The National Rural Health Association (NRHA) is a national nonprofitprofessional association in the United States with more than 18,000 members. The association’s mission is to provide leadership on rural health issues, which it attempts to carry out through education, communication, and advocacy. The NRHA membership is made up of a diverse collection of individuals and organizations, all of whom share the common bond of an interest in rural health. Many member organizations have specific facility designations such as critical access hospitals, rural health clinics, or community health centers.
In the mid to late 1970s, a small group of rural community health centers began to coalesce around the need for an independent association to make sure the rural-specific needs of the community health center movement was represented. In 1978, the National Rural Primary Care Association (NRPCA) was founded and based in Waterville, Maine[2] The NRPCA would move its headquarters to Kansas City, Missouri in 1983, where it remains to this day.[3]
In the early 1980s two additional rural health associations were formed with similar desires to represent the rural-specific needs within their larger professional groups. The American Rural Health Association (ARHA) was formed in 1980 primarily made up of rural health researchers. The goal of the ARHA was to "become a definitive source of information on rural health."[3] In February 1981, the American Small and Rural Hospital Association (ASRHA) was formed.[4]
In 1984, the Board of the NRPCA changed the association's name to the National Rural Health Care Association (NRHCA). In doing so, the association moved past its mainly community health center roots and allowed other providers as segments of its membership. This change prepared the way for the NRHCA to eventually merge with both the ARHA and the ASRHA. These mergers took place in 1987 and 1986, respectively. These mergers led to a change of the name to the National Rural Health Association, a "new unified voice for rural health."[3]
NRHA' roots in professional-specific rural organizations has led to a membership structure that contains specific constituency groups for different rural health interests. These associations within an association each have seats on the NRHA board of trustees and its policy setting body. Many also have their own conference or tracks within larger NRHA conferences.[5]
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national, rural, health, association, nrha, national, nonprofit, professional, association, united, states, with, more, than, members, association, mission, provide, leadership, rural, health, issues, which, attempts, carry, through, education, communication, . The National Rural Health Association NRHA is a national nonprofit professional association in the United States with more than 18 000 members The association s mission is to provide leadership on rural health issues which it attempts to carry out through education communication and advocacy The NRHA membership is made up of a diverse collection of individuals and organizations all of whom share the common bond of an interest in rural health Many member organizations have specific facility designations such as critical access hospitals rural health clinics or community health centers National Rural Health AssociationFormation1978Typeprofessional associationHeadquartersKansas City MO and Washington D C LocationUnited StatesOriginsNational Rural Primary Care Association American Small and Rural Hospital Association and American Rural Hospital AssociationArea servedhealth careMembershipApproximately 18 000 1 WebsiteNational Rural Health Association Contents 1 History 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksHistory EditIn the mid to late 1970s a small group of rural community health centers began to coalesce around the need for an independent association to make sure the rural specific needs of the community health center movement was represented In 1978 the National Rural Primary Care Association NRPCA was founded and based in Waterville Maine 2 The NRPCA would move its headquarters to Kansas City Missouri in 1983 where it remains to this day 3 In the early 1980s two additional rural health associations were formed with similar desires to represent the rural specific needs within their larger professional groups The American Rural Health Association ARHA was formed in 1980 primarily made up of rural health researchers The goal of the ARHA was to become a definitive source of information on rural health 3 In February 1981 the American Small and Rural Hospital Association ASRHA was formed 4 In 1984 the Board of the NRPCA changed the association s name to the National Rural Health Care Association NRHCA In doing so the association moved past its mainly community health center roots and allowed other providers as segments of its membership This change prepared the way for the NRHCA to eventually merge with both the ARHA and the ASRHA These mergers took place in 1987 and 1986 respectively These mergers led to a change of the name to the National Rural Health Association a new unified voice for rural health 3 NRHA roots in professional specific rural organizations has led to a membership structure that contains specific constituency groups for different rural health interests These associations within an association each have seats on the NRHA board of trustees and its policy setting body Many also have their own conference or tracks within larger NRHA conferences 5 See also EditRural AmericaReferences Edit About the NRHA Retrieved 2009 03 25 The History Evolution Current Status and Issues of Community Health Centers Archived from the original on July 27 2007 Retrieved 2009 03 25 a b c NRHA Organizational History Retrieved 2009 03 25 News and Notes PDF Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law 1981 566 573 a href Template Cite journal html title Template Cite journal cite journal a Cite journal requires journal help NRHA Constituency Groups Retrieved 2009 03 26 External links EditNational Rural Health Association Health Resources and Services Administration Office of Rural Health Policy Rural Health Information Hub Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title National Rural Health Association amp oldid 954599153, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
