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The RHI Quarterly Newsletter is designed to provide relevant communication while encouraging networking and collaboration. Thank you for being part of our network and encouraging health and wellness. Please let us know if we can be of any assistance.
Sincerely,
Julia Middleton / RHI Staff
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 | RHI News |  Kailyn Dorhauer joined the RHI staff this summer as the assistant project coordinator. She has an undergraduate degree in Health and Human Performance from Montana State University Bozeman and is pursuing a Masters in Health Administration from MSU-Billings. You may receive an email from Kailyn about having your program featured as the profile of the week on the RHI website.
The RHI is working to create an evidence-based template for all community programs in prevention using the guidelines from the US Preventive Services Task Force for AHRQ and the Community Guide from the CDC. We will apply these guidelines to programs profiled on the website, Incubator mini-grant applications, and technical assistance for communities. To have your program featured on the website, email us at info@montanaruralhealthinitiative.info. |
| National Rural Health Day
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Montana Rural Health Initiative (RHI) encourages its members to join RHI, the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) and other state/national rural stakeholders in celebrating the first-ever National Rural Health Day on Thursday, November 17, 2011.
NOSORH created National Rural Health Day as a way to showcase rural America;to increase awareness of rural health-related issues; and to promote the efforts of NOSORH, State Offices of Rural Health and others in addressing those issues. Plans call for National Rural Health Day to become an annual celebration on the third Thursday of each November.
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| Program Spotlight | 
Diverse Montana Communities Deliver Lifestyle Change Program to Prevent Diabetes
Since 2008, Montana communities have been helping prevent type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease among adults at high risk through the Montana Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes Prevention Program (CVDDPP). The 10-month CVDDPP is based upon research evidence that intensive lifestyle change can prevent or delay the development of diabetes by 58% among adults at high risk.
Lifestyle coaches educate and motivate participants to develop and maintain healthier eating and physical activity habits, which lead to weight loss and control. These lifestyle coaches are registered dietitians, registered nurses, cardiac rehabilitation nurses, and exercise specialists trained to deliver the CVDDPP.
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Article courtesy of Diane Arave, Quality Improvement Specialist - Prevention, CVDDPP |
| Upcoming RHI Webinars
| November 17, 2011, 12-1pm - Student Success Starts with Safe Routes to School: Taylor Lonsdale, Safe Routes to School Coordinator, and Cathy Costakis, Physical Activity Coordinator for the Montana Nutrition and Physical Activity Program (NAPA), will present on the success of Safe Routes to School. The Safe Routes to School Program is a federally funded, competitively awarded, reimbursement program that encourages and enables children, including those with disabilities to walk and bicycle to school and makes bicycling and walking to school a safer and more appealing transportation alternative.
January 11, 2012, 12-1pm - Together We Can Change the Shape of Our State: Shape Up Montana: Karen Gall and Suzie Eades will present on the successes of Shape Up Montana; a fun, interactive three-month team competition from February 1 - May 1 that encourages Montanans to develop healthy physical activity and eating habits.
Register now!
To view past webinars, please visit:
http://healthinfo.montana.edu/RHI%20Webinars.html
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| Upcoming Events
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5th Annual Montana HealthCare Forum Conference: "Health Care's Triple Aim-Montana Style: Better Health, Improved Patient Experience and Lower Cost" When: November 1, 2011 Where: Helena, MT at the Great Northern Best Western Premier Click here for more information 
Celebrate National Rural Health Day! Send us your success stories and tell us what makes your community great! We will feature your stories on our website throughout the year. November 17, 2011 For more events, please visit the RHI Calendar of Events |
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