Web Resource Listing for Stress Management for Farm Families
August, 2005
http://www.gov,mb.ca/agriculture/homeec/index.html
Provides a listing of fifteen linked self-help documents related to family farm stress including coping with farming pressures, fostering family strengths and coping with change. Includes quizzes and worksheets for problem solving and stress management.
An organization that promotes mental health service availability for farm families in Iowa provides newsletters and information related to stress and access to services for farm families through the seven-state program called Sowing the Seeds of Hope.
http://extension.missouri.edu/main/family/index.shtml
An index of articles provided by the University of Missouri Cooperative Extension system that address strong families and programs to help families cope.
http://www.uwex.edu/ces/ag/issues/stress-safety/index.html
This site for the University of Wisconsin Extension offices provides an index of resources for recognizing, responding to and relieving stress targeted for farm families. Select the checklist PDF for a brief fact sheet on warning signs that people need assistance and referral steps for people who may be depressed or suicidal.
http://www.fse.missouri.edu/Agrability/new/
The Missouri Agrability site describes extension services and resources available to help persons with disabilities remain in agriculture.
http://bse.wisc.edu/agrability/
This is the home page for Agrability, a Wisconsin organization associated with the University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension that promotes success in agriculture for people with disabilities and their families. A July 2003 newsletter highlights the issue of Coping with stress.
http://safety.coafes.umn.edu/farmalarm/index.html
University of Minnesota Extension Service sponsors Farm Alarm: Coping with Stress, a program that includes an 8 page brochure link that addresses farm-related stress issues and coping skills.
http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/library/famlf2/mf1062.pdf
A guide for helping farm families in distress has been developed by the Cooperative Extension Service of Kansas State University and posted as a publication on their web site. The four page brochure includes listening skills and a referral guide for people who need more assistance.