NC_old1171: Individual, family, and community factors associated with resilience in diverse, rural, low-income families

(Multistate Research Project)

Status: Inactive/Terminating

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Date of Annual Report: 09/19/2019

Report Information

Annual Meeting Dates: 10/21/2019 - 10/23/2019
Period the Report Covers: 10/01/2017 - 09/30/2018

Participants

Berry, Ann (aberry9@utk.edu) - University of Tennessee; Bird, Carolyn (carolyn_bird@ncsu.edu) - North Carolina State University; Burney, Janie (jburney@utk.edu) – University of Tennessee; Cancel-Tirado, Doris (canceltd@mail.wou.edu) – Western Oregon University; Chandler, Kelly (Kelly.Davis@oregonstate.edu) - Oregon State University; Contreras, Dawn – Michigan State University; Dyk, Patricia (pdyk@uky.edu) - University of Kentucky; Greder, Kimberly (kgreder@iastate.edu) - Iowa State University; Ontai, Lenna (lontai@ucdavis.edu) – University of California, Davis; Radunovich, Heidi (hliss@ufl.edu) - University of Florida; Wiles, Bradford (bwiles@ksu.edu) - Kansas State University; Wilmoth, Joe (joe.wilmoth@msstate.edu) - Mississippi State University; Smith, Suzanne (suzanne.smith@gsw.edu) – Washington State University, Vancouver; Sano, Yoshie (yoshie_sano@wsu.edu) - Washington State University, Vancouver; Peek, Gina (gina.peek@okstate.edu) - Oklahoma State University; Mammen, Sheila (smammen@resecon.umass.edu) - University of Massachusetts; Wallace, Heather (heather.wallace@utk.edu) – University of Tennessee. Listserve: rfs@lists.ncsu.edu

Brief Summary of Minutes

National updates were provided by Christina Hamilton via Skype and Alishia Shipley who was in attendance.

State updates were provided related to project objectives.

Progress toward objectives was reviewed. A presentation on the data for the Stakeholder Interviews was made informing the membership of the availability of the data for analysis. Workgroups were identified for 3 specific research questions to analyze with the newly available data.

Project renewal was discussed and break-out sessions provided opportunities for groups to work on sections of the proposal. Objectives were identified and procedures were discussed. A writing team was dentified to move forward with the proposal to finalize it for submission

The Governance Document and Bylaws were reviewed. Updates were made to the document and voted on by the membership. It was noted that the document needs a more thorough review to bring it up to date with the current operations of the group and the Executive Board was charged with the review in the coming year.

Affiliates and new state PIs were nominated and voted on by the membership.

Executive Board nominations were made and the 2018-19 Board was voted in.

Accomplishments

Short-term Outcomes No outcomes to report at this time.   Outputs <ul> <li>Special issue of Family Science Review: To showcase the lessons learned from the past two decades of the multistate project, the team reviewed the published work across the three multistate projects (NC223, NC1011, NC1171) to produce a special issue of the journal Family Science Review. The issue features an overview of the projects and the participants, followed by five individual papers focused on the aspects of everyday experiences that have been identified from the 20 years of the multistate project to be critical to family health and well-being.</li> <li>Publications and presentations: In addition to the special issue, the team has published three peer reviewed articles and five juried national presentations.</li> <li>Qualitative dataset on ACA access and usage: This dataset is comprised of interviews of low-income mothers from the participating states regarding their access and use of ACA health-care coverage in their community. The team will use the dataset over the next year to understand barriers to access and usage, as well as general variability in individual understanding of the ACA options available to them.</li> <li>Undergraduate lesson plans: A multistate team created animated videos and accompanying lesson plans for use in undergraduate family science courses. The lessons are designed to depict the primary barriers to health that have been identified via the multistate efforts across the three projects: nutrition and family health behaviors, family relationships and supports, and work-family balance.</li> <li>Healthcare Coverage and Access Profiles: A template was created by Kentucky and shared to create a profile of healthcare access from the state data. The template can be used by all states to share the data with policy makers and community stakeholders.</li> </ul>   Activities <ul> <li>Undergraduate lesson plans were created to utilize the animated vignettes in lessons related to health in rural families. First, interviews with mothers from the NC1171 qualitative data were reviewed for relevant content related to the relevant content identified for the lessons. Each team used the participants’ words to create scripts which aim to depict the reality of the lived experience related to the focal construct for low-income mothers in rural communities. The scripts were then set to animation using a software package. Lesson plans for each video were created tying the focal construct to an underlying theory, and activities that can be used for students to interact with the subject matter in an active manner.</li> <li>The undergraduate lesson plans were pilot tested in one course and used a centralized evaluation assessment. Feedback from the evaluations will be used to adjust the videos and lesson plans for further pilot testing and evaluation over the next year.</li> <li>Qualitative data for the ACA access and usage project were coded for primary and secondary themes.</li> <li>A special issue submission was organized and drafts written focused on the lessons learned relevant to cooperative extension and outreach from across the three multistate projects (NC223, NC1011, NC1171). It is expected that this publication will be completed and available in the coming year.</li> <li>Analyses of data by multistate teams to understand multigenerational households, nutrition and physical activity behaviors, community resources, and health care in relation to health in rural low-income populations. Currently there are seven manuscripts undergoing peer review at family science journals.</li> <li>Two graduate students were trained in analysis of the quantitative and qualitative data from NC1171.</li> <li>One undergraduate was trained to analyze NC1171 data and create a poster for University hosted scholar events.</li> </ul>   Milestones In Year 4 (2017-18) of this 5-year project, efforts were focused on analyzing the quantitative data and completing the processing of the qualitative data in order to fully process the information that can be gained for dissemination to further understanding of barriers that contribute to health disparities in low-income, rural populations. To date, the quantitative data has been analyzed for all major aims of the project. The full qualitative data set is ready and available for analysis in the coming year.

Publications

Impact Statements

This project adds to existing knowledge of the everyday lived experiences of families living in poverty in order to facilitate effective supports for the unique needs of rural families.

Date of Annual Report: 12/18/2020

Report Information

Annual Meeting Dates: 10/19/2020 - 10/21/2020
Period the Report Covers: 10/01/2019 - 09/30/2020

Participants

Baker-Tingey, Jill (tingeyj@unce.unr.edu) – University of Nevada; Barnett, Melissa; (barnettm@email.arizona.edu) – University of Arizona; Berry, Ann (aberry9@utk.edu) - University of Tennessee; Bird, Carolyn (carolyn_bird@ncsu.edu) - North Carolina State University; Burney, Janie* (jburney@utk.edu) – University of Tennessee; Cancel-Tirado, Doris (canceltd@mail.wou.edu) – Western Oregon University; Chandler, Kelly (Kelly.Davis@oregonstate.edu) - Oregon State University; Contreras, Dawn (contrer7@msu.edu) – Michigan State University; Curran, Melissa* macurran@email.arizona.edu – University of Arizona; Dyk, Patricia (pdyk@uky.edu) - University of Kentucky; Feeney, Sarah (sarah.feeney@cwu.edu) – Central Washington University); Greder, Kimberly (kgreder@iastate.edu) - Iowa State University; Harris, Rosalind (rharris@uky.edu) – University of Kentucky; Height, Tatiana tcheight@ncsu.edu) - North Carolina State University; Kiss, Elizabeth (dekiss@ksu.edu) – Kansas State University; O’Neal, LaToya (latoya.oneal@ufl.edu – University of Florida; Ontai, Lenna (lontai@ucdavis.edu) – University of California, Davis; Oliver, Brittney** (bdo@msstate.edu); Radunovich, Heidi (hliss@ufl.edu) - University of Florida ; Pylate, Leah** (lbp77@msstate.edu); Routh, Brianna (brianna.routh@montana.edu) – Montana State University; Sneed, Christopher (csneed@utk.edu) – University of Tennessee; Smith, Suzanne (suzanne.smith@gsw.edu) – Georgia Southwestern University; Sano, Yoshie (yoshie_sano@wsu.edu) - Washington State University, Vancouver; Peek, Gina (gina.peek@okstate.edu) - Oklahoma State University; Wallace, Heather (heather.wallace@utk.edu) – University of Tennessee; Wang, Holly** (wanhong@purdue.edu) – Purdue University; Wiles, Bradford (bwiles@ksu.edu) - Kansas State University; Wilmoth, Joe (joe.wilmoth@msstate.edu)* - Mississippi State University; Yancura, Loriena (loriena@hawaii.edu); Zeiders, Katharine (zeidersk@email.arizona.edu)** – University of Arizona.
* Did not attend meeting ** Inactive

Brief Summary of Minutes

National updates were provided by Scott Loveridge, Administrative Advisor and Brent Elrod, NIFA Representative.

States provided updates related to progress addressing objectives during year one of the project renewal as well as professional challenges they were facing during the Covid-19 pandemic.

History and collaborative philosophy of this and previous projects were discussed with new members to the project.

During the virtual three-day annual meeting via Zoom breakout rooms facilitated brainstorming. Google Docs allowed us to submit ideas in a way to fully engaged all 30+ participants in a very productive manner.

The research team generated priorities and next steps to be implemented during 2020-2021 for each of the key workgroups.
- Objective 1: Create Community Profiles via secondary data compiled by the Community Context Data workgroup and qualitative data to be collected through remote interview protocol developed by Community Key Informants workgroup.
- Objective 2: Examine Existing Data (from previous projects) will be implemented through writing teams consisting of researchers from two or more NC1171states examining factors impacting family resilience.

Executive Board nominations were made, and the 2020-21 Board was voted in.

Accomplishments

Accomplishments: Despite their vulnerability, many individuals and families living in rural areas demonstrate the capacity for resilience in the face of these adverse conditions and events. Resilient individuals, families, and communities are able to survive, and potentially thrive, through adversity. This project is poised to capture the challenges faced by families in rural communities impacted by natural disasters and unprecedented pandemic disruption. It is critical to determine both the unique community needs and resources within rural areas, as well as the best mechanisms for supporting resilient rural families. The Covid pandemic necessitated that all project meetings move to a virtual platform.  Since NC1171 states span from Hawai'i to Florida (5 time zones), we are used to virtual committee meetings.  However, this was our first virtual three-day annual meeting. Zoom breakout rooms were great for brainstorming and the use of Google Docs allowed us submit ideas in a way that gave voice to our 30+ participants in a very efficient manner. Team members having to negotiate other responsibilities (e.g., teaching university classes, attending to work emergencies, providing oversight to their own children's lessons) could easily rejoin zoom, review the Google Doc and jump back into the conversation. In the next year, we plan to continue making progress on meeting the objectives as we can virtually interview community key informants and the subcommittee developing the protocol for family interview (planned for year three) can continue to meet via zoom. Short-term Outcomes: None to report at this time. Outputs: <ul> <li>Special Issue of The Forum for Family and Consumer Issues: (Berry, Greder) To showcase the lessons learned from the past two decades of the multistate project, the team reviewed the published work across the three multistate projects (NC223, NC1011, NC1171) for a special issue of the online journal, The Forum for Family and Consumer Issues. The aim of this issue was to provide a full analysis of the extent to which research findings and results in each of the content areas in the Family Science Review (FSR) (Economic Security, Food Security, Health, Family Well-Being, and Latino/a Families) have been or could be applied by professionals when working with families who face risks in each domain / population. Manuscripts for this issue have been accepted and are in press.</li> <li>Publications and presentations: In addition to the special issue, collaborative teams have published three five reviewed articles and nine juried national presentations.</li> <li>NIFA Impact Statement: Worked with a NIFA Impact Writer to develop a pdf to use in sharing how NC1171 findings help the public understand rural family challenges through a multi-state approach.</li> <li>Researcher Spotlight in the NIFA Multistate Research Fund Impact publication. Lori Yancura (NC1171 Chair 2018-2020) shared her insights on the importance of rural families, her influences and journey as a researcher, the challenges of working with diverse rural populations, and the impacts of the project. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVh3CTgeC90&feature=youtu.be">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVh3CTgeC90&feature=youtu.be</a></li> <li>Proposals for Leverage Funding Submitted to NIH: (Yancura, Barnett, Sano) and The Interdisciplinary Network on Rural Population Health and Aging (Yancura, Barnett). Please note details below.</li> </ul> Activities: <ul> <li>Monthly Executive Board Meetings via Zoom</li> <li>Regularly scheduled subgroup meetings for article/presentation/grant authorship</li> <li>Graduate students trained in literature review and presentation skills as well as analysis of qualitative/quantitative data.</li> </ul> Milestones: Despite Covid-19 restrictions during the 2019-2020 project year, the research team made solid progress fulfilling year one objectives. Thankfully this project year was designed to collect secondary data from community datasets (Objective 1) and mine the previously collected project data (Objective 2). Plans are underway to collect qualitative data virtually from community key informants during 2021.

Publications

Publications: Bird, C.L., Chandler, K. D., Berry, A.A., & Barrett-Rivera, B. (In press).  SNAP policies and the realities of rural working families: Implications for practitioners.  The Forum for Family and Consumer Issues. Greder, K. and Berry, A. (Guest Editors). (In Press). Special Issue on Rural Families. The Forum on Family and Consumer Issues. Greder, K., Cancel-Tirado, D. I., Routh, B., & Bao, J. (In Press). Engaging with Rural Latinx Families. The Forum on Family and Consumer Issues. Greder, K., Zaman, A., Routh, B. Hammons, A., & Villegas, E. (2020) Rural Midwestern Mexican fathers’ perspectives on family food, mealtimes, and physical activity. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. DOI: 10.1080/03670244.2020.1858408. Mammen, S., Sano, Y., Braun, B., & Maring, E.F. (2019). Shaping Core Health Messages: Rural, Low-Income Mothers Speak Through Participatory Action Research. Health Communication. 32(10), 1141-1149. Routh, B., Burney, J., Greder, K., Katras, M. J., and Johnson, K. (In Press) Rural Health Disparities: Connecting Research and Practice. The Forum for Family Consumer Issues. Sano, Y., Greder, K., & Mammen, S. (In Press). Development of food security messages with rural, low-income mothers. The Forum on Family and Consumer Issues.  Sano, Y., Mammen, S., & Houghten, M. (Accepted). Well-being and stability among low-income families: A 10-year review of research. Journal of Family and Economic Issues. Sano, Y., Bolkan, C. R., & Mammen, S. (2020). Maternal Depression and Family Health Context: Tracking Depression Trajectories of Rural, Low-Income Mothers. Journal of Family Social Work, 23(3), 293-312. Yancura, L., Barnett, M., Sano, Y., & Mammen, S. (2020). Context Matters: Critical Grandparent Contributions to Low-Income Rural Families. Child & Family Social Work, 25(2), 267-276.  <a href="https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12682">https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12682</a> Papers Submitted Bao, J. and Greder, K. Role of Individual and Family Processes in Relationships between Stressors and Behavior Problems among Low-income Latinx Children in Rural Midwestern Communities. Journal of Latinx Psychology. Peek, G., Greder, K., and Berry A. Relationship between home environment and healthy living. Housing and Society. Sano, Y., & Mammen, S. (Under review). Mitigating the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on rural low-income families. Submitted to Rural Sociology. Juried national presentations Bao, J., Zhang, D., and Greder, K. (2020, November – Virtual) Characteristics of Body Mass Index (BMI): Trajectories among Low-income Latina Immigrant Mothers in Rural Midwestern Communities. Poster presented at the National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference. Cox, R., Hua, L., Sahbaz, S., Washburn, I., and Greder, K. (2020, November - Virtual). Testing the Psychometric Properties of Four Measures on a Sample of Latino Immigrant Youth. Paper symposium to be presented at the National Council on Family Relations  Annual Conference Dyk, P., Radunovich, H., Sano, Y., Berry, A. & Counts, K. (2020, February). Challenges Accessing Healthcare: Insights from Rural Low-Income Mothers. Presented at the annual meeting of Southern Rural Sociological Association, Louisville, KY. Fenton, M.P., Radunovich, H.L., Ontai, L., & Yancura, L. (2019, October). Transition to adulthood for rural, low-income mothers. Poster presentation for the Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood Conference, Toronto, Canada Houghten, M., Sano, Y., Ward, C., & Dyk, P. (2020, August). “I just wasn’t getting the help that I needed”: Health management and coordination among rural low-income families within the context of healthcare reform. Rural Sociological Society, Westminster, Colorado. [Conference canceled due to Coronavirus global pandemic Smith, S. & Yancura, L. (2019, June). Bringing Rural Families’ Experiences into the Classroom.  Presented at the annual Teaching Family Science Conference, Kauai, Hawai`i.  Sano, Y., Greder, K., & Mammen, S. (2020, August. Accepted but not presented)*. Development and Evaluation of Food Security Messages with Rural, Low-Income Mothers. Paper presentation at the annual meeting of American Evaluation Association [*Changed to online only conference due to Coronavirus global pandemic. Due to reduced size of presentation]. Sano, Y., Greder, K., Mammen, S., and Bao, J. (2020, November – Virtual). Health Understanding and Health Outcomes among Rural, Low-Income Mothers. Poster to be presented at the National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference. Wiles, B.B., Ferraro, A.J., Piper, J.L., Radunovich, H.L., Dyk, P. H., & Sano, Y. (2019, November). The experiences, orientation, and beliefs of rural, low-income mothers’ health insurance and health care access and use. Presentation to the National Council for Family Relations Annual Conference, Ft. Worth, TX. Grants Submitted Title: Race, Resources, and Resilience: Intersections Among Social Resources, Family Resilience, and Health Outcomes in Low Income Minority Families Agency: National Institutes of Health, Minority Health Disparities (NIMH) Amount: $2,393,139. (unfunded) Authors: Yancura, L., Barnett, M., Sano, Y.   Title:  Grandparent Support in Low Income Rural Families Agency: The Interdisciplinary Network on Rural Population Health and Aging Amount: $9,964 (unfunded) Authors:  Yancura, L. Barnett, M.

Impact Statements

This project adds to the understanding of the experience and expression of resilience of families living in rural poverty. The proposed collecting of unique quantitative and qualitative datasets will capture family characteristics as well as the resources available to them through their communities. The knowledge generated from this project has direct implications for informing family-focused and community level programs intended to foster resilience.

Date of Annual Report: 12/17/2021

Report Information

Annual Meeting Dates: 10/18/2021 - 10/20/2021
Period the Report Covers: 10/01/2020 - 09/30/2021

Participants

Baker-Tingey, Jill* (tingeyj@unce.unr.edu) – University of Nevada; Barnett, Melissa; (barnettm@email.arizona.edu) – University of Arizona; Berry, Ann (aberry9@utk.edu) - University of Tennessee; Bird, Carolyn* (carolyn_bird@ncsu.edu) - North Carolina State University; Burney, Janie* (jburney@utk.edu) – University of Tennessee; Cancel-Tirado, Doris (canceltd@mail.wou.edu) – Western Oregon University; Chandler, Kelly (Kelly.Davis@oregonstate.edu) - Oregon State University; Contreras, Dawn (contrer7@msu.edu) – Michigan State University; Curran, Melissa* macurran@email.arizona.edu – University of Arizona; Dyk, Patricia (pdyk@uky.edu) - University of Kentucky; Feeney, Sarah (sarah.feeney@cwu.edu) – Central Washington University); Greder, Kimberly (kgreder@iastate.edu) - Iowa State University; Harris, Rosalind* (rharris@uky.edu) – University of Kentucky; Height, Tatiana* tcheight@ncsu.edu) - North Carolina State University; Kiss, Elizabeth (dekiss@ksu.edu) – Kansas State University; O’Neal, LaToya* (latoya.oneal@ufl.edu – University of Florida; Ontai, Lenna* (lontai@ucdavis.edu) – University of California, Davis; Oliver, Brittney** (bdo@msstate.edu); Radunovich, Heidi (hliss@ufl.edu) - University of Florida ; Pylate, Leah (lbp77@msstate.edu); Routh, Brianna (brianna.routh@montana.edu) – Montana State University; Sneed, Christopher (csneed@utk.edu) – University of Tennessee; Smith, Suzanne* (suzanne.smith@gsw.edu) – Georgia Southwestern University; Sano, Yoshie (yoshie_sano@wsu.edu) - Washington State University, Vancouver; Peek, Gina (gina.peek@okstate.edu) - Oklahoma State University; Wallace, Heather (heather.wallace@utk.edu) – University of Tennessee; Wang, Holly** (wanhong@purdue.edu) – Purdue University; Wiles, Bradford (bwiles@ksu.edu) - Kansas State University; Yancura, Loriena (loriena@hawaii.edu); Zeiders, Katharine (zeidersk@email.arizona.edu)** – University of Arizona. Listserve: rfs@lists.ncsu.edu
* Did not attend meeting ** Inactive

Brief Summary of Minutes

Brief summary of minutes of annual meeting:

· National updates were provided by Scott Loveridge, Administrative Advisor

· States provided updates related to progress addressing objectives during year two of the project renewal as well as ongoing professional challenges they were facing during the Covid-19 pandemic.

· During the virtual three-day annual meeting via Zoom breakout rooms facilitated brainstorming. Google Docs allowed us to submit ideas in a way to fully engaged all participants in a very productive manner.

· Communication Strategy was discussed including continuation of utilizing Box as our repository of administrative documents. Our website will list publications and upcoming outreach opportunities.

· The research team discussed progress on objectives. Outcomes and projected impacts were reviewed with notable achievements mentioned below.

Objective 1: Create Community Profiles via secondary data compiled by the Community Context Data workgroup and qualitative data to be collected through remote interview protocol developed by Community Key Informants workgroup.

Objective 2: Examine Existing Data (from previous projects) will be implemented through writing teams consisting of researchers from two or more NC1171states examining factors impacting family resilience.

● Impact 1 – Improved knowledge of community-level assets and challenges: We have developed community profiles. In combination with the qualitative data, we are in good shape to move this impact forward in 2021-22.

● Impact 2 – New and strengthened partnerships: The webinar brought to us new partnerships and audiences.

● Impact 3 – Improved understanding of factors and processes of resilience at the family level.

● Impact 6: Informed Extension and mobilizing community capacity; our webinars and the corresponding handouts speak to this one; the synergy that has been engaged from the project as a whole has informed research projects that help communities.

· Executive Board nominations were made, and the 2021-22 Board was voted in.

Accomplishments

Accomplishments: Despite their vulnerability, many individuals and families living in rural areas demonstrate the capacity for resilience in the face of these adverse conditions and events. Resilient individuals, families, and communities are able to survive, and potentially thrive, through adversity. This project is poised to capture the challenges faced by families in rural communities impacted by natural disasters and unprecedented pandemic disruption. It is critical to determine both the unique community needs and resources within rural areas, as well as the best mechanisms for supporting resilient rural families.   The Covid pandemic necessitated that all project meetings remain on a virtual platform.  Since NC1171 states span from Hawai'i to Florida (5 time zones), we are used to virtual committee meetings. Thus, for a second year, we conducted our three-day annual meeting via Zoom. Breakout rooms were great for brainstorming and the use of Google Docs allowed us submit ideas in a way that gave voice to our 25+ participants in a very efficient manner. Team members having to negotiate other responsibilities (e.g., teaching university classes, attending to work emergencies, providing oversight to their own children's lessons) could easily rejoin zoom, review the Google Doc and jump back into the conversation. In the next year, we plan to begin data analyses of CKI data and are strategizing grant-writing and research focusing on family stress and coping as well as resilient caregiving. Monthly Executive Board meetings and bi-monthly full team membership meetings will continue to meet virtually to facilitate progress on meeting project objectives.   Short-term Outcomes: Some nascent themes emerging from our Community Key Informant (CKI) interviews indicate that technology is extremely beneficial to family serving organizations and that they have relied on social media and text messages to stay connected and serve low-income rural families. Communities have found innovative ways to make broadband work; however, some areas still have significant barriers regarding internet access/cell towers for community members living in rural areas outside of town. Connecting people to food resources is prominent with schools serving as a key source of food security for families. During the pandemic, pre-existing partnerships with family serving organizations have been strengthened out of necessity to cope with increased demand and new partnerships have developed within communities to leverage limited resources.One community already had an existing emergency fund because they had experienced adversity in the past.   Outputs: <ul> <li>Publications and presentations: The Rural Families Speak about Resilience team of scholars with both research and Extension appointments have been productive this year addressing the challenges faced by low-income rural families. Collaborative teams have published ten articles with two additional articles in press, ten more in review and four manuscripts nearing completion for submission. Despite the challenges of Covid, six juried presentations were presented at virtual</li> <li>Webinars – Launched a quarterly national webinar series entitled Relying on Rural Resilience: Translating 20+ years of research into practice. The first two topics addressed the topics How can health messaging work within rural communities? (Sano, Y.) and Parenting and working in rural communities in uncertain times (Chandler, K.)</li> <li>Grant writing Team members successfully received funding for eight grants to support work focusing on low-income rural families and communities. Seven additional grants are in preparation.</li> </ul>   Activities: <ul> <li>Monthly Executive Board Meetings via Zoom</li> <li>Bi-monthly full membership meetings to provide team members to share updates and discuss Community Key Informant data collection.</li> <li>Team of interviewers at Kansas State University interviewed Community Key Informants from family and food security serving organizations, schools, health care and Extension in target communities across participating states.</li> <li>An active Webinar Planning Committee developed the strategy for translating 20+ years of research findings from the project into training/discussion opportunities for family professionals across the country. Two successful webinars were held in 2020-21 with additional quarterly offerings in development.</li> <li>Developed new website that will go live in early 2022.</li> <li>Regularly scheduled subgroup meetings for article/presentation/grant authorship</li> <li>Graduate students trained in literature review and presentation skills as well as analysis of qualitative/quantitative data.</li> <li>Team members have been actively engaged in research-based outreach activities preparing family professionals to support resilience in low-income rural families in their community contexts,</li> </ul>   Milestones: Despite Covid-19 restrictions during the 2020-21 project year, the research team made solid progress fulfilling year two objectives. Research and outreach activities mined secondary data from community datasets (Objective 1) and previously collected project data (Objective 2). A strategy and protocol were developed to collect Community Key Informant data virtually from community key informants (Phase 2 of Objective 2). This data collection phase will be completed by the end of 2021.

Publications

Journal Publications Becker, T. B, Contreras, D. & Porth, O. (2021). Differences in Eating and Physical Activity Behaviors, and Perceived Accessibility and Availability Barriers between Midwestern Rural and Urban Adults, Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2021.1930318 Bird, C. L., Chandler, K. D., Berry, A. A., & Barrett-Rivera, B. C. (2021). Changing SNAP and work requirements: How the Farm Bill misses the mark for rural realities. Forum for Family and Consumer Issues, 23, 1-19. Greder, K., Cancel-Tirado, D. I., Routh, B., & Bao, J. (2021). Engaging with rural Latino families. Special Issue on Rural Low-Income Families (Berry, A. and Greder, K., Eds.), Forum on Family and Consumer Issues, 23(1). Online journal. First made available March 2021. Greder, K., Zaman, A.*, Routh, B. Hammons, A., & Villegas, E. (2020). Rural Midwestern Mexican fathers’ perspectives on family food, mealtimes, and physical activity. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. DOI: 10.1080/03670244.2020.1858408. First published online December 18, 2020. Hurt, T.R., Greder, K., Douglas, J., Bell, B., Cheeks, K., Gonzalez, R., Shirley, M.C., and Woods, B. (2021). Enhancing African American Youth Academic Success. Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship. Peek, G., Greder, K., & Berry, A. (June, 2021). Relationship between home environment and healthy living. Housing and Society, 1-14. DOI: 10.1080/08882746.2021.1930464 Routh, B., Burney, J., Greder, K., Katras, M.J., & Johnson, K. (2021). Rural health disparities: Connecting research and practice. Special Issue on Rural Low-Income Families (Berry, A. and Greder, K., Eds.), Forum on Family and Consumer Issues, 23(1). Online journal. First made available March 2021. Sano, Y., Greder, K., & Mammen, S. (2021). Development of food security messages with rural, low-income mothers. Special Issue on Rural Low-Income Families (Berry, A. and Greder, K., Eds.), Forum on Family and Consumer Issues, 23(1). Online journal. First made available March 2021. Sneed, C. T., Berry, A. A., Barnes, S. N., Calhoun, D. D., Hagan, T. V., Hethmon, M. H., Jones, K. D., & Metzger, B. A. (2021). Money Minute: Using short informational videos during COVID-19. Journal of Extension, 59(1). Yancura, L., Allgood-Berry, A., Wallace, H.S., & Piper, J. (2020). How Does Research Inform Work with Multigenerational and Skipped-Generation Households in Rural Areas? Forum for Family & Consumer Issues, 23, 1, 1-16. Journal Publications in Press Cox, R.B., Washburn, I.J., Greder, K., Sahbaz, S. and Lin, H. (In Press). Preventing Substance Use Among Latino Youth: Initial Results From a Multistate Family-based Program Focused on Youth Academic Success. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse. Sano, Y., & Mammen, S. (In Press). Mitigating the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on rural low-income families. Journal of Family and Economic Issues. Publications under Review Allison, C., Sneed C. T., McElrone M, Riggsbee K, Burney J. (Submitted Spring, 2021) Nutrition education in food pantries: Perceptions of pantry personnel towards implementation. Journal of Extension. Arellanes, J., Greder, K., and Lohman, B. (Under review).The Intersection of Work and Cultural Values of Latino Fathers in their Children’s Educational Attainment. Journal of Latinos and Education. Bao, J. and Greder, K. (Under review). Economic Pressure and Parent Acculturative Stress: Effects on Rural Midwestern Low-income Latinx Child Behaviors, Journal of Family and Economic Issues. Berry, A., Sneed, C. T., Childs, M., Ha, S., & Fairhurst, A. (Submitted Summer, 2021). A snapshot in time: Consumer behavior at the start of COVID-19. Journal of Human Sciences and Extension. Fenton, M.S., Radunovich, H.L., Ontai, L., & Sano, Y. (Under Review). Does a co-parent relationship serve as a protective factor against maternal depressive symptoms for rural, low-income children? Journal of Child and Family Studies. Greder. K., Zhang, D., Peng, C., & Oswald, R. F. (Under review). We Are a Team: The Power of Co-parent Communication and Teamwork on Rural Low-Income Mothers’ Mental Health. Submitted to Family Process. Holst, M., Routh, B., Gilligan, M., Alcívar- Zúñiga, M.*, & Greder, K. (Under review). Latina immigrant mothers in the rural Midwest: The role of family support networks. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences. Sano, Y., Berry, A., & Sneed, C. T. (R&R). Extension’s role in addressing child, youth, and family well-being in rural communities. In M. R. de Guzmn, & H. Hatton-Bowers (Eds.) The role of the social sciences in Extension. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. Sano, Y., Greder, K., Mammen, S., Bao, J., & *Big Eagle, T. (Under Review). Health understanding and health outcomes among rural, low-income mothers. Submitted to Family and Community Health. Sano, Y., Berry, A. & Sneed, C. (Under review) Extension’s Role in Promoting Resilience among Rural Families with Low-Incomes. Book chapter in The Role of the Social Sciences in Extension book. Cambridge University Press.   Publications in preparation Cancel-Tirado, D. I., Feeney, S. L., Greder, K., & Sano, Y. (in preparation) Enablers and barriers to health: Comparing White and Latino rural low-income families. Family Relations. Cancel-Tirado, D. I., Feeney, S. L., Washburn, I., Greder, K., & Sano, Y. (in preparation) Family and community-level predictors of health and well-being among Latino and white low-income families in rural areas. Social Science and Medicine. Sano, Y., Ward, C., Houghten, M., Dyk, P. H., & Radunovich, H. (in preparation). Navigating health care challenges in rural communities. Yancura, L., Ontai, L., Roth, B., Cancel-Tirado, D., & Sano, Y. (in preparation) Multigenerational Household Structure in Rural Areas: Does Grandparent Co-Residence Contribute to Overweight and Obesity?   Juried National Presentations Bao, J., Zhang, D., and Greder, K. (2020). Characteristics of Body Mass Index (BMI) Trajectories among Low-income Latina Immigrant Mothers in Rural Midwestern Communities. Poster presented at the National Council on Family Relations 82nd Annual Conference in November, Virtual Conference. Berry, A. A., Sneed, C. T., Franck. K., Metzger, B., Niederhauser, V., & Washburn, L. (2021). We need to talk about health care costs. Presented at Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education (AFCPE) Research and Training Virtual Symposium, November 15 - 19. Hammons, A., Fiese, B., Teran-Garcia, M., Greder, K., Olvera, N. (2020). Their screams would hit the sky: Hispanic Mothers’ Perspectives on Making Healthy Eating Changes Within the Family. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior, Virtual Conference. Hammons, A., Olvera, N., Teran-Garcia, M., Villegas, E., Greder, K., Sloane, S. and Fiese, B. (2020). Leveraging the Hispanic Family Mealtime for Behavior Change in Intervention Programming. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Obesity Society at Obesity Week 2020, November. Sano, Y., Greder, K., Mammen, S., & Bao, J. (November, 2020). Health understanding and health outcomes among rural, low-income mothers. Paper presentation at the annual meeting of National Council on Family Relations [*Changed to online only conference due to Coronavirus global pandemic] Sneed, C. T. (2021). Books to boots: Incorporating participant supports into workforce development programming. Presented at Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education (AFCPE) Research and Training Virtual Symposium, November 15 - 19.   Grants Chandler, K. (PI) Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station (OAES) Project NC1171: Rural Families Speak about Resilience. United States Department of Agriculture via College of Public Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University. $7,000 Contreras, D. (PI), Kennedy, Eschbach, Arnetz, Goetz (Co-PIs) 2020-2023 USDA NIFA: Addressing Rural Opioid Misuse in Michigan Through Evidence-Based Health Education, Telehealth, Distance Learning, and Coalitions This grant seeks to reduce opioid misuse among diverse Michigan rural residents. Devereaux, M. (PI), Sneed, C. (Co-PI). 10/20 to 9/21. Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development. $357,681 to fund Skill Up TN. Sneed, C. (PI), Berry, A. (Co-PI). 11/19 to 6/21. Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education. $2,500 to fund Money Week. Sneed, C (PI), Childs, M. (Co-PI) Summer, 2021. The University of Tennessee Office of Undergraduate Research SURGE Funding. $80,375 to fund Reimagining the Farmers’ Market: Developing and Implementing Strategies to Appeal to Limited-Resource Families. Washburn, L. (PI); Johnson, K., Franck, F., Jarvandi, S., Burney, J., Sneed, C., Wallace, H. (Co-PIs). 9/19 to 10/21. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. $65,000 to fund National 4-H Council Well Connected Communities. Wiles, B. (2020) Agriculture Experiment Station Additional Multistate Research Award - $25, 000. Kansas State University. Manhattan, KS. Yancura, L. (PI)  NLCHDD (funded by NIA) on Rural Grandparents Grants in Submission / Draft Chandler, K. & Cancel-Tirado, D. (Co-Project Directors). Building Community Partnerships to Promote Health Equity for Rural, Low-Income Latino Families. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. $194,000. Brief proposal submitted to the RWJF Equity-Focused Policy Research: Building Cross-Cutting Evidence on Supports for Families call for proposals. Not invited to submit a full proposal. Greder, K. ¡Salir Adelante! Engagement with Latinx immigrant families for youth educational success.” Children, Youth, and Families At-Risk Sustainable Communities Projects (USDA-NIFA-SLBCD-007972), National Institute of Food and Agriculture, United States Department of Agriculture. (Principal Investigator). Funding to ISU: $640,000. Competitive Grant Program. Submitted February 19, 2021. Greder, K. and Ortega, G. “¡Salir Adelante!: Creating opportunities for Latino/a youth educational success and financial security.” State Farm Community Grant Program, Funding to ISU: $25,000. Competitive Grant Program. Submitted January 2021. Gustafson, A (PI); McGuirt, J., Haynes-Maslow, L., Norman, H., Pitts, S., Sneed, C., & Anderson-Steeves, B. (Co-PIs). 10/21 to 9/24. USDA: NIFA. $1,000,000 to fund Online Healthy Grocery Shopping Cooperative Extension Program Among Rural Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Women Infant and Children (WIC) Residents to Improve Food Security and Dietary Intake. Johnson, K. (PI); Berry, A., Franck, K. & Sneed, C. (Co-PIs). 1/22. Tennessee Department of Health. $3,200,000 to fund Economic Recovery Centers: Promoting Resiliency of Rural Households and Communities in Response to the COVID-10 Public Health Emergency. Sneed, C. (Co-PI) 10/21 to 9/22. Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development. $883,056 to fund Skill Up TN. Wiles, B. Rural Families Speak about Resilience: Covid and rural families   Outreach Chandler, K. D. (2021, September). Parenting and working in rural communities in uncertain times. Webinar in a quarterly webinar series Relying on Rural Resilience: Translating 20+ years of research into practice. Chandler, K. Included NC 1171 articles in my current HDFS 541: Family Studies graduate-level course at Oregon State University. Dyk, P. – University of Kentucky Community & Leadership Development 686 Research Design - Used project as an exemplar in graduate seminar. Discussed proposal design, methodology, implementation, and qualitative analyses. Sano. Y. (2021, June). How can health messaging work within rural communities? Presented at the Relying on Rural Resilience: Translating 20+ years of research into practice. Webinar. Sano, Y. (2020, November). Rural Families Speak projects: Overview of longitudinal, multi-state research efforts. Presentation at Latino Workshop, Washington State University. Yancura, L., (November, 2020). Multistate Research Fund Impacts Researcher Spotlight. https://www.facebook.com/MRFImpacts/ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVh3CTgeC90&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1tYb79y6DiGGwEzJy2ivkATTtbYdBU2Mu_--Z2Vopqg-SMKmttlce4GGE">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVh3CTgeC90&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1tYb79y6DiGGwEzJy2ivkATTtbYdBU2Mu_--Z2Vopqg-SMKmttlce4GGE</a> Wiles, B. (2021, June). Rural families and health. Presentation to Child and Family Development Program Focus Team. Kansas State Research and Extension. Manhattan, KS. Feeney, S. - I use RFS data when teaching qualitative data analysis (e.g. coding practice). I also use Cancel-Tirado et al. (2018) when teaching quantitative analysis (e.g. t-tests). I also use Sano et al. 2012 and Manoogian et al. 2012 in a grad level course on Families in Poverty. Cancel-Tirado, D. I., Feeney, S. L., Washburn, I., Greder, K., & Sano, Y. (2018) Health, Wellbeing, and Healthcare Access in Rural Communities: Comparing Latino and Non-Latino White Low-income Families. Family and Community Health. 41(2), 73 – 82. https://doi.org/10.1097/FCH.0000000000000193 Manoogian, M. M., Jurich, J., Sano, Y., & Ko, J.-L. (2015). “My Kids Are More Important Than Money”: Parenting Expectations and Commitment Among Appalachian Low-Income Mothers. Journal of Family Issues, 36(3), 326–350. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X13490402 Sano, Y., Manoogian, M. M., & Ontai, L. L. (2012). “The Kids Still Come First”: Creating Family Stability During Partnership Instability in Rural, Low-Income Families. Journal of Family Issues, 33(7), 942–965. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X11430820">https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X11430820</a> Routh, B. (October 2020) Health Disparities: Rural US Experience. Montana State University CHTH 428: Health Disparities Guest lecture using APLU videos/activities. Outreach in Preparation Wiles, B. B., (2021) Rural Families and Childcare. Planned presentation Extension Agents in Kansas. Sano, Y. (in preparation). Translating research findings on rural low-income families in college classroom. HD403 Families in Poverty. Washington State University Vancouver. Routh, B. (2021, October) Health Disparities: Rural US Experience. Montana State University CHTH 428: Health Disparities Guest lecture using APLU videos/activities.

Impact Statements

This project adds to the understanding of the experience and expression of resilience of families living in rural poverty. The proposed collecting of unique quantitative and qualitative datasets will capture family characteristics as well as the resources available to them through their communities. The knowledge generated from this project has direct implications for informing family-focused and community level programs intended to foster resilience.

Date of Annual Report: 12/23/2022

Report Information

Annual Meeting Dates: 10/24/2022 - 10/26/2022
Period the Report Covers: 10/01/2021 - 09/30/2022

Participants

Cancel-Tirado, Doris, Western OR Univ.; Chandler, Kelly,OR State Univ.; Contreras, Dawn, MI State Univ.; Dyk, Patricia, Univ. of KY; Feeney, Sarah, Central WA Univ.; Greder, Kimberly, IA State Univ.; Ontai, Lenna, UC Davis; Pylate, Leah, Mississippi State;Routh, Brianna, MT State Univ.; Sano, Yoshie, WA State Univ., Vancouver; Wiles, Bradford, KS State Univ.; Yancura, Loriena, Univ. of HI Manoa

Brief Summary of Minutes

National updates were provided by Ahlishia Shipley, NIFA

States provided updates related to progress addressing objectives during year three of the project renewal, as well as ongoing professional challenges they were facing during the transition out of the Covid-19 pandemic. It was great to again meet in person.

Guest presentation by Tara Mastel, MSU Extension Community Development, on the Montana Reimagining Rural Project provided team members with current findings on characteristics of new rural residents and their community integration and ignited stimulating discussion and insights in furthering project focus on resilience.

Interviews of Community Key Informants across 13 states were completed this year. Team members discussed implications of initial findings and strategies for analyses of the qualitative data to inform subsequent family-level data collection.

Communication Strategy: Box remains our repository of administrative documents. Our new website is now live and provides project history, publications, and links to outreach materials. https://ruralfamilies.wixsite.com/website

The NC1171 Governance Document was updated to include RFSR team composition.

Executive Board nominations were made, and the 2022-23 Board was voted in.

Outcomes and projected impacts were reviewed with notable achievements below.

Impact 1 – Improved knowledge of community-level assets and challenges: We have developed community profiles. The Community Key Informant data provides great insight into community resilience strategies.

Impact 2 – New and strengthened partnerships: The webinar brought to us new partnerships and audiences from across the country.

Impact 3 – Improved understanding of factors and processes of resilience at the family level.

Impact 4 – Developed student researchers by training and engaging them in the data collection process, mentoring students as co-authors/data analysts on our manuscripts, and guiding them in theses and dissertations.

Impact 6: Informed Extension and mobilizing community capacity; our webinars and the corresponding handouts speak to this one; the synergy that has been engaged from the project has informed research projects that help communities.

Accomplishments

Accomplishments: Despite their vulnerability, many individuals and families living in rural areas demonstrate the capacity for resilience in the face of these adverse conditions and events. Resilient individuals, families, and communities can survive, and potentially thrive, through adversity. This project is poised to capture the challenges faced by families in rural communities impacted by natural disasters and unprecedented pandemic disruption. It is critical to determine both the unique community needs and resources within rural areas, as well as the best mechanisms for supporting resilient rural families. Short-term Outcomes: Themes emerging from our Community Key Informant (CKI) interviews indicate that technology is extremely beneficial to family serving organizations and that they have relied on social media and text messages to stay connected and serve low-income rural families. Communities have found innovative ways to make broadband work; however, some areas still have significant barriers regarding internet access/cell towers for community members living in rural areas outside of town. Connecting people to food resources is prominent with schools serving as a key source of food security for families. During the pandemic, pre-existing partnerships with family serving organizations have been strengthened out of necessity to cope with increased demand and new partnerships have developed within communities to leverage limited resources. Outputs: <ul> <li>Publications and presentations: The Rural Families Speak about Resilience team of scholars with both research and Extension appointments have been productive this year addressing the challenges faced by low-income rural families. Collaborative teams have published five articles with one additional article in press, five more in review and eight manuscripts nearing completion for submission. Despite the challenges of Covid, six juried presentations were presented at virtual meetings.</li> <li>Webinars – We continued our quarterly national webinar series entitled Relying on Rural Resilience: Translating 20+ years of research into practice. Each series installment generates interest from professionals across the country, regularly ranging from 70-160 registrants. While not all registrants attend the live event (usually 30-60 live participants), all receive the research presentation recording, cited resources, and a newly developed handout that captures action ideas brainstormed by their participating peers. For example, after attending the webinar on Health Messaging in 2020,one professional stated that their next action step would be “to connect with rural community health partners to obtain input on where they feel they have been successful and where they have experienced barriers.” And another stated they would “create tailored messaging for social media efforts.” Presenting researchers can also hear direct feedback on research implications and its transformation to real-world practice.</li> <li>Grant writing - Team members successfully had five grants funded to support work focusing on low-income rural families and communities, including the Kansas State Univ. grant that supported three graduate student interviewers for centralized CKI data collection across 13 states.</li> </ul> Activities: <ul> <li>Monthly Executive Board Meetings via Zoom</li> <li>Bi-monthly full membership meetings to provide team members opportunity to share updates and discuss Community Key Informant data collection.</li> <li>Team of interviewers at Kansas State University interviewed Community Key Informants from family and food security serving organizations, schools, health care and Extension in target communities across participating states.</li> <li>An active Webinar Planning Committee developed the strategy for translating 20+ years of research findings from the project into training/discussion opportunities for family professionals across the country. Four successful webinars were held in 2021-22, with additional quarterly offerings in development for 2023.</li> <li>Newly developed website went live in early 2022.</li> <li>Regularly scheduled subgroup meetings for article/presentation/grant authorship</li> <li>Graduate students trained in literature review and presentation skills as well as analysis of qualitative/quantitative data.</li> <li>Team members have been actively engaged in research-based outreach activities preparing family professionals to support resilience in low-income rural families in their community contexts.</li> </ul> Milestones: Despite ongoing COVID-19 restrictions during the 2021-22 project year, the research team made solid progress fulfilling year three objectives. Research and outreach activities mined secondary data from community datasets. (Objective 1) and previously collected project data (Objective 2). In 2022, Community Key Informant (CKI) data collection was completed via Zoom interviews (Phase 2 of Objective 2). We are now poised to revisit our pre-pandemic Objective 2 to examine individual and family resilience processes from the perspective of rural, low-income mothers. Early 2023 we are launching a web-based quantitative survey of rural families across our team states to hear their voices and compare insights gleaned from our CKI interviews.

Publications

Bao, J., & Greder, K. (2022). Economic pressure and parent acculturative stress: Effects on rural midwestern low-income Latinx child behaviors. Journal of Family and Economic Issues. doi:<a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1007%252Fs10834-022-09841-4&data=05%7C01%7Cpdyk%40UKY.EDU%7Ce4f5a206584e4365abae08dab0a393c5%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C0%7C638016513850005922%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=fSbrHp1Gwchn6bqZmzdoNLm8PcK1tumScznI5M73dEA%3D&reserved=0">10.1007/s10834-022-09841-4</a>. Chandler, K. D., Gunsallus, A. L., Martin, M. A., & Brasier, K. J. (2022). Gas-patch dads: Experiences at the nexus of work, family, and community contexts. Advance online publication. Community, Work, & Family. https://doi.org/10.1080/13668803.2022.2063107 Cox, R. B., Washburn, I. J., Greder, K., Sahbaz, S., & Lin, H. (2022). Preventing substance use among Latino youth: Initial results from a multistate family-based program focused on youth academic success. The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 48(1), 69-77, doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1080/00952990.2021.1981357">10.1080/00952990.2021.1981357</a>. Sano, Y., & Mammen, S. (2022). Mitigating the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on rural low-income families. Journal of Family and Economic Issues. 43(2): 227–238. Published online 2022 Feb 22. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10834-021-09800-5">10.1007/s10834-021-09800-5</a> Yancura, L., Barnett, M., Pylate, L., Sano, Y., Routh, B., & Contreras, D. (2022). Helping rural families navigate conflict. NCFR Network. 35(2), 10-11. Journal Publications in Press Sano, Y., Berry, A. A., & Sneed, C. T. (in press). Extension’s role in promoting family resilience in rural communities. In M. R. T. de Guzman & H. Hatton-Bowers (Eds.), The Role of Social Sciences in Extension. Cambridge University Press. Publications under Review Arellanes, J., Greder, K., & Lohman, B. (Under review). The intersection of work and cultural values of Latino fathers in their children’s educational attainment. Journal of Latinos and Education. Fenton, M. S., Radunovich, H. L., Ontai, L., & Sano, Y. (under review). Does a co-parent relationship serve as a protective factor against maternal depressive symptoms for rural, low-income children? Submitted to Child & Youth Care Forum. Holst, M., Routh, B., Gilligan, M., Alcívar- Zúñiga, M., & Greder, K. (under review). Latina immigrant mothers in the rural Midwest: The role of family support networks. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences. Sano, Y., Berry, A., & Sneed, C. T. (R&R). Extension’s role in addressing child, youth, and family well-being in rural communities. In M. R. de Guzmn, & H. Hatton-Bowers (Eds.) The role of the social sciences in Extension. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press. Sano, Y., Greder, K., Mammen, S., Bao, J., & Big Eagle, T. (under Review). Health understanding and health outcomes among rural, low-income mothers. Submitted to Family and Community Health. Publications in preparation Cancel-Tirado, D. I., Feeney, S. L., Greder, K., & Sano, Y. (in preparation). Enablers and barriers to health: Comparing White and Latino rural low-income families. Family Relations. Cancel-Tirado, D. I., Feeney, S. L., Washburn, I., Greder, K., & Sano, Y. (in preparation). Family and community-level predictors of health and well-being among Latino and white low-income families in rural areas. Social Science and Medicine. Contreras, D.A., Becker, T..B., & Porth, O. (in preparation). The rural paradox. Journal of Extension. Sano, Y., Greder, K., Mammen, S., Bao, J., & Big Eagle, T. (in preparation). Health understanding and health outcomes among rural, low-income mothers. Sano, Y., Ward, C., Houghten, M., Dyk, P. H., Radunovich, H., & Pylate, L. (in preparation). Family health management and coordination among rural, low-income families. Sano, Y., Big Eagle, T., Dyk, P. H., Morris, J., Arreola, H., & Bird, C. (in preparation). Access to healthcare in rural low-income communities. Sano, Y., Ward, C., Houghten, M., Dyk, P. H., & Radunovich, H. (in preparation). Navigating health care challenges in rural communities. Wiles, B., Klutse, A., & Dyk, P. H. (in preparation). Conducting multi-state collaborative research: Methodological challenges and lessons learned. Yancura, L., Ontai, L., Routh, B., Cancel-Tirado, D., & Sano, Y. (in preparation). Multigenerational household structure in rural Areas: Does grandparent co-residence contribute to overweight and obesity? Juried National Presentations Berry, A. A., Sneed, C. T., Franck. K., Metzger, B., Niederhauser, V., & Washburn, L. (2021). We need to talk about health care costs. Presented at Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education (AFCPE) Research and Training Virtual Symposium, November 15 - 19. Big Eagle, T., Sano, Y., Arreola, H., Morris, J., & Kaur, P. (October, 2022). "We do what we have to do to make do": Agency and access to healthcare in rural America. Oral presentation at the annual meeting of Co-Occurring Disorders and Treatment. Yakima, WA. Greder, K., Bao, J., & Cancel-Tirado, D. (December, 2021). Role of acculturative stress in relationship between maternal depression and rural Midwest Latino children’s behaviors. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Special Topic Meeting: Construction of the “other”: Development, consequences, and applied implications of prejudice and discrimination, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico. Sano, Y., Ward, C., Houghten, M., Dyk, P. H., & Radunovich, H. (November, 2021). Navigating health care challenges in rural communities. Interactive paper presentation at the annual meeting of National Council on Family Relations. Virtual conference. Sano, Y., Berry, A. A., & Sneed, C. T. (2022). Extension’s role in promoting food security and nutrition in rural communities. Presented at the National Council on Family Relations, November 16 - 19. Wiles, B., Kluste, A., Blodgett, R., & Dyk, P.  (2022, November). Remain in light: Resilience processes in rural communities during the pandemic. Poster presented at the National Council on Family Relations annual meeting, Minneapolis, MN. Grants Chandler, K. D. (PI). Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station (OAES) Project NC1171: Rural Families Speak about Resilience. United States Department of Agriculture via College of Public Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University. $7,000 Eschbach, C. (PI), Contreras, D.A., Moore, E. (Co-PIs): 2021-2024: Michigan Department of Community Health to fund COVID-19 and other immunization messaging and education for rural youth and families in Michigan. Johnson, K. (PI); Berry, A., Franck, K. & Sneed, C. (Co-PIs). 1/22. Tennessee Department of Health. $3,200,000 to fund Economic Recovery Centers: Promoting Resiliency of Rural Households and Communities in Response to the COVID-10 Public Health Emergency. Routh, B. Lead evaluator for Rural Food Prescription Program (GUSnip USDA funding) within a 500K 3 year grant, using NC1171 data to support need. Wiles, B. B. (2022) USDA Rural Health and Safety Education Grant with Jessica Lane (PI), and Alex Bechnel (Co-PI) in the KSU College of Education ($349,946) Wiles, B. (2022) KSU Agriculture Experiment Station Competitive Additional Allocation Research Grant ($55,000). Kansas State University. Manhattan, KS. Grants in Submission / Draft Routh, B. Submitting $20K internal grant. State of Families in Montana, Internal Extension Grant to support graduate student support. Wiles, B. Understanding the rural Norwegian early care and education system’s outdoor physical activity practices. Fulbright Wiles, B. USDA Higher Education Multicultural Scholars Program (MSP) to support internships in Extension for multicultural students in rural communities. Outreach Live Webinars held as part of the Rural Families Speak about Resilience Series Yancura, L. (December 15, 2021). Food, football, and politics: Helping rural families navigate conflict over the holidays. <a href="https://ruralfamilies.wixsite.com/website/copy-of-rrr-family-conflict">https://ruralfamilies.wixsite.com/website/copy-of-rrr-family-conflict</a> Contreras, D., H. Tiret, & Routh, B. (February 23, 2002). Building health and resilience by teaching mindful eating/feeding to rural parents of young children. Relying on Rural Resilience. <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fruralfamilies.wixsite.com%2Fwebsite%2Fcopy-of-rrr-health-messaging-1&data=05%7C01%7Cpdyk%40uky.edu%7Cc2f4ee501556481f2ed208dad6f5ce58%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C0%7C638058649312922723%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=qj73zWBAZ3j71p%2FkBhOjM5524uBRny47%2B1LPKuCT1g4%3D&reserved=0">https://ruralfamilies.wixsite.com/website/copy-of-rrr-health-messaging-1</a> Barnett, M., & Routh, B. (May 25, 2022). It takes three: Mulitgenerational support in rural families. Relying on Rural Resilience <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fruralfamilies.wixsite.com%2Fwebsite%2Fcopy-of-rrr-health-messaging-2&data=05%7C01%7Cpdyk%40uky.edu%7Cc2f4ee501556481f2ed208dad6f5ce58%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C0%7C638058649312922723%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=C8VgsAJJ%2Fml4bPsqca4DOvRdF0lMvujiGD7NX7l7Vcc%3D&reserved=0">https://ruralfamilies.wixsite.com/website/copy-of-rrr-health-messaging-2</a> Routh, B. (September 7, 2022). Family influence on health behaviors in rural communities. Relying on Rural Resilience <a href="https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fruralfamilies.wixsite.com%2Fwebsite%2Fcopy-of-rrr-multigen-support&data=05%7C01%7Cpdyk%40uky.edu%7Cc2f4ee501556481f2ed208dad6f5ce58%7C2b30530b69b64457b818481cb53d42ae%7C0%7C0%7C638058649313078945%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=myS8p1e9p7ib%2FMlUJEhbUZ0r6e8YB2KLvKqQ1jZF5r4%3D&reserved=0">https://ruralfamilies.wixsite.com/website/copy-of-rrr-multigen-support</a> Faculty utilizing NC1171 resources to train graduate and undergraduate students Routh, B. (2021, October). Health disparities: Rural US experience. Montana State University CHTH 428: Health Disparities Guest lecture using APLU videos/activities developed as part of NC1171. Routh, B. Regularly use RFSH case studies and web of connection in guest lectures for community health classes (3 times in 2022). Chandler, K. D. Winter 2022 term (1/22 - 3/22) taught a graduate-level qualitative methods course (HDFS 539: Qualitative Methods II). Six students used the RFSH data to learn how to code and interpret qualitative data. Dyk, P. University of Kentucky Community & Leadership Development 686 Research Design - Used project as an exemplar in graduate seminar. Discussed proposal design, methodology, implementation, and qualitative analyses. Feeney, S. I use RFS data when teaching qualitative data analysis (e.g., coding practice). I also use Cancel-Tirado et al. (2018) when teaching quantitative analysis (e.g., t-tests). I also use Sano et al. (2012) and Manoogian et al. (2012) in a grad level course on Families in Poverty. Cancel-Tirado, D. I., Feeney, S. L., Washburn, I., Greder, K., & Sano, Y. (2018). Health, wellbeing, and healthcare access in rural communities: Comparing Latino and non-Latino White low-income families. Family and Community Health. 41(2), 73 – 82. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1097/FCH.0000000000000193">https://doi.org/10.1097/FCH.0000000000000193</a> Manoogian, M. M., Jurich, J., Sano, Y., & Ko, J.-L. (2015). “My kids are more important than money”: Parenting expectations and commitment among Appalachian low-income mothers. Journal of Family Issues, 36(3), 326–350. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X13490402">https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X13490402</a> Sano, Y., Manoogian, M. M., & Ontai, L. L. (2012). “The kids still come first”: Creating family stability during partnership instability in rural, low-income families. Journal of Family Issues, 33(7), 942–965. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X11430820">https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X11430820</a> Outreach in Preparation 4 webinar sessions planned for 2023 with the first scheduled for January 25, 2023, to be presented by K. Greder on Latinx Families in Rural Communities. Chandler, K. D., & Cancel-Tirado, D. February 2023 presentation to Oregon State University, College of Public Health and Human Sciences College Research Seminar to discuss NC1171. Working title: Rural Families Speak about Resilience: A family science-public health collaboration. Chandler, K. D. An undergraduate student is taking research credits with me in the 2023 winter term to review existing NC1171 qualitative data for discussions around family resilience. Sano, Y. (in preparation). Translating research findings on rural low-income families in college classroom. HD403 Families in Poverty. Washington State University Vancouver. Professional Development Yancura, L. Kiley Oeda, MA student at University of Hawai`i at Manoa in Educational Psychology assisted with webinar administration Sano, Y. Promotion to full professor, 4 undergraduate students experienced research analyzing the RFSR, ACA data. Wiles, B. B., trained two graduate students (Adelaide Klutse and Becky Blodgett) in all aspects of conducting qualitative research for NC1171: IRB approval, recruitment, scheduling, conducting interviews, data analysis, and dissemination.

Impact Statements

Impacts: This project adds to understanding of the experience and expression of resilience of families living in rural poverty. Through collection of both quantitative and qualitative data we will examine family characteristics as well as the resources available to them through their communities. The knowledge generated from this project has direct implications for informing family-focused and community level programs intended to foster resilience.

Date of Annual Report: 12/14/2023

Report Information

Annual Meeting Dates: 10/15/2023 - 10/18/2023
Period the Report Covers: 10/01/2022 - 09/30/2023

Participants

Alexander, Jamie; North Carolina State: jalexander@ncsu.edu; **Baker-Tingey, Jill; U of Nevada: tingeyj@unce.unr.edu; Barnett, Melissa; U of Arizona: barnettm@email.arizona.edu; Berry, Ann; U of Tennessee: aberry9@utk.edu; *Bird, Carolyn; North Carolina State: carolyn_bird@ncsu.edu; **Burney, Janie; U of Tennessee: jburney@utk.edu; Cancel-Tirado, Doris; Western Oregon U: canceltd@mail.wou.edu; Chandler, Kelly; Oregon State: Kelly.Chandler@oregonstate.edu; *Contreras, Dawn; Michigan State: contrer7@msu.edu; Dyk, Patricia; U of Kentucky: pdyk@uky.edu; Feeney, Sarah; Central Washington U: sarah.feeney@cwu.edu; Greder, Kimberly; Iowa State: kgreder@iastate.edu; Harris, Kaitlyn; Montana State; *Height, Tatiana; North Carolina State: tcheight@ncsu.edu; *Kiss, Elizabeth; Kansas State: dekiss@ksu.edu; Lombardo, Chris (graduate student); Oregon State: lombarch@oregonstate.edu; Lutes, Loi (graduate student); Central Washington U: Loi.Lutes@cwu.edu; Magoon, Maggie; Michigan State: magoonma@msu.edu; *O’Neal, LaToya; U of Florida: latoya.oneal@ufl.edu; Ontai, Lenna, U of California-Davis: lontai@ucdavis.edu; Radunovich, Heidi; U of Florida: hliss@ufl.edu; Pylate, Leah, Mississippi State: lbp77@msstate.edu; Routh, Brianna; Montana State: brianna.routh@montana.edu; *Sneed, Christopher; U of Tennessee: csneed@utk.edu; **Smith, Suzanne; Georgia SW U: suzanne.smith@gsw.edu; Sano, Yoshie; Washington State-Vancouver: yoshie_sano@wsu.edu; *Peek, Gina; Oklahoma State: gina.peek@okstate.edu; *Wallace, Heather; U of Tennessee: heather.wallace@utk.edu; **Wang, Holly; Purdue: wanhong@purdue.edu; Wiles, Bradford; Kansas State: bwiles@ksu.edu; Winego, Nicole; Montana State: nicole.wanago@montana.edu; *Yancura, Loriena; U of Hawaii-Manoa: loriena@hawaii.edu; **Zeiders, Katharine; U of Arizona: zeidersk@email.arizona.edu. * Did not attend meeting ** Inactive

Brief Summary of Minutes

Tricia Dyk: Presented Jean Bauer’s legacy and the history, mission, and governance of the Rural Families Speak project

States provided updates related to progress addressing objectives during year four of the project renewal.

Bradford Wiles, Kansas State, provided a data collection overview of the current wave of the project, Rural Families Speak about Resilience (2019-2024), which was impacted by the pandemic. Instead of face-to-face interviews, we had to adapt data collection to occur via Zoom with community key informants and using a Qualtrics survey with female caregivers. He provided an overview of data collected from community key informants from 13 states, as well as the pilot test of the Qualtrics survey with female caregivers (approximately 50). We agreed upon edits to make to the survey before data collection resumed.

Day 2 was dedicated to planning the renewal proposal for our multistate team. Bradford Wiles provided an overview of the current drafted objectives, we brainstormed ideas for data collection to meet the objectives, broke into small groups to expand on the ideas, and then regrouped. Project members volunteered to join the renewal proposal writing group.

States volunteered to lead papers, presentations, and webinars until the 2024 annual meeting to meet our project objectives.

We held Executive Board Committee elections for the Vice Chair of Communications & Outreach (Brianna Routh, Montana State University), Student Representative (Loi Lutes, Central Washington University), and an ad hoc position, Vice Chair of Dissemination. The latter position will be ad hoc for one year and then we will vote whether to add the position to the bylaws.

We reported outcomes and projected impacts with notable achievements described under Accomplishments.

Accomplishments

Despite their vulnerability, many individuals and families living in rural areas demonstrate the capacity for resilience in the face of these adverse conditions and events. Resilient individuals, families, and communities can survive, and potentially thrive, through adversity. This project has captured—and continues to capture—the challenges faced by families in rural communities impacted by natural disasters and unprecedented pandemic disruption. It is critical to determine both the unique community needs and resources within rural areas, as well as the best mechanisms for supporting resilient rural families. This project adds to understanding of the experience and expression of resilience of families living in rural poverty. Through collection of both quantitative and qualitative data we will continue to examine family factors and resources available to them through their communities. The knowledge generated from this project has direct implications for informing family-focused and community level programs intended to foster resilience.  Although the pandemic affected our team’s data collection plans, we have been proven to be resilient by adapting our data collection strategies to meet each of our objectives and impacts for the current effort, Rural Families Speak about Resilience (2019-2024). Below are notable achievements related to project objectives and impacts. <ul> <li>Objective 1: To assess community capacity to support resilience in diverse rural low-income families. Working groups have been collaborating on presentations and papers using data from the community profiles and linked community key informants (CKIs) interviews. Graduate research assistants assisted with coding the CKI interviews using MAXQDA to examine community-capacity in five family-serving sectors: food security, community actions, education, direct service NOS, and health care.</li> <li>Objective 2: To examine individual and family resilience processes from the perspective of rural low-income mothers. Writing teams consisting of researchers from two or more NC1171states have been examining factors impacting family resilience from the existing data. We developed a Qualtrics survey for rural, low-income mothers across the United States and conducted a pilot test with approximately 50 respondents. We revised the survey and will resume data collection in January.</li> </ul>   <ol> <li>Impact 1: Improved knowledge of community-level assets and challenges related to individual and family resilience among rural low-income mothers. The linked community profiles and the CKI interviews (see Objective 1) have provided great insight into community capacity and resilience. For example, one nearly complete paper is examining technology capacity of family-serving organizations to meet rural families’ needs. Other examples include the role of schools in promoting food security and health care access, especially during the pandemic. Our team has presented community insights to a variety of audiences.</li> <li>Impact 2: New and strengthened partnerships with county and state stakeholders and organizations to promote health and resilience among diverse rural low-income families. The webinar continues to bring to us new partnerships and audiences from across the country.</li> <li>Impact 3: Improved understanding of the multilevel factors and processes of resilience among rural, low-income mothers. Our team continues to examine data from previous RFS efforts to identify individual, family, and community resilience factors that continue to be relevant for rural, low-income mothers and their families today. In addition, we have made tremendous progress in developing and piloting an online survey for rural low-income female caregivers across the U.S. We piloted the survey with approximately 50 female caregivers, and after some revisions discussed at this year’s annual meeting, we will resume data collection with nearly 1,000 respondents using Qualtrics services.</li> <li>Impact 4: Development of undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral trained researchers in multimethod data collection, analysis, and dissemination focused on rural, low-income families. Our team prioritizes training students at all levels. We engage student researchers by training and engaging them in the data collection process, mentoring students as co-authors/data analysts on our manuscripts, and guiding them in theses and dissertations. For example, undergraduate researchers assisted with examining past data collection efforts for evidence of family resilience. As another example, two masters-level graduate students have been assisting with pilot testing and updating the Qualtrics family survey, which they will use for their master’s theses.</li> <li>Impact 5: Improved policy considering the multilevel factors associated with the health, well-being, and resilience of rural low-income mothers. The CKI interviews included questions about accessing funding from the CARES Act, and our team continues to track the impacts of SNAP.</li> <li>Impact 6: Inform Extension educators and community partners via presentations, publications, and locally-based criteria to mobilize rural community capacity in a strengths-based manner. Our Relying on Rural Resilience webinars and the corresponding handouts, as well as other outreach presentations, involve translating and disseminating research from RFS; the synergy that has been engaged from the project has informed research projects that help communities.</li> </ol>   Short-term Outcomes Themes emerging from our Community Key Informant (CKI) interviews indicate that technology is extremely beneficial to family serving organizations and that they have relied on social media and text messages to stay connected and serve low-income rural families. Communities have found innovative ways to make broadband work; however, some areas still have significant barriers regarding internet access/cell towers for community members living in rural areas outside of town. The manuscript describing these findings is near submission. Connecting people to food resources is prominent with schools serving as a key source of food security for families. During the pandemic, pre-existing partnerships with family serving organizations have been strengthened out of necessity to cope with increased demand and new partnerships have developed within communities to leverage limited resources. Another paper using the CKI data is near submission as well; led by Brianna Routh, a multistate writing team is finalizing a paper on resilient rural food systems to submit to Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior. Outputs Publications and Presentations The Rural Families Speak about Resilience team of scholars with both research and Extension appointments have been productive this year addressing the challenges faced by low-income rural families. Collaborative teams have published four journal articles with two additional articles in press, two more in review, and three manuscripts nearing completion for submission. Our team excelled in disseminating our research via 25 juried national and international presentations. Webinars We continued our quarterly national webinar series entitled Relying on Rural Resilience: Translating 20+ years of research into practice. Each series installment generates interest from professionals across the country, regularly ranging from 70-160 registrants. Although not all registrants attend the live event (usually 30-60 live participants), all receive the research presentation recording, cited resources, and a newly developed handout that captures action ideas brainstormed by their participating peers. Over the past year, our webinars covered (a) engaging rural Latinx immigrant families in health outreach, (b) connecting rural families in recovery programs, and (c) early care and education needs in rural communities. Presenting researchers can also hear direct feedback on research implications and its transformation to real-world practice. We are developing systematic evaluations of webinars to ensure that the webinars meet the current needs of rural family-serving specialists.  <ol> <li>Ontai: Completed the second pilot program of a tele-delivery nutrition education program for parents of young children to a remote, rural tribal community. Collected formative evaluation data to inform potential scalability to additional remote, rural tribal communities.</li> <li>Ontai: Facilitated two rural tribal community advisory board meetings to discuss findings from a pilot tele-delivery of nutrition education to the community. Discussion included translation of the formative evaluation preliminary results and relevant avenues for dissemination.</li> <li>Berry: Time to Talkseeks to empower rural, older adults and their health care providers with information and tools to have effective COC conversations.</li> <li> Berry: Through community-based educational sessions led by Extension, older adults will understand why to engage in COC conversations, learn strategies for starting COC conversations, and build skills through application activities. Additionally, this project includes online education for health care providers. Over 350 rural, older adults were reached.</li> </ol> Grant Writing For this reporting period, members submitted or received funding from 12 grants that either supported RFSR data collection and outreach or were informed by the RFS project. Grant proposals were submitted to the USDA Southern Region Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance, Florida Extension Foundation, USDA NIFA Rural Health and Safety Education, Tobacco Control, Montana State University Extension, the Mississippi State Department of Health, and AES. Notably, Bradford Wiles received $32,000 from his AES to support family data collection and support graduate research assistants to meet Objective 2. <ol> <li>USDA Southern Region Farm and Ranch Stress Assistance – Bridge funding (Radunovich PI; University of Tennessee lead institution: $149,914). Awarded 10/1/23-9/30/24 for Supporting agricultural mental health in Florida: SAgE Network Bridge Funding.</li> <li>Florida Extension Immunization Education and Community Action Program, The Extension Foundation (PI: O’Neal)</li> <li>Rural HEALTH 3: Managing Multiple Chronic Conditions, USDA NIFA Rural Health and Safety Education Program (PI/PD: O’Neal)</li> <li>Veteran Rural Health Resource Center Grant (Radunovich PI; $467,851). Awarded 8/21-7/26 for The health and mental health needs of rural veterans and their families.</li> <li>USDA/NIFA (O’Neal PI; $349,381). Awarded 9/1/21-8/31/23 for Rural Health 2: Advancing rural health equity and community action to prevent COVID-19</li> <li>Kansas State Agricultural Experiment Station to Bradford Wiles to collect RFSR family data: $32k</li> <li>Oregon Agricultural Experiment Station (OAES) Project NC1171: Interactions of individual, family, community, and policy contexts on the mental and physical health of diverse rural, low-income families. United States Department of Agriculture via College of Public Health and Human Sciences, Oregon State University. $2,000. PI: Chandler.</li> <li>Contreras, D. (PI), Eschbach, C., Williams, E., Persing-Wethington, N., Tiret, H., and Tucker, R. Rural Health and Safety Education (RHSE). National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture. Project title: Preventing Opioid Misuse by Empowering Michigan Rural Adults to Manage Pain Through Sleep, Mindfulness, and Tai Chi Education (9/1/23 to 8/31/26), Amount: $349,999.83. (unfunded).</li> <li>Pylate, L. (PI), McCafferry, L., Allman, K., & Smith, S. Mississippi State Department of Health, Office of Tobacco Control. Project title: Mississippi Tobacco Free Coalition of Attala, Leake, Choctaw, Montgomery, Webster, Panola, Pontotoc, and Lafayette. (July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024). Awarded: $241,500</li> <li>Routh, B., Bass, T., Weaver, K, Miller, K, & Finch K. (2023- Awarded $8,000) Local Food Systems Retreat, Montana State University Extension Internal Needs Assessment Mini Grant</li> <li>Mile, M., Routh, B. Tarabochia, D. Tomayko, E. & Botner, B. (2023-27, Not awarded, $1,000,000) Metabolomic Analysis to Identify Influential Nutrition and Physical Activity Behaviors in Rural Montanan Families, Collaborative, USDA AFRI</li> <li>Pylate, L. (PI), McCafferry, L., Allman, K., & Smith, S. Mississippi State Department of Health, Office of Tobacco Control. Project title: Mississippi Tobacco Free Coalition of Attala, Leake, Choctaw, Montgomery, Webster, Panola, Pontotoc, and Lafayette. (July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024). Awarded: $241,500</li> </ol>  Activities <ul> <li>Monthly Executive Board Meetings via Zoom</li> <li>Monthly all member meetings via Zoom to provide team members opportunity to share data collection and dissemination updates.</li> <li>An active Webinar Planning Committee continues to offer webinars translating 20+ years of research findings from the project into training/discussion opportunities for family professionals across the country. Three successful webinars were held in 2022-2023. The webinar team continues to collect evaluation data and they strategized approaches to collecting more systematic evaluation data to continue to improve the impact of the webinars.</li> <li>Regularly scheduled subgroup meetings for article/presentation/grant authorship</li> <li>Graduate students trained in literature review, analyzing quantitative and qualitative data, survey development, and presentation skills.</li> <li>Team members have been actively engaged in research-based outreach activities preparing family professionals to support resilience in low-income rural families in their community contexts.</li> </ul>  Teaching <ol> <li>Barnett: Included articles /data from the project in a graduate course (Child & Family Policy)</li> <li>Chandler: Two undergraduate students and one graduate student read RFSH transcripts to identify individual, family, and community resilience and pilot tested the Qualtrics family survey</li> <li>Dyk: Included proposal/articles /data from the project in a graduate course Research Design course in Community and Leadership Development</li> <li>Sano: Utilized RFS cases as educational materials in an undergraduate class (Families in Poverty)</li> </ol>  Training <ol> <li>Chandler & Cancel-Tirado (committee members): OSU doctoral student used the RFS data for her preliminary exam and will propose to use the data for her dissertation</li> <li>Greder: Williams, E., Greder, K., Kim, D., Bao, J., H. Dan Karami, N.* (2023). Navigating health and well-being during COVID-19: Experiences of Latinx immigrant mothers in rural midwestern communities. Family Relations, 72(4) DOI: 10.1111/fare.12884. **Received the 2023 NCFR Families and Health Section Outstanding Doctoral Student New Professional Paper Award.</li> <li>Routh: 1 dietetic Masters student writing final project with CKI data on food systems.</li> <li>Routh: 2 students attended RFS annual meeting for professional development</li> <li>Routh: 1 RD student project: Shapiro, E.*, Routh, B., Tomayko, E. (2023) Montana Food Access Resource List. MSU Extension and MT Partnership to End Childhood Hunger (MT-PECH).</li> <li>Sano: Facilitated RFSR webinars</li> <li>Sano: 3 undergraduate students conducted qualitative study titled, “Access to healthcare in rural low-income communities”</li> <li>Sano: 2 graduate students analyzed ACA study data.</li> <li>Wiles: supervised two KSU GRAs on this project</li> </ol>

Publications

Published Articles <ol> <li>Bao, J., & Greder, K. (2022). Economic pressure and parent acculturative stress: Effects on rural midwestern low-income Latinx child behaviors. Journal of Family and Economic Issues. doi:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1007%2Fs10834-022-09841-4">1007/s10834-022-09841-4</a>.</li> <li>Foluso, A.*, Routh, B., Schure, M., & Koltz, D. (2023) Kinship navigator program: A review of caregiver characteristics and outcomes. Family in Society. </li> <li>Seitz, H., Gardner, A. J., & Pylate, L. B. P. (2023). Formative research to Inform college health communication campaigns about COVID-19 prevention behaviors. Health Promotion Practice, 15248399231160768.</li> <li>Williams, E., Greder, K., Kim, D., Bao, J., H. Dan Karami, N.* (2023). Navigating health and well-being during COVID-19: Experiences of Latinx immigrant mothers in rural midwestern communities. Family Relations, 72(4) DOI: 10.1111/fare.12884. **Received the 2023 NCFR Families and Health Section Outstanding Doctoral Student New Professional Paper Award.</li> </ol>  Journal Publications in Press <ol> <li>Doudna, K., & Greder, K. (In Press, Accepted October 11, 2023). Maternal depressive symptoms and parenting alliance as mediators between household food insecurity and child behavior among rural Latino immigrant families. Cogent Social Sciences.</li> <li>Sano, Y., Berry, A., & Sneed, C. T. (in press). Extension’s role in addressing child, youth, and family well-being in rural communities. In M. R. de Guzman, & H. Hatton-Bowers (Eds.) The role of the social sciences in Extension. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.</li> </ol>  Publications under Review <ol> <li>Fenton, M. S., Radunovich, H. L., Ontai, L., & Sano, Y. (Under review). Does a co-parent relationship serve as a protective factor against maternal depressive symptoms for rural, low-income children? Submitted to Child & Youth Care Forum.</li> <li>K., Zhang, D., Peng, C., & Oswald, R. F. (Under Review). We are a team: The power of co-parent communication and teamwork on rural low-income mothers’ mental health. Submitted to Journal of Rural Mental Health.</li> </ol>  Publications in Preparation <ol> <li>*Delgado, H., Mojica, C., Chandler, K. D., Cancel-Tirado, D., Sano, Y., & Greder, K. (In preparation). Rural, low-income Latina mothers’ depressive symptoms and family nutrition and physical activity environment.</li> <li>Routh, B., Greder, K., Reina, A., Dyk, P., & Katras, M. (In Preparation 2023) Barriers and enablers to health for low-income rural mothers.</li> <li>Routh, B., Pylate. L, Feeney, S., Contreras, D., Intagliata, M.*, Wiles, B., Cancel-Tirado, D., Greder, K., & Sano, Y. (In preparation). Resilient rural food systems. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior.</li> </ol> Juried National and International Presentations <ol> <li>Arreola, H., Big Eagle, T., Morris, J., Kaur, P., & Sano, Y. &. (April, 2023). Fighting to thrive: Overcoming healthcare barriers with resilience. Poster presentation at the annual research showcase at Washington State University, Vancouver, WA.</li> <li>Big Eagle, Sano, Y., Arreola, H., Morris, J., & Kaur, P. (October, 2022). “We do what we have to make do”: Agency and access to healthcare in rural Communities. Oral presentation at the annual meeting of Co-Occurring Disorders and Treatment conference, Yakima, WA.</li> <li>Chandler, K. D., & Cancel-Tirado, D. (2023, February). Rural Families Speak about Resilience: A family science-public health collaboration [Presentation]. College of Public Health and Human Sciences Research Seminar, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR.</li> <li>Greder, K., Bao, J., & Cancel-Tirado, D. (2022, December). Role of acculturative stress in relationship between maternal depression and rural Midwest Latino children’s behaviors [Poster]. Society for Research in Child Development Special Topic Meeting: Construction of the ‘Other’: Development, Consequences, and Applied Implications of Prejudice and Discrimination, December, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.</li> <li>Greder, K., Bao, J., & Cancel-Tirado, D. (2022, December). Role of acculturative stress in relationship between maternal depression and rural Midwest Latino children’s behaviors [Poster]. Society for Research in Child Development Special Topic Meeting: Construction of the ‘Other’: Development, Consequences, and Applied Implications of Prejudice and Discrimination, December, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.</li> <li>Intagliata, M., Routh, B., Pylate, L., Feeney, S., Contreras, D., Wiles, B., Cancel-Tirado, D., Greder, K., & Sano, Y. (2023) Education and Rural Food Systems Resilience. National Council on Family Relations.</li> <li>Mader, B., Buys, D., Washburn, L., Vincent, J., O’Neal, L. J., & Burton, D. (2023, May). Exploring the intersection of Cooperative Extension and public health [Panel]. National Health Outreach Conference, Ithaca, NY.</li> <li>O’Neal, L. J. (2023, May). Workshops to promote health equity in rural communities [Poster Presentation]. National Rural Health Association Health Equity Conference, San Diego, CA.</li> <li>O’Neal, L. J., Berg, A.C., Still Brown, C., & Hosig, K. (2023, May). Cooperative Extension Systems (CES) and Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Programs: Community engagement and partnerships to advance health equity [Panel]. National Health Outreach Conference, Ithaca, NY.</li> <li>O’Neal, L. J., & Griffin, K. (2023, May). Live COVID SMART: Developing a chronic disease prevention and management telehealth education program to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 in rural communities [Paper Presentation]. National Health Outreach Conference, Ithaca, NY.</li> <li>O’Neal, L. J., Jackson, R., & Edwards, A. (2023, March). Assessing community-level response to COVID-19: Perspectives of rural African Americans during a global pandemic [Paper Presentation]. Southern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, Myrtle Beach, SC.</li> <li>O’Neal, L. J., & Vilaro, M. (2023, May). Is Cooperative Extension built for telehealth? Assessing systems-level factors influencing implementation of telehealth via Cooperative Extension in rural communities [Paper Presentation]. National Health Outreach Conference, Ithaca, NY.</li> <li>Pylate, L. B. P., Hardman, A. M., Elmore-Staton, L., Downey, L. H., & Wilmoth, J. D. (2022, November). Family support in recovery from alcohol and other drugs: Reflections of helpful and unhelpful behaviors. [Poster presentation]. National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN.</li> <li>Radunovich, H. L., Rossi, M., Parisi, M., Parker, J.***, & Younker, T. (2023, November). Understanding the health and mental health needs of rural veterans, and how Extension can help. Presentation for the National Council on Family Relations Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL.</li> <li>Radunovich, H. L. & Parker, J.*** (2023, September). How are rural veterans doing? What rural veterans have to say about their needs and access to care. Presentation for the National Association for Rural Mental Health Annual Conference, Pittsburgh, PA.</li> <li>Radunovich, H. L. (2023, June). Understanding the needs of military and veteran families: What FACS and FCS Extension educators need to know. Presentation for the AAFCS annual conference, Baltimore, MD.</li> <li>Routh, B., Feeney, S., Wiles, B., Intagliata, M., Cancel-Tirado, D., Contreras, D., Pylate, L., Sano, Y., & Greder, K. (2023, July). Resilient rural food access [Poster]. Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior’s Annual Conference, Washington D.C.</li> <li>Routh, B., Feeney, S., Wiles, B., Intagliata, M., Cancel-Tirado, D., Contreras, D., Pylate, L., Sano, Y., & Greder, K. (2023, July). Resilient rural food access. Poster presentation at the 2023 Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior’s Annual Conference, Washington D.C.</li> <li>Routh, B., Intagliata, M., Contreras, D. A., Feeney, S., Pylate, L., & Wiles, B. B. (2023). There has got to be a way: Pandemic food insecurity relief processes and partnerships among rural schools and community organizations. National Council on Family Relations.</li> <li>Sano, Y., Berry, A., & Sneed, C. (November, 2022). Extension’s role in promoting food security and nutrition in rural communities. Paper presentation at the annual meeting of National Council on Family Relations, Minneapolis, MN.</li> <li>Sano, Y., Big Eagle, T., Morris, J., Arreola, H., & Dyk, P. H. (2023). Remember this, our favorite town: Agency and access to healthcare in rural communities. National Council on Family Relations annual meeting. Orlando, FL.</li> <li>Wiles, B. B., Dyk, P.H., Pylate, L., & Sano, Y. (2023). I see the states across this big nation: Policy implications for conducting multi-state, rural community research among 17 land-grant universities. National Council on Family Relations.</li> <li>Wiles, B., Kluste, A., Blodgett, R., & Dyk, P.H. (2022, November). Remain in light: Resilience processes in rural communities during the pandemic [Poster]. National Council on Family Relations annual meeting. Minneapolis, MN.</li> </ol> Live Webinars held as part of the Rural Families Speak about Resilience Series (Lead facilitator: Brianna Routh; planners/facilitators: Barnett, Chandler, Dyk, Ontai, Sano, and other project members) <ol> <li>Greder K, Garcia Fine R, (2023) Engaging rural Latinx immigrant families in health outreach. Relying on Rural Resilience Webinar. Routh, B Facilitator [Webinar] <a href="https://ruralfamilies.wixsite.com/website/copy-of-rrr-family-influence-health">RRR: Latinx Family Outreach | Rural Families Speak</a></li> <li>Pylate, L. Boyd, M. (2023) Connecting Rural Families in Recovery Programs. Relying on Rural Resilience Webinar. Routh, B. Facilitator [Webinar]</li> <li>Wiles, B. (2023) This must be the place: Examples of rural community approaches to meeting early care and education needs. Relying on Rural Resilience Webinar. Routh, B Facilitator [Webinar] <a href="https://ruralfamilies.wixsite.com/website/copy-of-rrr-latinx-family-outreach">RRR: Early Child Care | Rural Families Speak</a></li> </ol>  Other Outreach <ol> <li>O’Neal, L. J. (March 2023). Advancing Rural Health Equity through Cooperative Extension. Project ECHO Webinar Series, Florida Rural Health Association. <a href="https://vimeo.com/803629802">https://vimeo.com/803629802</a></li> <li>Routh, B. (2023) Local Food Systems at Montana State University Extension. MSU President’s Bus Tour Across Montana. [Invited speaker]</li> <li>Routh, B., Finch, K, & Decker, K. (2023) Engaging Kids in the Kitchen. <a href="http://store.msuextension.org/publications/HomeHealthandFamily/MT202303HR.pdf">http://store.msuextension.org/publications/HomeHealthandFamily/MT202303HR.pdf</a> </li> </ol>

Impact Statements

Inform Extension educators and community partners via presentations, publications, and locally-based criteria to mobilize rural community capacity in a strengths-based manner