The National Rural Health Association is a national membership organization whose mission is to improve the health and health care of rural Americans and to provide leadership on rural issues through advocacy, communications, education and research. The Journal of Rural Health , a quarterly journal published by the NRHA, offers original research encompassing evaluations of model and demonstration projects to improve rural health, statistical comparisons of rural and urban differences, and mathematical models examining the use of health care services by rural residents. Summaries of recently published rural health research discuss the objectives, geographical focus, database, and methods and outcomes of the research. The Rural Clearinghouse for Lifelong Education and Development is a national effort to improve rural access to continuing education. Legacy and Change takes the viewer to 15 diverse regions across the country from the ski slopes of California, to the plains of Kansas, from the bedroom communities of Vermont, to the isolated towns of Nevada, from the regional trade centers of 30,000 residents to reservation communities of several hundred.
Rural people share their perspectives of the past, present, and future of their communities.