Customizable Signs and Symptoms of Stress Poster

 Help spread awareness about stress and mental health.

Interested in partnering with UMASH to create a co-branded Signs and Symptoms of Stress poster? This poster will include space for your organization’s logo, contact information, and resources—making it a great tool for promoting mental health awareness within your community.

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Cultivating Resiliency for Women in Agriculture

PROJECT LEADS:
Doris Mold
Past-President, American Agri-Women; Minnesota Agri-Women District 11 President; Farm Business Management Instructor

Megan Roberts
Extension Educator, Co-Leader Minnesota Women in Ag Network, University of Minnesota Extension

The Cultivating Resiliency for Women in Agriculture has concluded their initial partner project with UMASH. This project developed a number of resources for women as many farm families and rural communities faced ongoing economic hardship and the consequential effects of stress and depression. The project featured an online early-stress-detection questionnaire, a virtual telehelp webinar series (live and recorded), and in-person presentations at women’s conferences (prior to COVID 19 restrictions)

With additional funding the project was able to continue their work beyond the initial partner project. The team is able to reach a larger audience of men and women in agriculture with the needed tools to address stress and depression.

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Stress and Mental Health Conversations with Gear Up for Ag Health and Safety

PROJECT LEAD:
Carolyn Sheridan, RN, BSN
Founder, Ag Health & Safety Alliance

Gear Up for Ag Health and Safety™, Ag Health and Safety Alliance’s interactive and educational program focused on young adults in agriculture, incorporated an innovative tool focused on stress in the next generation of agriculture. Stress and Mental Health Conversations was able to develop a short video (motion graphic) as a means to introduce the topic and start the conversation of stress and mental health across generations. The project focused on students in post secondary agriculture education. Many of these young adults are not only struggling with their own personal stress but they are also observing the stress and mental health issues of their family members, which can include parents, grandparents and other family members.

The program is ongoing and has been added to the curriculum for continued and expanded reach including many regions of the United States, 5 provinces in Canada with an expansion to Australia and Nordic countries.

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Using Stories and Education to Build Resilient Agricultural Communities

PROJECT LEADS:
Sue Abderholden, MPH
Executive Director, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Minnesota

Wil Sampson-Bernstrom
Health and Wellness Community Educator, National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Minnesota

NAMI Minnesota utilized a two part strategy to deliver their partner project program between 2018 and 2020. Using Stories and Education to Build Resilient Agricultural Communities delivered a program to 1. normalize stress and poor mental health and 2. train community member on the warning signs of suicide in rural MInnesota. NAMI Minnesota teamed up with various community partners in agriculture to offer the Farmer’s QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) for Agricultural Communities. These partners include Land O’ Lakes, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture, the University of Minnesota Extension, and local clinics and hospitals.

NAMI MInnesota successfully continued their Farmer’s QPR trainings online after the onset of COVID-19 and plan to continue this program throughout Minnesota.

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