Website Search Results for: Food Security
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Date: Oct 2019
Examines the secondary outcomes resulting from participation in Strong Hearts, Healthy Communities (SHHC), a cardiovascular disease risk reduction intervention designed for women in rural communities, to determine changes in diet and physical activity. SHHC was a six month, community-randomized trial conducted in 16 rural communities in Montana and New York.
...Food security and nutrition · Physical activity · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...
Date: Aug 2019
Reports the results of a randomized controlled trial examining the impacts of home food gardens on the health status of 176 adults from 96 families of the Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone tribes living on the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming. Compares the rates of obesity, high blood pressure, and diabetes among study participants with the state and national disease rates in 2017, and national disease rates of participants from tribal communities in 2015.
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Statistics and data · Tribal communities · Wellness, health...
Date: Sep 2019
Highlights the success and challenges of local public health units implementing the SIPsmartER program, a 6-month evidence- and community-based behavioral intervention shown to effectively decrease adult consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, in rural Appalachian Virginia.
...Food security and nutrition · Public health · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...
Date: Nov 2019
Describes a school and community garden intervention initially established by South Dakota State University (SDSU) Extension staff members with the support and collaboration of volunteers from schools and community organizations in rural areas and tribal organizations. Highlights how 13 community gardens in South Dakota became an integral part of a local community wellness coalition by improving local access to and consumption of fruits and vegetables. Includes a 5-minute video about the SDSU community garden program in rural areas and on reservations in South Dakota.
...Food security and nutrition · Schools · Tribal communities · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · South Dakota...
Date: Oct 2019
Results of a 2018 study to determine the accessibility and healthfulness of food and beverages available at 24 rural and 6 urban North Carolina rest areas. Features statistics on characteristics of the rest areas, including distance from limited-service restaurants or convenience stores.
...Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion, and disease...
Date: Jan 2020
Results of a study using surveys, interviews, and garden visits to households in rural, western Pennsylvania to explore behavior and motivations of rural food gardeners, and the challenges they face. Discusses the financial, spiritual, and ecological value of gardening, and opportunities for community support.
...initiatives · Food security and nutrition · Poverty · Self-sufficiency · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Pennsylvania...
Date: Nov 2019
Presents an overview of Veggies for Kids, a nutrition education program used with American Indian kindergarten students attending schools on reservations and kindergarten students attending schools next to a Nevada reservation. Examines the impact this program had on the students' knowledge of nutritional concepts and practicing healthy behaviors.
...Food security and nutrition · Health literacy · Physical activity · Schools · Statistics and data · Tribal communities · Wellness...
Date: Nov 2019
Report focuses on the shortcomings of the federal nutrition guidelines in meeting the nutritional needs of older adults. Bases recommendations on interviews with older adults in both rural and urban areas.
...services · Elderly population · Food security and nutrition · Public health · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention...
Date: Aug 2019
Describes interventions implemented on the Winnebago Tribe reservation in rural Nebraska and Iowa, focusing on community-selected and culturally adapted policies, systems, and environmental improvements to reduce obesity and type 2 diabetes. Strategies include infant and childhood obesity prevention education, promotion of healthy foods and beverages, and improvements to pedestrian safety and built environment.
...Food security and nutrition · Health screening · Infrastructure · Obesity and weight control · Public health · Tribal communities...
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...