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National Association for Rural Mental Health
37th Annual Conference in partnership with AgriWellness
"Navigating the Currents of Change" and the
"The Clock is Ticking for Rural America: A Behavioral Health and Safety
Conference"
June 22-25, 2011
Grand Harbor Hotel and
Grand River Conference Center
Dubuque, Iowa
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The National Association for Rural Mental Health and AgriWellness, Inc.
invite you to join them for the first annual gathering of these two
organizations. This year, AgriWellness will convene its conference on
Wednesday, June 22, and NARMH will hold its meeting June 23-25.
This conference brings together two organizations that serve the
behavioral health needs of rural people: National Association for Rural
Mental Health and AgriWellness. AgriWellness holds its conference,
"The Clock is Ticking for Rural America: A Behavioral Health and Safety
Conference," every other year to carry out its mission to "promote
accessible behavioral health services for underserved and at-risk
populations affected by rural crisis in agricultural communities." The
National Association for Rural Mental Health (NARMH) meets annually for its
conference to carry out its mission, "Linking voices to promote rural mental
health." Since both organizations have some common purposes and
members, and both chose the heartland river town of Dubuque, Iowa for their
2011 meetings, the organizations determined to join forces and to explore
the advantages of working together in a shared venue.
This conference is dedicated to exploring new dimensions and directions
in the delivery of behavioral healthcare in rural and agricultural settings.
Funny how the letter "d" appears regularly in the development of these
tracks and the selection of Dubuque! That wasn't intentional.
The "d" tracks befit this innovative conference that brings together the
best researchers, administrators, providers of healthcare services, teachers
and students, farmers and consumers. And it is fitting that this
conference is being held in the Grand River Center on America's largest
waterway.
The National Association for Rural Mental
Health and AgriWellness invite presentation ideas for the following:
- Increasing diversity of rural and agricultural people
- Growing disparities in delivering behavioral healthcare in rural America
- Disaster behavioral health services in rural areas
- Special issues of deployed rural warriors and their return to distant rural communities
- Domestic violence in rural areas