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Kristin Lessen is executive director of the Logan
County Healthy Communities Partnership. Her exemplary leadership of
the partnership has resulted in the development of a model community
health partnership whose mission is to protect, maintain and improve
the health and quality of life of all residents of Lincoln and Logan
County.
The partnership provides a forum for representatives
from all aspects of the community's health care network to work
together to identify the health care needs of the community and find
ways to meet those needs with programs and services. Included in
this collaborative approach are various task forces: Alcohol Tobacco
and Other Drugs, Rural Health Partnership, Healthy Families, Senior
Issues, Domestic Abuse and Violence, Parish Nurses, and Behavioral
Health.
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 The Rural Health Practitioner of the Year Award is
given by the Illinois Rural Health Association to honor a direct
service provider for leadership in bringing health services to
residents of rural Illinois. The award recipient must be a medical
or dental physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or
certified nurse midwife. In receiving this award, the recipient has
demonstrated outstanding care, is involved in the community and has
made a lasting contribution to the rural health care system in
Illinois.
 The Illinois Rural Health Association, a
not-for-profit organization with over 400 members, is a
collaborative association committed to strengthening health systems
for rural residents and communities through advocacy, education,
networking and leadership development. The association is composed
of individual, organizational and student members interested in
providing leadership on rural health issues.
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