Website Search Results for: Food Security
1105 webpages matched your search. Here are matches 931 - 940:
Date: Jun 2020
Compares the utilization of Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) services by Medicare recipients in rural and urban areas in 2016. Includes data on MNT providers, service units, beneficiaries, and average utilization rate in rural and urban counties.
...enrollment and application · Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Medicare · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data...
Date: 2018
Examines the association between rural-urban status, physical activity, consumption of fruits and vegetables, and obesity prevalence in older adults by analyzing data derived from respondents aged 65 and above from the 2012 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).
...Food security and nutrition · Health disparities · Obesity and weight control · Older adults · Physical activity · Rural...
Date: Nov 2019
Illustrates how a training and education program for rural residents living in 7 rural communities within the New Allen Alliance (NAA), a partnership of communities in eastern Allen County, Indiana, encourages healthy cooking, access to healthy foods, and improved health.
...State Offices of Rural Health Community and faith-based initiatives · Food security and nutrition · Indiana...
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: Sep 2017
Provides an overview of social determinants of health (SDOH) in rural communities and lists partners, resources, and national-level initiatives related to 4 significant SDOH in rural areas: housing, transportation, education, and food insecurity. Intended to serve as a starting point and guide for rural organizations that wish to address SDOH through multi-sector collaboration.
...Food security and nutrition · Housing and homelessness · Networking and collaboration · Social determinants of health · Transportation...
Date: 2018
Examines if African American and White children and adults from two rural North Carolina counties benefited equally from a community-based weight management intervention. Covers statistics by demographic characteristics, race and marital status, employment, occupation, income, and more.
...Food security and nutrition · Obesity and weight control · Physical activity · Statistics and data · Wellness, health...
Date: May 2025
Provides state- and county-level data on age of population, median household income, childhood and older adult poverty levels, and food program usage in Maryland. Discusses strategies to end hunger in the state.
...Children and youth · County-by-county data · Food security and nutrition · Income · Older adults · Poverty · Maryland...
Reviewed: Feb 2026
Describes the Shape Up North Fruit and Vegetable Prescription Program, an initiative of the Munson Medical Center in rural Traverse City, Michigan, in cooperation with local farmers markets.
...Michigan Health & Hospital Association Food security and nutrition · Wellness, health promotion, and disease prevention · Michigan...
Date: May 2024
Reports on food insecurity for Michigan families including federal assistance programs, COVID related impacts, charitable and social programs, and the experiences of Upper Peninsula residents, people with disabilities, and more. Includes recommendations for assistance programs. Discusses rural throughout, including rural and urban comparisons.
...Food security and nutrition · Income support and assistance · People with disabilities · Rural-urban differences · Statistics...
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...