Building resilient agricultural communities: a process for addressing mental health challenges in agricultural communities.

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• Personal Author:
  Bender J ; Kampa D ; Schossow M
• Description:
  The impacts of stress on physical and mental health are increasingly salient, and understanding how occupational stress interacts with occupational health and safety will shape conditions and cultures for workers. The Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center (UMASH) recognized a need to better understand occupational stressors and mental health outcomes in agriculture, and identify barriers to mental health care along with interventions to improve this system. UMASH hosted a one-day working forum that framed agricultural stress and poor mental health, and potential for interventions, for Minnesota farmers, agricultural workers, and their families. Building Resilient Agricultural Communities engaged a spectrum of stakeholders in agricultural work including: representatives of agricultural workers, farmers, health care, policy makers, and more. The forum further defined stressors and systemic barriers to health care for agricultural workers through presentations, panel discussion, that facilitated discussions and recommendations for intervention. Priority areas to focus outreach and engagement efforts, research, and screening are shared out, with reference to the continued outcomes and impact of this forum. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Agriculture Emigration And Immigration Family Farmers Mental Health Nervous System Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Agriculture; Agricultural Industry; Agricultural Workers; Agricultural Safety; Farmers; Farm Workers; Immigrant Workers; Families; Stress; Mental Health; Intervention; Author Keywords: Agriculture; Mental Health; Stress; Resilience
• ISSN:
  1059-924X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Cooperative Agreement
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Minnesota ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  97-100
• Volume:
  28
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20065010
• Citation:
  J Agromedicine 2023 Jan; 28(1):97-100
• Contact Point Address:
  Megan Schossow, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center, Minneapolis, MN
• Email:
  schos021@umn.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2023
• NORA Priority Area:
  Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
• Performing Organization:
  University of Minnesota
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20110930
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Agromedicine
• End Date:
  20270929
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:942f174207e7efb75205dd8852af31d1ec55819a31399b3ccafd16b32ec61bbe2656f4af1fa0e8998d0a5f490f88ec2b26ca5db9e5fe66523fe8c11595822018
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/248768/cdc_248768_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 638.90 KB ]