Volume
62
Issue
3
Abstract
Farmers face unique occupational and interpersonal stressors that increase risk for poor physical and mental health outcomes. To educate farmers and their families about these risks, one state’s Family and Consumer Sciences faculty partnered with Agriculture and Natural Resources faculty with input from county agents to develop a series of online educational programs that were delivered as part of the state Agricultural Enhancement Program. Twenty-eight participants completed the pilot project and feedback surveys. Lessons learned include the need to have speakers from farming backgrounds, incorporate health topics that emphasize the connection with farming, and to include engaging visuals.
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Recommended Citation
Franck, K. L., Fox, J., Sedges, H., & Devereaux, M. (2024). Engaging Farmers in Educational Programs to Improve Health and Emotional Outcomes: The Farm Family Health and Wellness Program. The Journal of Extension, 62(3), Article 16. https://open.clemson.edu/joe/vol62/iss3/16
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