Publications on Rural Health in Missouri: Food Availability

Papers published since 2020 are included and the list is updated three times a year (April, August and December). The title of publications is italicized. The author(s) affiliated with the UM System is bolded.

Food Availability

Engaging rural community members with food policy councils to improve food access: facilitators and barriers, Franzen-Castle L, Remley D, McCormack L, Adamski R, Henne R, Eicher-Miller HA, Mehrle DJ, Stluka S. Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition. 2022;17(2):207-223. DOI:10.1080/19320248.2021.1997858

Tags: community members, food access, food pantry

“No money exchanged hands, no bartering took place. But it's still local produce”: Understanding local food systems in rural areas in the U.S. Heartland, Hendrickson MK, Massengale SH, Cantrell R. Journal of Rural Studies. 2020;78:480-490. DOI:10.1016/j.jrurstud.2020.07.005

Tags: local food systems, informal economy

Breakfast consumption is positively associated with usual nutrient intakes among food pantry clients living in rural communities, Liu Y, Tooze JA, Zhang Y, Leidy HJ, Bailey RL, Wright B, Ma M, Stluka S, Remley DT, McCormack LA, Franzen-Castle L, Henne R, Mehrle D, Eicher-Miller HA. Journal of Nutrition. 2020;150(3):546-553. DOI:10.1093/jn/nxz258 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9890906/

Tags: Healthy Eating Index, breakfast, eating pattern, emergency food assistance, food insecurity, food pantry, low income, nutrient inadequacy, usual intake

Fruit and vegetable healthy eating index component scores of distributed food bags were positively associated with client diet scores in a sample of rural, midwestern food pantries, Wright BN, Vasquez-Mejia CM, Guenther PM, McCormack L, Stluka S, Franzen-Castle L, Henne B, Mehrle D, Remley D, Eicher-Miller HA. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2021;121(1):74-83. DOI:10.1016/j.jand.2020.09.033 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Clara-Vasquez-Mejia- 2/publication/347280268_Fruit_and_Vegetable_Healthy_Eating_Index_Component_Scores_of_Distributed_Food_Bags_Were_Positively_Associated_with_Client_Diet_Scores_in_a_Sample_of_Rural_Midwestern_Food_Pantries/links/617aa5480be8ec17a93d054e/Fruit-and-Vegetable-Healthy-Eating-Index-Component-Scores-of-Distributed-Food-Bags-Were-Positively-Associated-with-Client-Diet-Scores-in-a-Sample-of-Rural-Midwestern-Food-Pantries.pdf

Tags: diet quality, emergency food assistance, food environment, food insecurity, healthy eating index

Testing and Expanding the Concept of Traditional and Contemporary Localism in Rural Local Food Systems with Ozark Wild Harvesters, Massengale SH, Hendrickson M. Rural Sociology. 2024;89(1):156-172. DOI:10.1111/ruso.12532 

Tags: quality of life, sustainability, rural health