Health outreach

Mental health outreach

Connecting Latinx Families With Mental Health Resources (in English)

Southern Oregon Latino students face systemic barriers on a daily basis. The pandemic and wildfires complicated this and created additional stress. Finding and accessing mental health resources became a priority for many Latinx ...

Jan 2022 | Video

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TransFARMation Podcast Series (in English)

Prompted by the many sources of stress currently impacting farmers and ranchers, the Minnesota Department of Agriculture and the Red River Farm Network have joined forces to create a new radio and podcast series called TransFARMation. The series is designed to increase awareness and reduce inhibitions about acknowledging farm stress, as well as highlight the resources available. Local farmers, ranchers and agricultural stakeholders are featured, sharing personal stories and offering a message of hope.

Mar 2021 | Online resource

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Rural Resilience: Farm Stress Training (FREE)

WHAT IS FARM STRESS AND HOW CAN YOU HELP? In this course, you will learn to recognize the signs and symptoms of stress and suicide, ways to effectively communicate with people under stress, and how to reduce stigma related...

Project supporting material

Health outreach projects

• GROW Healthy Kids and Communities: Generating Rural Options for Weight (GROW) Healthy Kids and Communities was an integrated research, education, and Extension program to inspire communities, schools, and families to create environments that make it easy for children to eat healthfully and be physically active.
• SPAN-ET: The School Physical Activity and Nutrition Environment Tool (SPAN-ET) was developed to assess school resources and readiness to improve nutrition and physical activity environments, suggest appropriate improvement strategies, and score impacts resulting from environmentally-based treatments.
• HEAL MAPPS™: HEAL MAPPS™ helps community stakeholders document people’s experience of place with respect to supports and barriers for habitual healthy eating and physical activity.
• R-CFPA: We engage people in the communities we serve in assessing the conditions that most affect them where they live, work, learn, and play. We do this to learn what will work best to improve weight healthy behaviors for children and families, and food and physical activity resources in the community.

Food as Medicine

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Foods That Fight Inflammation and Chronic Disease

Saturated fats, animal products and processed meats are among the foods that promote inflammation. Fruits and vegetables, whole grains and other foods prevent or lower inflammation. How should you incorporate them into your diet?

Stephanie Polizzi | Feb 2023 | Extension Catalog publication

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Arresting Alzheimer’s with Diet and Lifestyle

Although dementia tends to occur after age 65, it is not a normal part of aging. It that may be largely preventable through diet and lifestyle, including exercise, socializing and a low-fat diet such as the Mediterranean or DASH diets.

Stephanie Polizzi | Feb 2023 | Extension Catalog publication

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Lowering Cholesterol with Food

Foods with antioxidants, soluble fiber, and omega-3 fatty acids help lower cholesterol. Berries, pomegranates, dark chocolate and leaf tea have polyphenols that can protect cholesterol from oxidation. Soluble fiber lowers...

Stephanie Polizzi | Feb 2023 | Extension Catalog publication