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� AgriWellness Board President, Charlie Griffin, leads a plenary session. � �
Angela Santana, from Proteus Inc., of California, leads a breakout session. � � �
Sowing the Seeds of Hope 2007 award recipients:� Kathy Schmitt and Dan O'Brien � � � � Thank you to our 2007 Conference Sponsors
Great Plains Center for Agricultural
Health National Association for Rural
Mental Health
Wapsipinicon Forestry Service
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The Clock is Ticking for Rural �America 2007 � 2007 Conference Notes Presentation titles and presenter names are listed below.� To access the handout, please click on the handout link listed directly after the name of the presenter.� All handouts are in PDF format and some are large files.� For additional conference information,
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Shari Monday, February 12, 2007 �8:45 - 10:00 a.m.�� Plenary Session: �Health Insurance and the Agricultural Population�� Dick Niemiec, Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota (retired)� handout 10:30 a.m.-12:00 noon.� Plenary Session: �Agricultural Behavioral Health: Progress and Challenges�� Rick Peterson, President, National Association for Rural Mental Health (handout not available) 1:30�3:00 p.m.� Breakout Sessions� A:� North Dakota 2-1-1 � Susan Helgeland, Executive Director, Mental Health Association in North Dakota, Fargo, ND�handout B:��Know More Through Education, No More Domestic Violence��������� Angela Santana, Community Educator, Proteus, Inc., Visali, CA (handout not available) C:� Evaluation of Programs in Rural Communities �Conducting Culturally Competent Research & Evaluation in Rural Communities with Immigrant Populations�� Kellee Thorburn McCrory and Brad Richardson, University of Iowa, Iowa City,� IA�(handout not available)������������������������������������������������������� �Agricultural Behavioral Health:� Evaluation of Regional Networking and Services� J. Patrick Hart, Rural2Rural Consulting, Pisgah, IA (handout not available)������������������������������������������������������� 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.� Breakout Sessions D:� Shawano County (WI) Rural Health Initiative Rhonda Strebel, Executive Director, Shawano County Rural Health Initiative, Shawano, WI handout E:� Suicide Risk Assessment and Prevention �Partners in Suicide Prevention� Karen Mastronardi, Human Services and Organizational Development Director, NY FarmNet, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY handout �South Dakota Suicide Prevention Strategy� Janet Kittams-Lalley, Clinical Director, South Dakota Helpline, Sioux Falls, SD. handout �F:� Rural Health Education Models �Development and Success of an Undergraduate, AgroMedicine Workshop�� Roxanna Jokela, Director, Rural Health Education Network, Omaha, NE and Susanna Von Essen, Professor, Dept. of Internal Medicine: Pulmonary Section, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE handout �Integration of Behavioral Health Practices into the Role of Agricultural Health Nurses�� Joan Blundall, Executive Director, The Higher Plain, Inc. handout ������������������������������������������������������ Tuesday, February 13, 2007 8:30-9:15 a.m.� Plenary Address: �The Clock is Ticking for Rural America:� Farm Transitions� Charlie Griffin, Executive Director, Kansas Rural Family Helpline, Manhattan, KS�(handout not available)��� 9:15-10:00 a.m. Plenary Address: �Business Succession Planning� John Baker, staff attorney, Iowa Concern Hotline, Des Moines, IA Business Succession Planning� Distribution of Iowa Farmland� Values 10:30 a.m.�12:00 noon Breakout Sessions� G:� Youth at Risk:� The Importance of Education in Sexual Abuse Prevention� Sister Mary Carole Curran, Executive Director, Catholic Family Services of Sioux Falls, SD�(handout available by mail from AgriWellness) H:� Farm Marriages and Families ������������ �Discovering Resilience in Rural Families�� Maureen Lutterman, Licensed Professional and Distance Counselor, AlpenGlow Wellness, Laramie, WY handout �The Rural Female�s View of Marital Satisfaction:� A Qualitative Study� Kara Vick, Graduate Student, University of South Dakota handout I:� Panel Presentation on Farm Succession � J:� Mathematical Model to Improve the Prediction of Depression James Gregory, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX���handout�� and ����� Methamphetamine Use in Rural Midwesterners Kathleen Grant, Nebraska/Western Iowa Health Care System, Omaha Division Substance Abuse Treatment Center, Omaha NE handout 1:30�3:00 p.m.� Breakout Sessions� K:� Pilot Project Regarding Older Adults, Alcohol and/or Drug Misuse � Gwen Delger, Senior Counselor, Albert Lea Medical Fountain Center, Albert Lea, MN�(handout not available)��� L:� Surviving the Drought:� Providing for Mental Health Needs in Times of Natural Disaster Brandi Friederich, Counselor; Marcene Moran, Counselor; Catholic Family Services of Sioux Falls, SD, Jim Kinyon, Executive Director, Catholic Social Services, Rapid City, SD�handout M:� SLEEP Predictor of Agricultural Accidents James Gregory, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX �handout and Addressing Agricultural Issues in Health Education:� An Occupational Therapy Curriculum Program Description��������������� Stacy Smallfield, Assistant Professor,� and Angela Anderson, Assistant Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, Division of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, The University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD handout 3:30-5:30p.m. ��Town Hall Meeting: Where Do We Go From Here?��A discussion among all the conference participants, moderated by� J. Patrick Hart, President and Senior Consultant, Rural2Rural Consulting, Pisgah, IA handout Wednesday, February 14, 2007 8:30-10:00 a.m.� Plenary Session:� �Health Concerns Among Immigrants in the Agricultural Processing Industry:� Emerging Implications of the New Demographics of Rural America� ������������ Michele Yehieli, Executive Director of the Iowa EXPORT Center of Excellence on Health Disparities �and� Mark Grey, Director of the Iowa Center for Immigrant Leadership and Integration and the New Iowans Program. handout 10:30�11:45 a.m.� Plenary Session:� �The Seeds of Wellness in the Roots of Our Identity� Dan O�Brien, South Dakota rancher and author (handout not available) � |