The State Office of Rural Health is planning a press conference with VT Governor Peter Shumlin on the impact of Tropical Storm Irene and the tremendous responses by rural health providers.
Location: People's Health & Wellness Clinic, Barre, Vermont
Date: Thursday, Nov 17, 11 am - Noon.
Local Theme: Celebrating Rural Health: Neighbors - There When You Need Them.
We are highlighting inviting providers, administrators, National Health Service Corps alumni, office staff, EMT's, Red Cross, mental health providers and all types of people from broad health sectors to promote careers, clinics, programs and small hospitals. The emphasis is on community response and neighborliness.
We’re also creating a multi-phase video project on the theme of: "I Am Rural Health." We are collecting short statements & stories by rural health care providers, administrators, board members, EMT's, support staff, and public health workers to highlight perspectivesand impacts of health in rural VT communities, not just during crises.
Phase 1: Selected statements and quotes for NRH Day Press Conf and press release, about responding to Tropical Storm Irene.
Phase 2: ~3 minute video on Rural Health's response to Tropical Storm Irene in VT
Phase 3: ~3-5 minute video on breadth, depth and sense of community working in Rural Health in VT
Phase 4: ~3-5 minute video focusing on health care workforce development in rural health
Phase 5: `3-5 minute video promoting rural clinics, hospitals, providers, long term care, etc in rural communities
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