Vision: Optimal health for all Iowans, with a focus on rural populations

Mission: The Iowa Rural Health Association is committed to: strengthening health systems for rural residents and communities through leadership, education, advocacy, public awareness and networking.

IRHA Membership List
The Iowa Rural Health Association is comprised of representatives of rural health care professionals throughout Iowa. Our administrative office facilitates a list-serve that may be used to contact these members, or IRHA members may request a full list by contacting LeAnn in the office at 515-282-8192 or click here .

Legislative Information
The most recent legislative summary is posted at http://www.idph.state.ia.us/adper/legislative_updates.asp
The Legislative and Regulatory Agenda for the National Rural Health Association is posted here (the link retrieves a PDF document).

IRHA Newsletter
IRHA news items will be communicated via the members-only list-serv. Previous newsletter articles are archived here

Rural Health Study
The Iowa Rural Health Association partnered with the  The Iowa Rural Health Association, Iowa Farm Bureau, Partnership for Better Health, Iowa Health System and Des Moines University to contract with Selzer & Company to conduct a survey examining the health perception of Iowans.  More information on the study, including a summary and media information can be found here .