7 pages, The uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic had a profound negative impact on volunteer mental health and well-being. We surveyed local non-profit organizational leaders about their practices toward addressing volunteer well-being and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Study results indicated that while over a quarter of organizations did nothing to address volunteer well-being, other organizations utilized several approaches, including one-on-one and group meetings, program implementation, office culture investment, task assignment, and information dissemination. These findings provide valuable insight for Extension educators to develop community mental health and well-being programs to assist non-profit organizations' response to future uncertainty.
Miller, Laura J. (author), Schwab, Charles V. (author), and Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1993-05
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 93 Document Number: C07026
Notes:
James F. Evans Collection, Mimeographed, 1993. 17 p. (Paper presented at the 1993 International Agricultural Communicators in Education conference; 1993 May 8-12; Miami, FL)
Brownson, Ross C. (author), Hagood, Laura (author), Lovegreen, Sarah L. (author), Britton, Betty (author), Caito, Nicole M. (author), Elliott, Michael B. (author), Emery, Jennifer (author), Haire-Joshu, Debra (author), Hicks, Dawn (author), Johnson, Brenda (author), McGill, Janet B. (author), Morton, Sandra (author), Rhodes, Gary (author), Thurman, Tammy (author), and Tune, Debra (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2005-11
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: C27687
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: KerryByrnes1 Document Number: D01286
Notes:
Kerry J. Byrnes Collection, United States Agency for International Development. A.I.D. evaluation special study, no. 67. 43 pages., A.I.D.'s experience with farming systems research and extension (FSR/E) has been mixed. FSR/E projects have provided opportunities for developing country professionals to acquire training and field experience in this new approach to research. However, most projects have bot had the impact on technology development and transfer or institutionalization of FSR/E as had been assumed in project designs. This report, based on a case study review of evaluations of 12 A.I.D.-funded projects, synthesizes the Agency's experience with FSR/E from the mid-1970's to the mid-1980's and assesses the impact of these projects on agricultural development.
Cheong, C.K. (author / The Population Council, Seoul, Korea) and The Population Council, Seoul, Korea
Format:
Conference paper
Publication Date:
1974
Published:
South Korea
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 22 Document Number: B02370
Notes:
#1368, Harold Swanson Collection, Mimeographed. 1974. 12 p. Paper prepared for Third International Conference Integrated Communication for Rural Development; 1974 December 2-6; East-West communication institute, Honolulu, HI
Hay, D.G. (author) and Hamilton, C. Horace (author)
Format:
Report
Publication Date:
1954
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 192 Document Number: D04633
Notes:
45 pgs. Table of Contents and Summary, James F. Evans Collection, Cited Reference, Chapel Hill, NC: North Carolina Agricultural Experiment Station, September 1954 (progress report Rs-24).
USA: Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business Journalism, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: D11684
Notes:
2 pages., Online from publisher website., Noting that the nonprofit sector is the third-largest employer in the United States, the author encouraged reporters to provide context about these organizations in reporting the financial impact of COVID-19 on them. Food services and health care are among the sectors emphasized.
Mohanto, G.C. (author), Satapathy, C. (author), and Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, India; Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology, Bhubaneswar, India
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1975-03
Published:
India
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 43 Document Number: B05044
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 113 Document Number: C11192
Journal Title Details:
6 pages
Notes:
Conference: Partnerships & Participation in Telecommunications for Rural Development at the beautiful campus of the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario, Canada, October 26 & 27, 1998.
Hindman, D. B. (author) and Martinson, Beverly (author)
Format:
Paper
Publication Date:
2001-08
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 118 Document Number: C13447
Notes:
25 p., paper presented at the annual meeting of Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Communication Theory & Methodology Division, Washington, D.C.
Kaplun, Mario (author) and O'Sullivan-Ryan, Jeremiah (author)
Format:
Book chapter
Publication Date:
1980
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 77 Document Number: C04186
Notes:
See also C04174 to C04198; See C04174 for original, In: O'Sullivan-Ryan, Jeremiah and Kaplun, Mario. Communication methods to promote grass-roots participation : a summary of research findings from Latin America and an annotated bibliography. Paris, France : Unesco, 1980. p. 60-62
The Netherlands: International Institute for Communication and Development (IICD)
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 151 Document Number: D10122
Notes:
124 pages., Via website., This is the final report for the IICD-led Connect4Change programme implemented during 2011-215 in Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Peru, Uganda, and Zambia. The Connect4Change programme was implemented by an alliance of Dutch development organisations, incl. IICD, Edukans, Cordaid, ICCO, Akvo and TTC Mobile.
Peterson, Shirley S. (author), Gerstein, Dana E. (author), Mugford, Krista (author), Willey, Rachael (author), Davis, Jenny (author), Nicholson, Lisa (author), and Crawford, Patricia B. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2008-02
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: C27172
Dorroh, Margaret Wyss (author), Hanson, Charlene M. (author), Hodnicki, Donna (author), Ryan, Rebecca (author), and Georgia Southern College, Statesboro, GA.
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1986
Published:
USA: [Burlington, Vt.] : Journal of Rural Health.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 84 Document Number: C05293
AGRICOLA IND 92018787, With the increase in wellness programs, earlier hospital discharges, higher health care costs, and more home health care, rural nurses are required to generalize their practices and draw from a more extensive knowledge base. The purpose of this study was to examine nursing interventions, specifically nutrition education practices, based on nutrition knowledge that is used in health promotion. A stratified random sample of rural nurses from hospitals, nursing homes, and community health agencies in North Dakota was invited to participate in this study. Data were obtained via questionnaires. The questionnaire consisted of two parts: the first analyzing demographic data and the second analyzing nutrition knowledge. Nutrition information requests were received by 90.9 percent of the practicing registered nurses. The community/public health nurses had the highest nutrition knowledge scores while medical-surgical hospital nurses had the lowest nutrition knowledge scores. With nutrition information and education being a frequently sought intervention by the rural health client, it would seem that registered nurses should be highly prepared and knowledgeable to meet these clients' needs. (original)
AGE 84925163, The study evaluates 145 health care programs that were implemented in the 1970s to serve nonmetropolitan populations in the United States. The evaluation employs multiple indicator unobserved variable models to disaggregate the effects of the socio-environmental milieu; i.e., education, income, racial composition, poverty, housing conditions, crowding, occupation structure, and rural health care programs on physician availability and two health status indicators--neonatal mortality and post-neonatal mortality. The results show that rural health care programs did not increase the availability of physicians in the targeted areas. However, implementation of the programs contributed significantly to lowering the neonatal mortality rate.
5pgs, Attention to stress and mental health among agricultural producers has increased over recent years, and Cooperative Extension has been active in offering educational workshops and resources to agricultural audiences. This article describes the process and effectiveness of expanding two (university) Extension farm stress management programs to Cooperative Extension in other states through a national Farm Stress Management Summit. The two-day training Summit provided deeper knowledge about farm stress issues and prepared Extension professionals to offer behavioral health programs in their own communities and respective states. Evaluation findings highlight effective aspects of the Summit and next steps.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 116 Document Number: C11887
Journal Title Details:
17 pages
Notes:
UNCTAD Expert Meeting on Systems and National Experiences for Protecting Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices. Geneva, 30 October - 1 November 2000
Davis, Sally M. (author), Hunt, Ken (author), Kitzes, Judith M. (author), and Davis, Hunt: Center for Indian Youth Program Development, Department of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM; Kitzes: Chief Medical Officer, Deputy Director, Albuquerque Area Indian Health Service
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1989-05
Published:
USA: Washington, D.C. : Public Health Service.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 85 Document Number: C05580
AGRICOLA IND 90041862, The health status of Indian teenagers in the United States is below that of the general population. The usual barriers to the use of health care services that young people, including young Indians, encounter are compounded in rural areas by distance, isolation, and lack of appropriate services. To overcome these barriers in rural New Mexico, a public health demonstration project (a) integrated health care services free of charge; (b) set up the initial program of services at a rural school; (c) established links with existing agencies; and (d) incorporated community action toward creating change. The project began as a joint effort of three communities, the University of New Mexico (UNM), and the Albuquerque Area Indian Health Service (IHS) of the Public Health Service; a secondary level public school soon became a participant. The project is being replicated in two other communities that have formed separate partnerships with UNM and the area IHS; also the New Mexico Health and Environment Department has joined the effort in one community. Preliminary data suggest that the services are being used by a majority of the target population, with the proportions of boys and girls about equal.
Timmons, Vianne (author), Critchley, Kim (author), Campbell, Barbara Ruth (author), McAuley, Alexander (author), Taylor, Jennifer P. (author), and Walton, Fiona (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2007-06
Published:
USA: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 163 Document Number: C27130
Online issue. 3 pages., Announces a new core program area, Integrated Health Disparities, in Illinois Extension. Purpose: "To provide leadership and resources in the crusade to address health inequities." Priority issues will include health promotion and education, healthcare access, behavioral health, and community well-being.
Brown, R. (author), Hooks, C. (author), Ugarte, C. (author), Silsby, O. (author), Weinman, J. (author), Fernandez, G. (author), Foxwell, J. (author), Newton, N. (author), and Barbara Connelly, L. (author)
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
unknown
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: C26903
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08801
Notes:
Pages 17-28 in Debra A. Reid, Interpreting agriculture at museums and historic sites. United States: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., Lanham, Maryland. 265 pages.
Wu, Helen W. (author), Backman, Desiree (author), Kizer, Kenneth W. (author), and Institute for Population Health Improvement, UC Davis Health System, Sacramento, CA, United States
California Department of Health Care Services, Institute for Population Health Improvement, UC Davis Health System, Sacramento, CA, United States
UC Davis School of Medicine, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, Sacramento, CA, United States
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
2017
Published:
USA: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Inc
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D08139
James F. Evans Collection, Participation in rural development programs that organize members into local cooperative groups can alter the decision-making environment facing couples to reflect some of the negative consequences of childbearing. This study uses data from Nepal, collected through a combination of ethnographic and survey methods, to test the effects of participation in such a development program on fertility behavior. Results demonstrate that program participants are much more likely to use contraceptives to limit their fertility than are non-participants. The study provides empirical support for theories linking this type of institutional change to fertility and indicates a policy option that can allow some negative consequences of childbearing to affect couples' fertility decisions. (author)
Cochran, Carole (author), Fickenscher, Kevin M. (author), Geller, Jack M. (author), Hart, J. Patrick (author), Ludtke, Richard L. (author), and University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1989
Published:
USA: Ellensburg, WA : Small Towns Institute.
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 86 Document Number: C05587
Bradley, Linda (author), Haynes, Donald K. (author), Sunnarborg, Kathryn (author), and Sunnarborg: Co-Ed Worker, Boys and Girls Club, Duluth, Minnesota; Bradley: County Extension Agent, Minnesota Extension Service, University of Minnesota, Duluth; Haynes: Associate Professor, Department of Health, Physical Education and Research, University of Minnesota, Duluth
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1988
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 70 Document Number: C03026
8 pages., via online journal, OBJECTIVE:
We examined work-related homicides and suicides among farm operators/workers in the United States from 1992 to 2010.
METHODS:
Work-related homicide and suicide cases from 1992 to 2010 were obtained from the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries. To calculate rates, denominator data on the US working population were also obtained from 2003 to 2010 Current Population Survey. Logistic regression was used to identify factors that were differentially associated with homicide and suicide.
RESULTS:
Over these 19 years, 171 farm operators/workers died from homicide and 230 died from suicide. When compared to rates of all workers, suicide rates were higher while homicide rates were lower among farm operators/workers. Males (OR = 6.1), whites (OR = 4.7), and 35- to 54-year-old (OR = 2.3) farm operators/workers had increased odds of suicide over homicide compared with their respective counterparts (ie, females, nonwhites, <35-year-olds). Those working in smaller farm operations with <11 employees had 1.7 times the odds of suicide over homicide.
CONCLUSIONS:
Suicide and homicide are both present in the agricultural industry, with suicide being more common than homicide. Translation of suicide prevention programs should be explored for the agricultural industry.