The Hidden Farm Crisis: Chronic Stress and Mental Health in Rural Communities
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Webinar Details
When:
Dec 15, 2020 1:00 pm US/Eastern
Length: 00:53 (hh:mm)
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Presenter(s):
- Dr. Brittney Schrick - Assistant professor and Family Life Specialist, University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service.
Virtual Event Format:
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Factors Impacting Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers in the Southeast: Farm Stress, Mental Health, and Social Structural Components
In this session, we will discuss access to health services, expectations of self-sufficiency, isolation, financial strain, the COVID-19 pandemic, how the extension system is equipping farmers and their communities, and what we all gain from improved rural community health.
Rural communities often lack access to health services. This barrier, along with cultural expectations of self-sufficiency, isolation, financial strain, and, more recently, the COVID-19 pandemic, has increased stress on communities that were already ill-equipped to cope. We will discuss these concerns, how the extension system is equipping farmers and their communities, and what we all gain from improved rural community health.
Dr. Brittney Schrick
Dr. Brittney Schrick is Assistant Professor and Family Life Specialist for the University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service. She curates, composes, and coordinates personal development and family life programming ranging from prenatal development to death and dying for distribution through Arkansas’ 75 county extension offices. Additionally, she oversees four grant-funded professional development programs for childcare professionals around the state and the state-wide efforts to improve understanding of rural mental health concerns and improve coping for farm and ranch families. She lives in Conway, Arkansas with her husband and three daughters.
For more information about PROMISE, please visit
http://ext.msstate.edu/the-rpomise-initiative
or contact Mary Nelson Robertson at mnr72@msstate.edu
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