Rural Health Associations & Organizations

See Also Rural Health on
Rural Policy Research Institute (RUPRI)

	Association for Australian Rural Nurses (AARN) – Australia (AU)
	Australian College of Rural & Remote Medicine (ACRRM) – Australia (AU)
	Australian Office of Rural Health – Australia (AU)
	Australian Rural Health Education Network (ARHEN) – Australia (AU)
	Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) – Canada (CA)
	Center for Rural Health at the University of North Dakota
	Center for Rural Health Policy Analysis (CRHPA)
	Farm Safety 4 Just Kids (FS4JK)
	Health Canada – Office of Rural Health – Canada (CA)
	Institute of Agricultural Rural and Environmental Health (I.ARE.H) – Canada (CA)
	Institute of Rural Health (IRH) – United Kingdom (UK)
	International Association of Agricultural Medicine & Rural Health (IAAMRH)
	Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN) – migrant farmworkers and other underserved mobile populations.
	National Association for Rural Mental Health (NARMH)
	National Association of Rural Health Clinics (NARHC)
	National Center for Farmworker Health (NCFH)
	National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety (NCCRAHS)
	National Education Center for Agricultural Safety (NECAS)
	National Farm Medicine Center (NFMC)
	National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH)
	National Rural Health Alliance (NRHA) – Australia (AU)
	National Rural Health Association (NRHA)
	National Rural Recruitment and Retention Network (3rnet)
	Office of Rural Health Policy (ORHP)
	Rural Assistance Center (RAC) – national source of rural health and human services information
	Rural Health Alliance (RHA) – Complimentary and alternative health care
	Rural Health Education Foundation (RHEF) – Australia (AU)
	Rural Health Resource Center (RHRC)
	Rural Hospital Performance Improvement (RHPI) Project
	Rural Nurse Organization (RNO)
	Society of Rural Physicians of Canada (SRPC) – Canada (CA)
	Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) Rural Interest Group

State, Province, Territory, Local, …

Alabama – Alaska –
Alberta – Arizona –
Arkansas –
California –
Colorado –
Connecticut –
Delaware –
Florida – Georgia –
Hawaii – Idaho –
Illinois –
Indiana – Iowa –
Kansas – Kentucky –
Louisiana – Maine –
Manitoba –
Maryland –
Massachusetts –
Michigan –
Minnesota –
Mississippi –
Missouri –
Montana –
Nebraska – Nevada –
New Hampshire –
New Jersey –
New Mexico –
New York –
North Carolina –
North Dakota –
Ohio – Oklahoma –
Ontario – Oregon –
Pennsylvania –
Puerto Rico –
Rhode Island –
South Carolina –
South Dakota –
Tennessee – Texas –
Utah – Vermont –
Virginia –
Virgin Islands –
Washington –
Washington DC –
West Virginia –
Wisconsin –
Wyoming

Alabama

	Alabama Office of Primary Care and Rural Health (OPCRH)
	Alabama Rural Health Association (ARHA)
	Alabama Rural Water Association (ARWA)

Alaska

Alaska Rural Water Association (ARWA)

Alberta

Ruralnet – The Alberta Rural Medical Network

Arizona

Arizona Rural Health Association (AzRHA)

Arkansas

Arkansas Rural Water Association (ARWA)

British Columbia, Canada
(CA)

Farm and Ranch Safety and Health Association (FARSHA)

California

	California Institute for Rural Health Management (CIRHM)
	California Rural Health Policy Council (CRHPC)
	California Rural Indian Health Board (CRIHB)
	California State Rural Health Association (CSRHA)

Colorado

	Colorado Rural Health Center (CRHC)
	Colorado Rural Water Association (CRWA)

Connecticut

Atlantic States Rural Water & Wastewater Association
(ASRWWA)

Delaware

Delaware Rural Water Association (RWA)

Florida

Florida Rural Water Association (FRWA)

Georgia

	Georgia Rural Water Association (GRWA)
	Southeast Georgia Rural Hospital EAWP Network

Hawaii

	Hawaii Rural Health Association (HRHA)
	Hawaii State Office of Rural Health

Idaho

Illinois

	Illinois Rural Health Association (IRHA)
	Illinois Rural Water Association (IRWA)

Indiana

Indiana Rural Health Association (IRHA)

Iowa

	Iowa Rural Health Association (IRHA)
	Iowa Rural Water Association (IRWA)
	Southern Iowa Rural Water Association (SIRWA)

Kansas

	Kansas Rural Health Information Service (KRHIS)
	Kansas Office of Local and Rural Health (OLRH)

Kentucky

Kentucky Rural Health Association (KRHA)

Louisiana

	Louisiana Rural Health Access Program (LRHAP)
	Louisiana Rural Health Association (LRHA)

Maine

	Maine Rural Health Association (MRHA)
	Maine Rural Water Association (MRWA)

Manitoba, Canada

Office of Rural and Northern Health (ORNH)

Maryland

	Maryland Rural Health Association (MRHA)
	Maryland Rural Water Association (MRWA)

Massachusetts

Northeast Rural Water Association (NeRWA)

Michigan

Michigan Rural Water Association (MRWA)

Minnesota

	Minnesota Center for Rural Health (MCRH)
	Minnesota Rural Health Association (MRHA)
	Minnesota Rural Water Association (MRWA)
	Office of Rural Health and Primary Care – MDH

Mississippi

Missouri

	Missouri Association of Rural Health Clinics (MARHC)
	Missouri Rural Health Association (MRHA)
	Missouri Rural Water Association (MRWA)

Montana

Montana Rural Water Systems (MRWS)

Nebraska

	Nebraska Rural Health Association (NRHA)
	Nebraska Rural Water Association (NeRWA)

Nevada

Nevada Rural Water Association (NVRWA)

New Hampshire

Northeast Rural Water Association (NeRWA)

New Jersey

New Mexico

New Mexico Rural Water Association (NMRWA)

New York

	New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health (NYCAMH)
	New York Rural Water Association (NYRWA)

North Carolina

North Carolina Rural Water Association (NCRWA)

North Dakota

North Dakota Rural Water Systems Association (NDRWSA)

Nova Scotia, Canada

Ohio

Ohio Rural Water Association (ORWA)

Oklahoma

	Oklahoma Office of Rural Health
	Oklahoma Rural Water Association (ORWA)

Ontario, Canada

Farm Safety Association (FSA)
– Ontario, Canada

Oregon

Oregon Rural Health Association (ORHA)

Pennsylvania

	Pennsylvania Office of Rural Health (PORH)
	Pennsylvania Rural Health Association (PRHA)
	Pennsylvania Rural Water Association (PRWA)

Puerto Rico

Rhode Island

Atlantic States Rural Water & Wastewater Association
(ASRWWA)

South Carolina

	South Carolina Rural Health Association (SCRHA)
	South Carolina Rural Water Association (SCRWA)

South Dakota

South Dakota Association of Rural Water Systems (SDARWS)

Tennessee

	Rural Health Association of Tennessee (RHAT)
	Tennessee Rural Health (TRH) – Health insurance

Texas

	Texas Association of Rural Health Clinics (TARHC)
	Texas Organization of Rural & Community Hospitals (TORCH)
	Texas Rural Health Association (TRHA)
	Texas Rural Hospital Telecommunications Alliance (TRHTA)

Utah

	Rural Health Association of Utah (RHAU)
	Rural Water Association of Utah (RWAU)

Vermont

Northeast Rural Water Association (NeRWA)

Virginia

	Virginia Rural Health Association (VRHA)
	Virginia Rural Health Resource Center (VRHRC)
	Virginia Rural Water Association (VRWA)

Virgin Islands

Washington

	Evergreen Rural Water of Washington (ERWoW)
	Washington Rural Health Association (WRHA)

Washington DC – District of
Columbia

West Virginia

	West Virginia Office of Community and Rural Health Services
	West Virginia Office of Rural Health Policy (WVORHP)
	West Virginia Rural Health Access Program (WVRHAP)
	West Virginia Rural Health Education Partnership (WVRHEP)
	West Virginia Rural Water Association (WVRWA)

Wisconsin

	Rural Wisconsin Health Cooperative (RWHC)
	Wisconsin Office of Rural Health (WORH)
	Wisconsin Rural Water Association (WRWA)

Wyoming

	Wyoming Association of Rural Water Systems (WARWS)
	Wyoming Health Resources Network (WHRN) – to help improve and enhance rural health services.

This page was last updated
March
12, 2008.
[email protected]