Community Connections
 April/May 2013

Northeast Missouri Area Health Education Center 

Phone 660.665.6404     Fax 660.665.6439     Toll free 1.877.303.2938 

Visit our website at: www.nemoahec.org 

 

In This Issue
Temp. Housing Needed
NEMO AHEC's new Ex. Director
Links
Older Americans Month
Agency Spotlight
Healthy Woman logo
Healthy Woman on April 22, 6 pm at the Shrine Club.  

Attendees will have a chance to ask questions anonymously of OB/GYN professionals. Drs. Stocks, Speak and Boling of Northeast Regional Medical Center will be answering questions.

Contact Laura for more information: [email protected] , 660-785-1153
Temporary Housing Needed
ATSU students will spend two weeks in a rural community this summer as part of their required curriculum.

We are seeking comfortable, furnished temporary housing to assist them in the immersion experience.  If you know of a guest home or apartment that would be available in any of the following towns, please contact Dinah Coles at [email protected] or 660.665.6404.

Target communities:
     Brookfield          Hannibal
     Memphis            Mexico
     Moberly              Monroe City

NEMO AHEC's
New Executive Director

NEMO AHEC Names Dawson as Executive Director

March 1, 2013

 

NEMO Area Health Education Center (AHEC) announced that Becky Dawson has been named Executive Director. Dawson will provide leadership, management, and direction to the NEMO AHEC 21-county service area.

 

Dawson has been with NEMO AHEC for 5 years. Prior to being with AHEC, Dawson was the Director of Education, Development and Services in the Academic Affairs Department at A.T. Still University - Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine.

 

As Executive Director, Dawson will be working with the Board of Directors and the NEMO AHEC staff to continue providing programs to encourage young people to enter the healthcare workforce to increase the number of health care professionals in medically underserved areas in Missouri.

 

For additional information, please contact: Becky Dawson, Executive Director, NEMO AHEC, 660-665-6404, [email protected]   

Staff

Becky Dawson, Executive Director

Dinah Coles, Office Manager

Maegan Hilton, Health Careers Coord.  

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NEMO AHEC, 312 S. Elson St.

Kirksville, MO  63501

Board Members

Janice Clark, EdD

Audrey Gough, BSN   

Leanna Leake, FNP

Barb Primm, BSN, RN  

Tanya Taylor, BS

Connie Thompson, RN, ADN

Brenda Wilson, RN 

   

NEMO AHEC serves 21 counties:

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MAHEC Mission
To enhance access to quality health care, particularly primary and preventative care, by growing and supporting Missouri's healthcare workforce. 
Links
ATSU block logo Lecture
on
Aging
ATSU 9th Annual Lecture on Aging that will be held  at the ATSU/KCOM Campus on April 12th, 3 PM.   Andrea Sherman, PhD, will speaking on "Creativity: The Critical Link in Person-Centered Care".   The lecture will be broadcast (from the ATSU Mesa Campus) to the McCreight Classroom, Tinning Education Center, on the ATSU/KCOM Campus, 800 W. Jefferson St., Kirksville.

 

Prior to the lecture, a Community Alliance: Resources for Elders (CARE) meeting will begin at 1:30 PM in the breakout rooms of the Connell Information Technologies Center (CITC), which is adjacent to the Tinning Education Center.  Due to the construction of the Missouri School of Dentistry and Oral Health, parking will be in the Gutensohn Clinic parking lot across the street from the Gutensohn Clinic.  To get to the CARE meeting and the lecture, please go to the basement of the clinic and walk through the building to the Tinning Education Center (past the Bookstore) and on to the Connell Information Technologies Center. Signs will be posted along the way.

  

The main item on the agenda for the CARE meeting is a Veterans Mental Health Continuing Education Program for providers.  This event will be held in Kirksville this spring.  Details will be shared at the April 12 meeting.  The CARE meeting will conclude by 2:30 PM to allow attendees to go to the Art Display and reception in the Steinbaum-Levine Legacy Gallery prior to the lecture at 3 PM.  All of these events are in connecting buildings, so going from one event to another will not be a problem.

  

Everyone is welcome to attend the CARE meeting, the reception/Art Display and the lecture.    

  Timeline for the afternoon:
* 1:30 Community Alliance: Resources for Elders (CARE) Meeting in CITC
* 2:30 Art Display and reception in the Steinbaum-Levine Legacy Gallery
* 3:00 Dr. Sherman's lecture
* 4:00 Q and A session w/Dr. Sherman  

 

Please RSVP by email to Becky at [email protected], or call our office at 660.665.6404 by Wednesday, April 10.  Thank you!

 
May 2013 - Older Americans Month
         
          A meeting with the National Council of Senior Citizens resulted in President John F. Kennedy designating May 1963 as Senior Citizens Month, encouraging the nation to pay tribute to older people across the country. In 1980, President Jimmy Carter's proclamation changed the name to Older Americans Month, a time to celebrate those 65 and older through ceremonies, events and public recognition.

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Agency Spotlight

Agency
Northeast Missouri Rural Health Network

NMRHN is a non-profit corporation with 25 member agencies offering both member service and patient programs, such as:

  • CareLink Information & Referral Service
  • Prescription Drug Assistance Program
  • ElderLynk/Healthy IDEAS Program
  • ACCESS/Chronic Disease Self-Management Program
  • Powerful Tools for Caregivers 
Vision: The vision of the Northeast Missouri Rural Health Network is to link agencies and resources to improve the health and wellness of the communities it serves.
MissionThe Northeast Missouri Rural Health Network's mission is to expand and improve access to quality health and wellness services with an emphasis placed on meeting the needs of the underserved, promote community health awareness, and provide continuing education for member agencies.  The Network will achieve improvements through the collaboration, coordination and sharing of services and resources among members.  Its service area includes the Missouri counties of Adair, Clark, Knox, Lewis, Linn, Macon, Putnam, Schuyler, Scotland, Shelby, and Sullivan.
 
Address: 117 W. Potter Avenue, Kirksville, MO 63501

Phone: Phone 660-665-0330
Toll Free 877-539-2227
Fax 660-665-0030

Email:   [email protected]
 

 

Website: nmrhn.org