61% of farmers indicated increasing stress and mental health challenges in a recent Farm Bureau poll. A team from the University of Wisconsin-Madison cultivates communities that can contend with these stresses together.
“Often, programs focus on telling farmers they have stress — farmers know that,” Dr. Shutske, program leader says. “WeCOPE instead focuses on high-impact, proactive skills we know measurably improve one’s sense of well-being while improving all aspects of health. A per- son who is able to live and work with more positive emotions will see less of an impact on the stressful conditions and issues that affect farmers, and they can also more effectively make decisions for success when times are challenging.”
Source: Grow Wisconsin Magazine
Read the full story in the Wisconsin Magazine for the Life Sciences.
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