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Georgia Agricultural Wellness Alliance and GRHIC Exhibit at Sunbelt Ag Expo
Georgia Agricultural Wellness Alliance Director John McElveen, EdD, and Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center Director of Special Programs Chris Scoggins, DrPH, presented at the 2024 Sunbelt Ag Expo held October 15-17 in Moultrie.
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Farmers Mentor Farmers
Studies show the tremendous pressure Georgia's farmers are under as they face farming-related challenges on a day-to-day basis. Finding support from each other can be key in managing stress.
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4-H’er Uses GRHIC’s Farmers’ Mental Well-Being Study for His Award-Winning Project
Eighth-grader Wilson Armstrong, of Sandersville, won first place his 4-H district project titled "Stress Farming," based on GRHIC's 2022 Farmers' Mental Well-Being study.
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GRHIC Study Finds First-Generation Farmers Experience Higher Stress Levels than Generational Farmers
In 2020, the Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center (GRHIC) partnered with the Georgia Foundation for Agriculture and the Georgia Farm Bureau to study the effects of farm stressors on mental health. An alarming finding of that study, published in 2022, is that first-generation farmers experience increased stressors, negative thoughts and feelings, and suicidal ideation compared to generational farmers.
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GRHIC Leads Farmer Mental Health as Occupational Health
Agricultural work is one of 63 occupations with fatality rates more than twice as high as the overall rate of full-time workers.
Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center
Georgia Rural Health Innovation Center