Thursday

Thursday, November 11, 2021: Spotlight on Veterans, Mental Health & Stress

Daily overview

  • All times are Central Time Zone.
  • At the break, the first Zoom session end and you will need to join the second one.  We will be using Zoom Meetings for the presentations, flashtalks and discussions.
  • The Discussion Rooms after 12:30 are optional and will use the Zoom Room feature.

8:30 – 11:00 am

Zoom Webinar

Welcome:  Ellen Duysen, Central States Center for Agricultural Safety and Health

Frontlines Panel: Ag Safety & Health Risks and Remedies – Veterans

  • Moderator: Shay Foulk, Farmer, Veteran, Podcaster and Consultant
  • Cindy Chastain, Veteran Outreach Coordinator, AgrAbility
  • Linda Emanuel, R.N. AgriSafe Network, Ag. Producer
  • Cindy Stockamp, Current Reservist with 46th Civil Affairs out of Tulsa, farmer and veteran
  • Carolyn Turvey, PhD, Clinical Director, Iowa City VA Health Care System

Roundtable A:  Recovery in Rural Iowa: How to Support your Neighbor.

  • Jason Haglund, MS, CADC, Specialty Coordinator Ag, Rural Mental Health & Addiction, COVID Recovery Iowa
  • Danielle Day, Human Sciences Specialist, Family Life, Iowa State University Extension & Outreach
  • Demi Johnson, MA, Behavioral Health Program Specialist, Iowa State University Extension & Outreach.

Roundtable B:  Collaborative Extension Efforts to Deliver Farm Stress Programs in the North Central Region.

  • David N. Brown, PhD, LMFT, CFLE Iowa State University
  • Josie Rudophi, PhD, University of Illinois;
  • Courtney Cuthbertson, PhD, University of Illinois;
  • Tammy Jacobs, Iowa State University;
  • Karen Funkenbusch, MA, BSE, University of Missouri
  • Athena Ramos, PhD, MBA, M.S., CPM, University of Nebraska Medical Center

11:00 am–12:30 pm

Zoom Meetings

Presentations:

  1. Natural Disaster Stress and Recovery in Rural and Agricultural Settings. Kristin Gaffney, BA, graduate student, UNMC College of Public Health
  2.  Characteristics of suicide among crop and animal producers: Results from the CDC NVDRS, 2003-2017. Josie Rudophi, PhD, University of Illinois & Cristina Miller, PhD, Rural Development Innovation Center, Data Analytics Division, United States Department of Agriculture

 Flashtalks/Posters:

After 12:30 pm Breakout rooms open

  • for continued discussion
  • GPCAH Podcast Interviews