Substance Use and Mental Health - ANRMajor Program

585

Total Hours

Contributed.

3121

Contacts

with Local Stakeholders.

0

Hours

of Multistate Efforts.

2565

Total Number

of Volunteers Engaged.

Program Indicators

Number of individuals who reported an increased knowledge of substance use prevention, addiction, and/or recovery (or related subject matter)

657

Number of individuals who reported an increased ability to use destigmatized language

156

Number of individuals who adopted/implemented strategies focused on substance use prevention and/or recovery

107

Number of youth who experienced improved social skills and/or self-efficacy

405

Number of individuals who reported intended behavior change as a result of participation in substance use prevention and/or recovery programming

21

Number of individuals who gained increased knowledge of how to respond to mental health concerns

929

Stories

BARN: Farm Dinner Theater

Farmers and farmworkers consistently report high levels of stress associated with commodity production and rural living. The culmination of rural living, farm work, and stress is associated with elevated rates of suicide in farming occupations. The BARN: Farm Dinner Theater was developed as a strategy to address and explore the difficult topics of mental health and suicide within a rural community.UK Cooperative Extension agents from Harrison County recruited youth participants to experience the...

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BARN: Farm Dinner Theater

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