In an effort to help rural communities better address the current obesity epidemic, the Rural Assistance Center as launched a Rural Obesity Prevention Toolkit. This toolkit contains resources that help communities develop obesity prevention programs, building on best practices of successful obesity prevention programs.
Rural
areas in the United States not only have a higher rate of obesity than urban
areas, but they also face a different set of challenges when it comes to
implementing a successful obesity prevention program. The Rural Obesity
Prevention toolkit has the tools to help adapt obesity prevention programs to
make them work for your rural community.
Content
for the Rural Obesity Prevention toolkit was developed by the NORC Walsh Center
for Rural Health Analysis as part of the Community Health Gateway. The Gateway
is designed to help rural communities learn about proven methods of providing
rural residents with better access to health and human services. Development of
these resources is part of an ongoing effort by NORC and RAC to provide
innovative health and human services information to rural America.
Funding
for this project is provided by the federal Office of Rural Health Policy
(ORHP), part of the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). To
learn more about the Community Health Gateway and its current toolkits, visit www.raconline.org/communityhealth/.
