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751. Dietary Factors and BMI Among Preschool-Aged Head Start Children and Home Caregivers in Remote Alaska Native Communities - Resources
Date: Apr 2025

Examines the relationship between body mass index (BMI) of caregivers and BMI of the preschool children in their home. Utilizes data from a culturally anchored intervention, "Got Neqpiaq?", focused on remote Alaska Native communities in the southwest portion of the state. Discusses the impact of the composition of traditional food, processed food, and produce in a caregiver's diet on a child's diet, as well as the role of holistic family health interventions and cultural foods.

...Food security and nutrition · Statistics and data · Tribal communities · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...

752. A Food Access Model in Michigan's Graying America - Resources
Date: Dec 2023

Presents a model for increasing food access for the aging populations in a rural county in Michigan. Discusses the barriers to food access in the county, highlights specific concerns for each population, and details approaches to overcome those barriers.

...Food security and nutrition · Older adults · Population health · Statistics and data · Tribal communities · Wellness, health...

753. 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...

754. 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...

755. Changes in Policy Supports for Healthy Food Retailers, Farmers Markets, and Breastfeeding Among US Municipalities, 2014–2021: National Survey of Community-Based Policy and Environmental Supports for Healthy Eating and Active Living (CBS-HEAL) - Resources
Date: Aug 2023

Examines policies that support healthy food access and breastfeeding, such as tax incentives for food vendors, streamlined processes for farmers markets, breaktime for workers who pump breast milk, and more. Tracks data changes between 2014 and 2021 to examine policies in US municipalities according to rural-urban status, Census region, educational attainment, poverty, and race/ethnicity.

...Food security and nutrition · Maternal health and prenatal care · Policy · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...

756. 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...

757. Multilevel Faith-Based Public Health Initiative in Rural Alabama, 2017 - Resources
Date: Aug 2019

Examines the impact of Live Well Faith Communities, a 9-week, faith-based health promotion initiative undertaken in 14 faith communities in rural Alabama. Describes faith community policy and environmental changes related to promoting healthy eating and physical activity. Also discusses participant lifestyle changes.

...Community and faith-based initiatives · Food security and nutrition · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Alabama...

758. Disparities Between Rural and Urban Communities: Response to 18 Months of Diet and Exercise Versus Control for Knee Osteoarthritis and Overweight or Obesity - Resources
Date: Nov 2024

Examines intervention outcomes related to pain, function, mobility, BMI, and health-related quality of life among rural and urban dwellers in North Carolina. Utilizes data from the Weight Loss and Exercise for Communities with Arthritis in North Carolina (WE-CAN) program, which provided diet and exercise (D+E) and attention control (C) interventions to 823 older adults.

...Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Rural-urban differences...

759. Cancer-Related Health Behaviors During the COVID 19 Pandemic in Geographically Diverse Samples Across the US - Resources
Date: Jan 2025

Examines cancer-related health behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic via a June 2020-March 2021 survey of 21,911 people conducted through eight cancer centers. Includes demographic data, including rural-urban comparisons, on changes in physical activity, fruit and vegetable intake, smoking and tobacco use, and alcohol consumption.

...Cancer · Food security and nutrition · Physical activity · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Tobacco use...

760. Community Coalitions for Change and the Policy, Systems, and Environment Model: A Community-Based Participatory Approach to Addressing Obesity in Rural Tennessee - Resources
Date: Sep 2019

Reports on a community-based participatory initiative, Community Coalitions for Change (C3), to address obesity in four rural Tennessee counties. Discusses program results related to health education, physical activity, and healthy food choices.

...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...