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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
(Note: Insert a few bullets about your community/provider celebration plans here)
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?
Contact:(Note: Insert your Name, Title contact info here)
− Phone Number/email address
Marie Ballew, Rural Health Coordinator, State of Missouri
– 573-526-2825/[email protected]
Name, Title– Phone number/email address