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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.�

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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

�Critical Path

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)

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