General Information

Hawaii Rural Health Association
P.O. Box 82 Pahala, HI 96777
(808) 928-6140

The Hawaii Rural Health Association is an organization whose purpose is to provide communications, education, and research opportunities related to rural health issues in Hawai`i and to provide leadership in developing healthy rural communities. The Association was incorporated in 1998 and is an active member of the National Rural Health Association and the NRHA State Association Council. Hawaii Rural Health Association membership is comprised of the members of local rural health associations statewide. The Hawaii Rural Health Association participates in national and local health initiatives, promotes health networks, provides grass-roots input into statewide health planning, and promotes development of new services for rural areas.

State Office of Rural Health
P.O. Box 1675 Honoka`a, HI 96727
(808) 775-8883 (808) 775-8889 fax
lyasato@mail.health.state.hi.us
www.hawaiiruralhealthnews.org
www.hawaii.gov/health/rural-health/index.htm

Hawaii's State Office of Rural Health was established in 1992 in the Office of Planning, Policy, and Program Development within the Hawaii Department of Health. After a brief tenure in Hawaii's State Health Planning and Development Agency during 1998, the State Office of Rural Health was returned to its original home within the Hawaii Department of Health on December 1, 1998. The State Office of Rural Health works closely with the statewide Hawaii Rural Health Association and the four county-based Rural Health Associations: Hawaii Island, Maui, Oahu and Kauai. Community rural health initiatives and organizations are also emerging at the community level, such as in the district of Kau.