September 9, 2024 Hello everyone, Happy September! As the temperatures are cooling and school has started up across the state, the Iowa Rural Health Association (IRHA) continues to be hard at work to support rural health throughout Iowa! I wanted to highlight a few things that the Iowa Rural Health... Read More →
July 19, 2024 Hello everyone, I had the wonderful opportunity to participate in the National Rural Health Association’s State Leadership Conference this week in Portland! It was a great time to learn from and connect with leaders from the National Rural Health Association as well as state rural health associations... Read More →
I hope that everyone’s summer has kicked off well and that you’ve all stayed safe amid the active weather we’ve had in May! The IRHA Board has been very active in 2024, and I wanted to provide our larger membership with an update on our efforts. This begins a monthly... Read More →
The Iowa Rural Health Association (IRHA) is proud to join the celebration of National Rural Health Day (NRHD) on November 16, 2023. The National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) and rural-focused organizations throughout the United States set aside the third Thursday of November to recognize NRHD. This... Read More →
October 17, 2023 The Iowa Rural Health Association (IRHA) is excited to hold the 2023 IRHA conference at the Iowa Valley Business and Community Solutions Conference Center in Marshalltown this week on Wednesday, October 18. This year’s conference is the first independently held, in-person IRHA conference since 2019. The conference... Read More →
The Iowa Rural Health Association (IRHA) was selected by the Division of Public Health/Iowa Health and Human Services to participate in the Initiative to Address COVID- 19 Health Disparities. IRHA solicited applications from rural communities and organizations who had projects focused on health equity. From these applications, four communities were... Read More →
April 10, 2023 The Iowa Rural Health Association has received a $30,000 Community of Health Grant from the Delta Dental Foundation of Iowa. These funds will support strategic planning amongst our board and larger membership, provision of training webinars for engaged partners, and planning and convening a statewide conference for... Read More →
Iowa Rural Health Association Community Health Improvement Application Announcement Date- June 30, 2022 Application Deadline- July 31, 2022 Contact: Bill Menner 641-990-4757 bill@billmennergroup.com Iowa Rural Health Association (IRHA) is a non-profit, 501c3 established to advocate for access to rural health, health care and healthy communities. Its mission... Read More →
The Iowa Rural Health Association website now includes the weekly legislative updates from our government affairs team of Kate Walton and Matt Eide. Kate and Matt are IRHA’s eyes and ears at the Iowa State Capitol and are keeping informed the association board of issues and opportunities. You can see... Read More →
For Immediate Release October 28, 2020 Rural Health Association Honors Redfield Medical Provider Ed Friedmann Recognized as Annual Rural Health Champion GRINNELL, IOWA – The Iowa Rural Health Association (IRHA) has bestowed its annual Jerry Karbeling Award for contributions to rural health care to Ed Friedmann, PA-C, of the... Read More →