Advocacy

Rural areas experience unique public health challenges, including a higher likelihood to die from leading chronic diseases and unintentional injury. Public health agencies have emerged to address chronic disease and health disparities within the populations they serve. Rural public health agencies, specifically, work to protect and improve the health of rural populations by preventing injuries and the spread of disease, protecting rural populations against environmental hazards, promoting and encouraging positive health behaviors, responding to disasters, and many other populations health support. We encourage you to utilize the following advocacy materials when you are advocating for rural public health.