What Can AgriWellness Do For You?

This survey is being used to gather information about what behavioral health needs and barriers agricultural producers and their families might be facing.  Your input is very important to AgriWellness.

Please feel free to forward the link to this survey to anyone who you feel might be interested in participating.

All survey participants will be entered into a drawing for a $25 gift certificate from Organic Harvest.  AgriWellness will be giving away 3 gift cards.  You will be notified by email if you are a winner of a gift card!

The survey is confidential.  AgriWellness will only have your email address, if you choose to include it.  Nothing identifying you will ever be published or shared.  AgriWellness may publish or share a summary of responses from this survey. By submitting this survey you are agreeing to allow your answers to be included in a summary.  If you have questions please contact AgriWellness


1) How can AgriWellness best help the agricultural producers in the area? (check all that apply)

Provide resources through website, emails, newsletters
Provide training about depression, substance abuse, interpersonal relationships to medical professionals and other providers
Other (please provide further information in the space provided after question 6)

2) What would you say is the most important behavioral health or mental health issue for agricultural persons in your area?

Depression
Addiction to alcohol or illegal drugs
Stress in interpersonal relationships
Financial stress and anxiety due to agricultural circumstances
Don't know
Other (please provide further information in the space provided after question 6)

3) If agricultural persons in your area wanted to receive assistance from a psychologist, psychiatrist, or therapist, are there barriers that would make it difficult for the person to receive that assistance? (check all that apply)

Too far to travel, takes too much time
High gas prices
Not confidential enough (cars are recognized)
Costs too much or not covered by insurance
Psychological care is looked down on in the area
The mental health and substance abuse treatment professionals in my area do not understand agriculture
Services are not available at times that are convenient for people

4) If the assistance was provided, like an Employee Assistance Plan, for free, do you think that would make a difference for agricultural persons in your area? (Default is "yes", click on one of the other two answers to change it)

5) Please check any of the following AgriWellness services that you have used in the past or currently use:

AgriWellness website
Newsletters: Healthy Farmer or AgriWellness Partners
Biannual conference: The Clock is Ticking for Rural America
Articles in publications such as The Farm Journal and Successful Farming, to which AgriWellness has contributed
Educational events in your area
Email or telephone correspondence with staff
Continuing education
Other (please provide further information in the space provided after question 6)

6) Do you have other suggestions or ideas for what AgriWellness could do to make the lives of agricultural people in your area healthier, happier and more sustainable?

Return email address (for gift card notification only):


Thank you for completing this survey!

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