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911. Maryland Food Charter: A Roadmap to a Healthy and Sustainable Food System - Resources
Date: Oct 2017

Details the values, goals, and recommendations of food system stakeholders throughout Maryland and encourages coordination and collaboration for a healthy, equitable, economically and environmentally sustainable food system. Includes recommendations for the five major food system sectors: production and processing, distribution, access, consumption, and recovery.

...recovery. 10/2017 The Institute for Public Health Innovation Access · Food security and nutrition · Policy · Maryland...

912. Strengthening the Safety Net: Improving Access to High Quality Health Care in Michigan - Funding
Deadline: Sep 1, 2026

Grants to support clinics providing free medical, dental, and/or mental healthcare for uninsured and underinsured residents of Michigan.

...Food security and nutrition · Grant writing · Health literacy · Healthcare needs and services · Healthcare quality · Medical...

913. Food Deserts in Nebraska: A Revised Methodology and Analysis - Resources
Date: Sep 2024

Analyzes the geography of healthy food access in Nebraska. Identifies census tracts designated as food deserts, discusses factors influencing rural food desert prevalence, and examines trends using county-level sociodemographic data and studies of grocery store and farmer's market locations.

...County-by-county data · Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Nebraska...

914. Digging In: Supporting a Healthy, Sustainable Food Future in Santee Sioux Nation - Resources
Date: Nov 2017

Presents a report on a food sovereignty program as a solution to limited food access of the Santee Sioux Nation in Nebraska. Discusses the barriers to healthy food access on the reservation and proposed solutions to increasing access.

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

915. Addressing Obesity in Nebraska's Youth: Water Consumption in Schools - Resources
Date: Jan 2020

Report details an effort to promote water consumption as a replacement for sugary beverages in order to combat obesity in Nebraska schools. Highlights ways the state has increased access to water fountains and water bottle filling stations. Compares rates of obesity to other states for children and adults.

...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Schools · Statistics and data · Wellness, health promotion...

916. Biting Into Food Access: A View of Nebraska's Food System - Resources
Date: Feb 2019

Provides an overview of food access and food systems in Nebraska. Discusses opportunities to collaborate with rural grocery stores. Provides a map of food deserts by rural and urban census tracts and a county-level map of community gardens in Nebraska.

...Center for Rural Affairs Food security and nutrition · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data · Nebraska...

917. Addressing Social Determinants of Health: Examples of Successful Evidence-Based Strategies and Current Federal Efforts - Resources
Date: Apr 2022

Provides an overview of efforts to address social determinants of health (SDOH) that impact individuals living in rural areas, as well as other populations. Discusses housing, food and nutrition, transportation, social and economic mobility, and social service connections in terms of community (upstream) and individual (downstream) SDOH impacts.

...Planning and Evaluation Food security and nutrition · Funding · Housing and homelessness · Social determinants of health · Transportation...

918. Improving Care and Accessibility for Rural Patients with Disabilities - The Rural Monitor - Rural Monitor
Date: Oct 2, 2024

Rural people with disabilities face barriers to healthcare, such as transportation, inaccessible buildings, and providers' lack of experience or confidence treating this patient population. Experts, including a public health department in Montana and a disability and health program in New Hampshire, discuss these barriers and ways to improve accessibility and communication with patients with disabilities. - The Rural Monitor

...food security and other social determinants of health. What brought you here today? What is really...

919. Development of a National Childhood Obesogenic Environment Index in the United States: Differences by Region and Rurality - Resources
Date: 2020

Details the formation of a childhood obesogenic environment index (COEI), which was used to identify rural, urban, and other geographic differences in environmental factors associated with obesity. Variables used to calculate COEI scores include availability of fast-food restaurants, farmers markets, grocery stores, and other related facilities; access to exercise opportunities; violent crime; walkability; and more. Includes county-level data on COEI scores across the U.S.

...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...

920. A Portrait of Louisiana 2020: Human Development in an Age of Uncertainty - Resources
Date: 2020

Assesses well-being and access to opportunities among Louisiana residents by examining health disparities, access to healthy food, social determinants of health, racial inequality, and other topics. Provides human development index (HDI) scores for Louisiana state by sex, race, ethnicity, and parish.

...Food security and nutrition · Health conditions · Mental health · Mortality · Population health · Social determinants of health...