National Rural Health Day

National Rural Health Day

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About Us

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National Rural Health Day

Officially Thursday, November 15 (National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health and others planning week of NRHD-related events )

Created in 2011 to:• Tout the strengths of rural communities as places to live and work• Increase awareness of rural health-related issues• Promote the efforts of communities and their partners in addressing those

issues

NRHD Logo – What It Represents

Colors/Upper-left Block – nature/outdoors, agriculture, recreational opportunities

Upper-right Block – family, community, heritage

Lower-left Block – partnerships/connections, working together to benefit the greater good

Lower-right Block – represents medical, health care

Available Resources

• Key Messages: Rural communities are wonderful places to live and work Amazing things are happening in rural Missouri Being a rural healthcare provider offers tremendous opportunities Health care in rural Missouri is unique

• National Rural Health Day “Themes” : Welcome to Rural Missouri Exploring the Issues Missouri faces Doing More with Less Provider Appreciation Day Looking Toward the Future

Available Resources (cont.)

• National Rural Health Day Logo

• “Save the Date” Postcard

• Gubernatorial Proclamation Template - Remove

• “Letter to Legislator” Template

• Media Release Template

• National Rural Health Day PowerPoint Presentation

National Rural Health Day Website

http://celebratepowerofrural.org

NOSORH Celebration Plans Remove this slide

• National Rural Health Day “Kickoff Event” (Tentative)(November 13; National Press Club, Washington DC)

• Daily National Rural Health Day Webinars (November 12-16)

• NOSORH Leadership Institute Open to emerging AND established rural health leaders Workshops conducted mostly via webinar from January – October

2013; two face-to-face meetings:o May 7, 2013 (Louisville, KY)o October 2013 (Asheville, NC)

Up to ten scholarships available; nomination form available athttp://www.nosorh.org/events/files/LI_Nomination_Form_2012_FINAL.docx

Our Celebration Plans

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What Can You Do?

• Put National Rural Health Day logo on your website

• Put “community success stories” and provider appreciation stories on your website.

• Seek gubernatorial/legislative proclamations Remove

• Share the news – tell partners, media contacts, etc.

• Send rural “community success stories” and photographs to at MO Department of Health and Senior Services, via email: [email protected]

• Tell us what you’re doing … or join us!

• Celebrate!

THANK YOU!

Our Partners:(Note: Insert your partners here)Missouri Office of Primary Care and Rural Health

Need More Info?

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Marie Ballew, Rural Health Coordinator, State of Missouri

– 573-526-2825/[email protected]

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