The Keys to a Long Life-Farming and Suicide

The number of suicides among farmers and farm workers in the United States has remained stubbornly high since the end of the 1980s farm crisis, much higher than workers in many other industries, according to research conducted by Corinne Peek-Asa, PhD, professor of Occupational and Environmental Health in the College of Public Health at the University of Iowa . She outlined the cultural and occupational factors that may contribute to this issue. She believes the solution may lie in existing resources in farming and rural communities, empowering them to more actively respond to citizens who are struggling.