Website Search Results for: Food Security
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Date: May 2024
Examines the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on a rural, Appalachian community in Kentucky. Utilizes focus group data from 39 participants to analyze ongoing issues such as social isolation, cost of living, and food access. Discusses how these issues affect mental health, access to needed medications, and ability to purchase nutritious food.
...COVID-19 · Food security and nutrition · Mental health · Pharmacy and prescription drugs · Poverty · Social connectedness · Kentucky...
Date: 2024
Reports on health and population in Kentucky. Includes coverage of state demographics, social determinants of health, healthcare workforce supply and distribution, Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs), access to care, facilities, public health programs, nutrition, youth, people with disabilities, substance use disorder, cancer, diabetes, and characteristics of Kentucky's rural, urban, Delta, and Appalachian regions.
...Food security and nutrition · Health workforce shortage designations · Health workforce supply and demand · Healthcare facilities...
Date: Sep 22, 2026
Announces newly awarded funding for telehealth and technology-enabled learning projects focused on testing innovative solutions, increasing access to nutrition services, and improving provider retention to strengthen the rural healthcare workforce. Source: Health Resources & Services Administration.
...Food security and nutrition · Funding · Recruitment and retention of health professionals · Technology for health and human...
Date: Jun 2020
Literature review of articles published between October 2010 - October 2019, identifying and comparing nutrition interventions implemented in 20 rural and 26 urban low-income retail food stores. Includes a discussion of behavioral economics (BE) strategies used to promote healthier food choices.
...Nutrition and Dietetics, 121(6), 1087-1114 06/2020 Access · Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences...
Date: Jun 2020
Highlights an examination of access to fruit and vegetables in small rural stores across the Navajo Nation in New Mexico. Details a survey of several small stores scattered throughout the Navajo Nation and discusses the food options in these rural stores.
...Nutrition, 23(9), 1638-1646 06/2020 Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Public health · Tribal communities · New Mexico...
Date: Apr 2020
Examines associations between availability of in-home piped water service and consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) in rural Alaska using data from 2013 and 2015. Assesses health outcomes such as obesity and self-reported poor health as related to SSBs. Includes statistics broken down by age, sex, household income, and education level.
...04/2020 Food security and nutrition · Infrastructure · Obesity and weight control · Population health · Tribal communities · Alaska...
Date: Mar 2020
Describes the implementation of the High Obesity Program, a program designed to expand access to healthy foods, increase opportunities for physical activity, and reduce obesity and related diseases in high-risk and predominantly rural communities. Efforts were supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Cooperative Extension Service (CES).
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Statistics and data · Wellness, health...
Date: Jul 16, 2026
Announces the annual adjustments to the federal and state funding levels and reimbursement rates for the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs and the reimbursement rates for institutions participating in the Special Milk Program for Children. Updated rates are effective from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027. Source: Federal Register.
...July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027. Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Schools...
Date: Mar 2020
Describes the activities of Programs to Reduce Obesity in High Obesity Areas, also known as High Obesity Program (HOP), developed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in partnership with land grant universities and local Cooperative Extension Offices. HOP was designed to implement evidence-based strategies to improve physical activity and nutrition in mostly rural communities with high rates of obesity to reduce obesity and prevent or control diabetes, heart disease, and stroke.
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Policy · Statistics and data · Wellness...
Date: Jul 27, 2026
Announces the annual adjustments to the federal and state funding levels and reimbursement rates for the Child and Adult Care Food Program. Updated rates are effective from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027. Source: Federal Register.
...aging-related services · Children and youth · Food security and nutrition · Older adults · People with disabilities...