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  • Rural-urban disparities in health outcomes persist.
  • Understanding the mediating factors is crucial for effective interventions.
  • Income, perceived healthy food availability, and consumption are potential mediators.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the role of income, perceived healthy food availability, and consumption as mediators of rural-urban health disparities.
  • To identify key factors contributing to health differences between rural and urban populations.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized pre-registered simple and multi-mediator models.
  • Employed national (Health Information National Trends Survey - HINTS 5) and state-level (Oregon) survey data.
  • Collected self-reported data on income, perceived fruits and vegetable (FV) availability, FV consumption, body mass index (BMI), and self-rated health.

Main Results:

  • Rurality significantly affected BMI and self-rated health when combining datasets.
  • These effects were mediated by income, perceived FV availability, and FV consumption.
  • The study identified a pathway through which rural living impacts health via socioeconomic and food environment factors.

Conclusions:

  • Individual (cognition, behavior), social (household income), and community (healthy food availability) factors should be targeted together to address rural-urban health disparities.
  • A multi-faceted approach is necessary for reducing health inequities.
  • Interventions should consider the interplay of socioeconomic status and food access in rural and urban settings.