Success Stories

• 14

  July

  Understanding Rural and Farm Stress and the Neurologic Impact of Stress; A Collaborative CE between UK Extension and the Kentucky Nurses Association

  Rural Mental Health challenges and suicide disproportionately affect rural residence and in particular farmers, farmworkers, and their families. In Kentucky, 43.6% of Kentucky adults reported symptoms...

  
  

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• 14

  July

  BARN: Farmer Dinner Theater

  UK Extension, in partnership with UK College of Nursing, developed the BARN program to increase awareness of rural mental health and wellbeing, and to offer tools and resources to reduce mental health...

  
  

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• 05

  July

  Rural Mental Health and Well-being: A Toolkit for Youth and Rural Communities

  Farmers and persons residing in rural areas consistently report elevated levels of stress associated with farming and rural living. The combined effects of farming, rural mental health challenges and ...

  
  

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• 15

  July

  Connecting Farmers to Mental Health Resources

  Farmers and farm families consistently report difficulty finding mental health services tailored toward farming. A farmers wife in Union County reached to Agribility for assistance in finding a therap...

  
  

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