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The Collective for Health Equity and Well-Being

Cooperative Extension’s Collective for Health Equity and Well-Being is a community of Extension personnel and their partners united by their shared commitment to advancing health equity and well-being. Members work together to support the implementation of Cooperative Extension’s National Framework for Health Equity and Well-Being (2021) to ensure that all people can be as healthy as they can be.

Rural health and well-being: Findings from the Rural Families Speak about Health Project

The Forum for Family and Consumer Issues recently published a special issue focused on the health and well-being of rural low-income families.

www.theforumjournal.org

Research findings and implications from two multistate studies involving over 1,000 low-income families in rural communities across 17 states are reported. Study implications can help strengthen existing Extension efforts, as well as inform new efforts that aim to improve rural, low-income family health and well-being.

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Rural Families Speak is a nearly 25 year study of the health, finances and food security of rural, low income families.  It stands alone in the literature for a multi-disciplinary, longitudinal study that began in response to federal welfare reform.  It continues to provide insight into lives on the by-ways. The Forum's collection of articles is a must read for anyone doing Extension or other programming in rural, low-income areas.

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