations, food insecurity and farming practices, transportation, wellness initiatives, and chronic health conditions in 5 states. Transcript available in video description.
...Food security and nutrition · Frontier and remote areas · Obesity and weight control · Transportation · Wellness, health...