{"id":49474,"date":"2026-11-12T14:42:29","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T20:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/?p=49474"},"modified":"2026-11-12T14:42:29","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T20:42:29","slug":"und-center-for-rural-health-highlights-national-rural-health-day-on-north-dakota-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/2026\/11\/und-center-for-rural-health-highlights-national-rural-health-day-on-north-dakota-today\/","title":{"rendered":"UND Center for Rural Health highlights National Rural Health Day on \u2018North Dakota Today\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><strong>Director Jacob Warren discusses the importance of rural health care and the Center&#8217;s work supporting communities across North Dakota<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-48682 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/09\/NDTodaylogo-2.jpg\" alt=\"North Dakota Today logo with the NBC peacock against a blue and gold sky background.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/09\/NDTodaylogo-2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/09\/NDTodaylogo-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/09\/NDTodaylogo-2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-pm-slice=\"1 1 []\">With National Rural Health Day approaching on Nov. 19, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/campus.und.edu\/directory\/jacob.c.warren\">Jacob Warren<\/a><\/strong>, director of the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ruralhealth.und.edu\/\">University of North Dakota&#8217;s Center for Rural Health<\/a><\/strong>, appeared on KVLY&#8217;s \u201cNorth Dakota Today\u201d on Nov. 10 to highlight the importance of rural health care and the work being done to strengthen rural communities.<\/p>\n<p>Located within UND&#8217;s <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/med.und.edu\/\">School of Medicine &amp; Health Sciences<\/a><\/strong>, the Center for Rural Health works with health care providers, policymakers and communities to improve access to quality health care across North Dakota and beyond.<\/p>\n<p>National Rural Health Day recognizes the contributions of rural health care providers and communities while raising awareness of the unique challenges and opportunities associated with delivering health care in rural areas.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.valleynewslive.com\/video\/2026\/11\/10\/north-dakota-today-und-center-rural-health\/\">Watch Warren&#8217;s appearance on North Dakota Today<\/a><\/strong> to learn more about the Center for Rural Health and its work across the state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Director Jacob Warren discusses importance of rural health care, Center&#8217;s work supporting communities across North Dakota<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":265,"featured_media":48682,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1135,1124,22],"class_list":["post-49474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-around-und","tag-center-for-rural-health","tag-equity","tag-med"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UND Center for Rural Health highlights National Rural Health Day on \u2018North Dakota Today\u2019 - UND Today<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Director Jacob Warren discusses the importance of rural health care and the Center&#039;s work supporting communities across North Dakota\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/2026\/11\/und-center-for-rural-health-highlights-national-rural-health-day-on-north-dakota-today\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UND Center for Rural Health highlights National Rural Health Day on \u2018North Dakota Today\u2019 - UND Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Director Jacob Warren discusses the importance of rural health care and the Center&#039;s work supporting communities across North Dakota\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/2026\/11\/und-center-for-rural-health-highlights-national-rural-health-day-on-north-dakota-today\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UND Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-11-12T20:42:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/blogs.und.edu\/und-today\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/09\/NDTodaylogo-2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"683\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Nikki Krueger\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Nikki Krueger\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/und-today\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/und-center-for-rural-health-highlights-national-rural-health-day-on-north-dakota-today\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/und-today\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/und-center-for-rural-health-highlights-national-rural-health-day-on-north-dakota-today\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Nikki Krueger\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/und-today\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a4de5f1e5cbe0c7feb4954d2ac1142e2\"},\"headline\":\"UND Center for Rural Health highlights National Rural Health Day on \u2018North Dakota Today\u2019\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-11-12T20:42:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/und-today\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/und-center-for-rural-health-highlights-national-rural-health-day-on-north-dakota-today\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":171,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/und-today\\\/2026\\\/11\\\/und-center-for-rural-health-highlights-national-rural-health-day-on-north-dakota-today\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/blogs.und.edu\\\/und-today\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/7\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/NDTodaylogo-2.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"center for rural health\",\"Equity\",\"School of Medicine &amp; 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