{"id":18847,"date":"2025-11-17T14:32:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T14:32:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/?p=18847"},"modified":"2025-11-17T14:33:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T14:33:21","slug":"celebrating-rural-on-rural-health-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/2025\/11\/17\/celebrating-rural-on-rural-health-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Rural on Rural Health Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18849 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/11\/NRHDGeneralLogoStackedRGB-300x193.jpg\" alt=\"Rural Health Day logo from the National Association of State Rural Health Offices. Tagline: Celebrating the Power of Rural\" width=\"300\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/11\/NRHDGeneralLogoStackedRGB-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/11\/NRHDGeneralLogoStackedRGB-1024x659.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/11\/NRHDGeneralLogoStackedRGB-768x494.jpg 768w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/11\/NRHDGeneralLogoStackedRGB-1536x988.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/11\/NRHDGeneralLogoStackedRGB.jpg 1823w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>This Thursday, 11\/20\/25, is <a href=\"https:\/\/powerofrural.org\/\">Rural Health Day<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>What do we mean when we say rural? It\u2019s an easy question to ask, but a hard question to answer. In general, rural is defined as anything that isn\u2019t urban or metro.<\/p>\n<p>But then how do we define urban? That\u2019s complicated. There are two main definitions that the federal government uses\u2014one from the Office of Management and Budget, the other from the Census Bureau. Both definitions have there drawbacks potentially including or excluding areas that people who live there might not agree with. But between the two definitions, 15%-20% or Americans live in rural areas.<\/p>\n<p>In recognition of Rural Health Day, learn more about the health challenges, needs and supports for rural communities with the resources below.<\/p>\n<h2>Find Demographic Information<\/h2>\n<p>What you think of when you hear the word rural probably depends a lot on what you see around you. Every state has rural areas, but the landscape, industry, and people vary greatly across the country. Below are resources that can help give snapshots of what rural looks like nationally and locally.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ers.usda.gov\/\">Economic Research Services of the US Department of Agriculture (ERS USDA)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruralhealthinfo.org\/\">Rural Health Information Hub<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countyhealthrankings.org\/\">County Health Rankings and Roadmap<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Find Health Information<\/h2>\n<p>Rural areas have unique health challenges and needs including higher rates of the five leading causes of death in the US: Heart Disease, Cancer, Unintentional Injury, Chronic Lower Respiratory Disease, and Stroke.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medlineplus.gov\/ruralhealthconcerns.html\">Rural Health Concerns (MedlinePlus)<\/a>: Start here to learn about health needs in rural areas and find links to more information on trusted partner sites.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/rural-health\/php\/index.html\">CDC Rural Health<\/a>: Find information on rural health needs, programs to address those needs, success stories, and more.<\/p>\n<h2>Connect with Local Partners<\/h2>\n<p>Looking to connect with partners working in your rural community and rural communities near you? Check out these resources.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nerha.org\/\">New England Rural Health Association (NERHA)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nosorh.org\/\">National Association of State Offices of Rural Health<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arsl.org\/\">Association of Rural and Small Libraries<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Resources from NNLM<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Join us this Thursday (11\/20) for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/training\/class\/rural-health-resources-4\">Rural Health Resources<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Find books, discussion guides, and resources from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/reading-club\/topic\/339\">NNLM Reading Club Rural Health<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Check out the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nnlm.gov\/guides\/rural-health\">NNLM Rural Health Resource Guide<\/a> for more resources.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Thursday, 11\/20\/25, is Rural Health Day! What do we mean when we say rural? It\u2019s an easy question to ask, but a hard question to answer. In general, rural is defined as anything that isn\u2019t urban or metro. But then how do we define urban? That\u2019s complicated. There are two main definitions that the&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/2025\/11\/17\/celebrating-rural-on-rural-health-day\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1173,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[242],"tags":[143,394,458],"class_list":["post-18847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-medlineplus","tag-resources","tag-rural-health"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1173"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18847"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18847\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18851,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18847\/revisions\/18851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_7\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}