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861. Associations Between Diet Quality and Psychosocial and Environmental Factors in Rural Adults - Resources
Date: Feb 2026

Surveys 2,420 rural adults in New York and Texas to identify social and environmental factors impacting diet quality.

...Policy, 58(2), 117-125 02/2026 Access · Food security and nutrition · Statistics and data · New York · Texas...

862. Community Voices from North Carolina's Healthy Opportunities Pilots Program: Implications for Designing and Evaluating Programs to Address Upstream Drivers of Health - Resources
Date: Jul 2026

Describes experiences of participants in North Carolina's Healthy Opportunities Pilots program, including enrollees, care managers, and staff at community-based organizations. The program tested impacts of providing services to eligible Medicaid members to address upstream drivers of health in 3 predominantly rural regions of the state.

...faith-based initiatives · Food security and nutrition · Housing and homelessness · Medicaid · Social connectedness · North Carolina...

863. Evaluation of the 2021–2024 Implementation of the Fresh Start Enhanced Food Is Medicine Intervention Among Rural, Underinsured People With Type 2 Diabetes - Resources
Date: Jul 2026

Examines the impact of the Fresh Start produce prescription (FSPRx) intervention in rural North Carolina among a medically underinsured population with type 2 diabetes. Utilizes program, survey, and interview data from FSPRx participants to analyze feasibility and acceptability of the program, with pre- and post-intervention data breakdowns according to dietary patterns, food literacy, health outcomes, and more.

...Diabetes · Food security and nutrition · Health literacy · Statistics and data · Uninsured and underinsured · North Carolina...

864. Thinking "Bigger" About Smaller Places: Why Rural Health Planning is Critical to Successful Rural Collective Impact Approaches - Resources
Date: Mar 2017

Video of a speech by the president and CEO of the Rural Policy Research Institute. Presented as part of the Rural Health Lecture Series at the Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina and co-sponsored by the South Carolina Office of Rural Health. Explores how rural health is affected by social determinants of health, such as availability of safe housing, employment opportunities, and healthy food.

...Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Housing and homelessness · Planning and strategy methods and resources...

865. How Local Food Policy Councils Can Strengthen Summer Meal Programs - Resources
Date: Feb 2026

Profiles the Greenwood Counts Community Consortium's (GC3) Food and Hunger Alliance in South Carolina, a Local Food Policy Council (LFPC) focused on improving food systems and providing non-congregate meal options for rural families and children. Discusses the purpose and impact of LFPCs and their role in addressing food insecurity.

...Hungry Children and youth · Families · Food security and nutrition · Networking and collaboration · Policy · South Carolina...

866. Faith, Activity, and Nutrition - Models & Innovations
Reviewed: Sep 14, 2026

FAN community health advisors trained church committees on ways to improve opportunities, guidelines, messages, and pastor support for physical activity and healthy eating.

...Food security and nutrition · Physical activity · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention National/Multi-State, South Carolina...

867. Study Finds Link Between Food Insecurity and Chronic Illness in Rural Texas - News
Date: Sep 10, 2026

Highlights recent research in Texas finding a connection between food insecurity and chronic illness. Discusses how non-medical drivers of health can lead to poor health outcomes and common barriers to affordable and nutritious foods such as transportation. Describes how community-based organizations can use the findings to make decisions about resource allocation. Source: The Daily Yonder.

...faith-based initiatives · Food security and nutrition · Health conditions · Social determinants of health · Transportation · Texas...

868. Food Insecurity in Southwest Virginia - Resources
Date: May 2022

Policy brief exploring the intersectionality between food insecurity and socioeconomic status as well as COVID-19 impacts in Southwest Virginia (SWVA), a primarily-rural area with the highest food insecurity and lowest socioeconomic status in Virginia. Highlights the seriousness and complexity of food insecurity in SWVA and the need for future research. Features statistics comparing food insecurity rates and median household income in Grayson County and Loudoun County, and the relationship between labor force and unemployment rate between 2016-2022.

...Access · Employment and unemployment · Food security and nutrition · Infectious diseases · Poverty · Statistics and data · Virginia...

869. Economic Hardship and Health Within Sociodemographic and Occupational Groups — Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, United States, 2022–2023 - Resources
Date: May 2025

Reports on economic hardship measures and self-rated health among employed and recently unemployed adults. Hardship measures included lack of health insurance, cost of medical care, employment instability, food insecurity, housing insecurity, utility insecurity, lack of reliable transportation, and receipt of food benefits. Provides data by occupation, including for people employed in farming, fishing, and forestry.

...Food security and nutrition · Health insurance · Housing and homelessness · Poverty · Social determinants of health · Statistics...

870. CDC Health Disparities and Inequalities Report - United States, 2013 - Resources
Date: Nov 2013

Addresses the differences in mortality and disease risk factors related to behaviors, access to healthcare, and social determinants of health in both rural and urban settings.

...Food security and nutrition · HIV and AIDS · Health disparities · Health insurance · Mental health · Mortality · Obesity...