Minority and Multicultural Affairs

The National Rural Health Association is uniquely positioned to represent the interests of minority individuals living in rural areas.

Since 1988, the NRHA has worked through its Rural Minority Health Advisory Committee, representing rural and minority-responsive national associations and professional organizations to respond to health care services and access to rural minority populations. This committee representation included African American, Asian American, Hispanic/Latino, and Native American. The NRHA is committed to playing a leading role in developing and carrying out a national rural minority health policy statement and action strategy to improve the health status of rural minority populations.

For a synopsis of NRHA's Racial/Ethnic Activities, click the link below: (PDF Format)

HISTORY OF RACIAL/ETHNIC ACTIVITIES

Since 1991, the NRHA has offered minority-focused sessions at the annual national conference and other educational programs. Beginning in 1993, the NRHA has held annual rural minority health conferences.

NEW RURAL MINORITY HEALTH PUBLICATIONS/RESOURCES

Rural Minority Health Resource Book

This resource book is for health professionals and others working with and serving rural racial and ethnic minority communities. This book is a compilation of important statistical, factual and anecdotal information regarding rural minority health issues such as access, transportation, barriers to care, cultural competency, health status indicators, and disparities concerns.

Cultural Competency Awareness and Training Materials

To ensure the availability and accessibility of culturally competent health care services to rural racial and ethnic minorities, this two part manual is awareness raising/training materials about cultural competency in health care. These materials are to be used in a health care setting with staff, providers, board members and other volunteers to explain what culturally competent care is, why it's important and how to provide this care.

Order these two publications in the NRHA Bookstore by clicking here

Contextual Health Profile for Rural Racial and Ethnic Minority Populations

This computer/Internet-based tool is to guide the health planner toward culturally competent health programming. The profile is a comprehensive description of the health status of a specific community, and includes community health status information that is typically included in a community health needs assessment. In addition, it captures cultural and environmental information about a specific community to help the health planner reach a more informed decision or set of decisions regarding appropriate health interventions.
[Click Here]to go to the Contextual Health Profile.

Information Warehouse: Rural Minority Health Web site

This warehouse was developed to ensure that health data and information are appropriately applied for the benefit of rural racial and ethnic minority communities. The warehouse will provide an access point to useable data and information to assist program planning and implementation, policy development and research to community-based organizations, policy makers, researchers, program planners and others. [Click Here] to check out the Information Warehouse

Other Minority and Multicultural Resources:

Journey to Wellness (journeytowellness.com) African American Health Radio

Radio Broadcasts, in both audio and text format, specific to the health concerns of African Americans. To visit the site, [Click Here]