Resources
Area Health Education Centers—directory: http://www.nationalahec.org/Directory/AHECDirectory.asp
The National Area Health Education Center Organization is the national organization that supports and advances the Area Health Education Center (AHEC) network in improving the health of individuals and communities by transforming health care through education.
National AHEC Organization: 7044 S. 13th Street, Oak Creek, WI 53154
Phone: 414-908-4953, Fax: 414-768-8001, info@nationalahec.org
Web : http://www.nationalahec.org/home/index.asp
AHEC was developed by Congress in 1971 to recruit, train and retain a health professions workforce committed to underserved populations. The AHEC program helps bring the resources of academic medicine to address local community health needs. The strength of the AHEC Network is its ability to creatively adapt national initiatives to help address local and regional healthcare issues. Today, 54 AHEC programs with more than 200 centers operate in almost every state and the District of Columbia. Approximately 120 medical schools and 600 nursing and allied health schools work collaboratively with AHECs to improve health for underserved and under-represented populations.
Train rural – medical school and residency opportunities
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http://www.traindocsrural.org/
FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/TrainDocsRural
Rural Assistance Center: A product of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Rural Initiative, the Rural Assistance Center (RAC) was established in December 2002 as a rural health and human services "information portal." RAC helps rural communities and other rural stakeholders access the full range of available programs, funding, and research that can enable them to provide quality health and human services to rural residents.
Phone: 1-800-270-1898, E-mail: info@raconline.org
National Rural Health Association
http://www.ruralhealthweb.org/
Mission : to provide leadership on rural health issues. NRHA membership consists of a diverse collection of individuals and organizations, all of whom share the common bond of an interest in rural health.
Kansas City, Mo., office: 521 E. 63rd Street, Kansas City, Missouri 64110-3329
Phone: 816-756-3140, Fax: 816-756-3144, Email: mail@NRHArural.org
Washington, D.C., office: 1108 K Street, NW; 2nd Floor, Washington, D.C. 20005-4094
Phone: 202-639-0550, Fax: 202-639-0559, Email: dc@NRHArural.org
USA Center for Rural Public Health Preparedness: Works with both internal and external partners to promote the development of skills and competencies that support the nine CDC goals for emergency response and preparedness in primarily rural states and rural sections of the country.
http://www.rural-preparedness.org/
USA Center for Rural Public Health Preparedness, Texas A&M Health Science Center
School of Rural Public Health, 1266 TAMU, College Station, Texas 77843-1266
Phone: (979) 845-2387
National Farm Medicine Center: Established in 1981 in response to occupational health problems seen in farm patients coming to Marshfield Clinic, the National Farm Medicine Center has focused on evolving issues in agricultural health and safety encompassing behavioral, laboratory and clinical research. Since 1997, the National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety within the National Farm Medicine Center has been one of eight Centers for Agricultural Disease and Injury Research, Education and Prevention funded by the National Institute of Occupational Health and Safety, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The National Farm Medicine Center lab focuses on the transmission of pathogens via groundwater, antibiotic resistance of pathogens in livestock and humans, and factors that alter the virulence level of certain pathogens.
National Farm Medicine Center, Marshfield Clinic, 1000 North Oak Avenue, Marshfield, WI 54449-5790
Phone: 1.800.662.6900 or 715.389.4999, Fax: 715.389.4996, Email:nfmcsh@mcrf.mfldclin.edu
http://www.marshfieldclinic.org/nfmc/?page=nfmc_home
Paramedics/ EMT
Comprehensive Advanced Life Support
717 Delaware Street SE, Ste. 508F, Minneapolis, MN 55414
Phone: (612) 624-5901 or (612) 624-9438
Rural Healthy People 2010
Healthy People 2010 goals adapted for rural populations
http://www.srph.tamhsc.edu/centers/rhp2010/
Federal Resources
Office of Rural Health Policy: Resources on a variety of rural health issues
Office of Rural Health Policy, Health Resources and Services Administration
5600 Fishers Lane, 9A-55, Rockville, MD 20857
Phone: (301) 443-0835, Fax: (301) 443-2803, Email: orhpwebsite@hrsa.gov
USDA Rural Health Development Program: committed to helping improve the economy and quality of life in rural America through a variety of programs.
http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/Home.html
USDA Rural Development, Room 205-W, Mail Stop 0107, 1400 Independence Avenue SW
Washington, DC 20250-0107
Phone: (202) 720-4581, TTY: (800) 877-8339 (Federal Relay Service), Fax: (202) 720-2080
Indian Health Service:
Indian Health Service (HQ) - The Reyes Building, 801 Thompson Avenue, Ste. 400 - Rockville, MD 20852
Telephone list: http://www.ihs.gov/PublicAffairs/BluePages/
Loan Repayment: National Health Service Corps: http://nhsc.hrsa.gov/
Scholarship and Loan Repayment Applicants & Members In Service: CallCenter@hrsa.gov or 1-800-221-9393 (TTY: 1-877-897-9910), Monday through Friday (except Federal holidays), 9 am to 5:30 pm ET.
Mental Health
National Association for Rural Mental Health
300 33rd Ave. S., Suite 101, Waite Park, MN 56387
Phone:320.202.1820, Fax: 320.202.1833, Email : info@narmh.org
AgriWellness
AgriWellness, Inc., a nonprofit corporation, was founded in 2001 and located in Harlan Iowa. The AgriWellness mission: promote accessible behavioral health services for underserved and at-risk populations affected by rural crisis in agricultural communities.
1210 7th St., Ste. C, Harlan, IA 51537
Phone : (712) 235-6100