6. Using Readers’ Theater for Supporting the Health and Safety of Farmers and Their Families
Readers’ Theater is a t ool to teach and provoke thought among community members. Dr. Deborah Reed developed an award- winning reader’s theater to teach farmers about health and safety. The work she did was supported by a National Institute for Health grant. She is an Extension Specialist at the University of Kentucky with a joint appointment in the College of Agriculture, Food and Environment and the School of Nursing.
In this 46-minute video from October, 2020, Dr. Reed offers guidance on using theater with agricultural communities, introduces viewers to a tool kit, and shares stories of communities using the method as a free-standing approach or as a component of other meetings.
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Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aipRAiwRNo8
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The key to using the Farm and Family Risk and Resilience Socio-Ecological Model will be to plan programming that addresses knowledge and skill-building for risk management and resilience. By integrating the breadth and depth of risk and resilience, multi- and cross-disciplinary approaches will likely increase or maximize benefits to individuals, families, communities, and systems that support farming operations. Though effective research, grounded programming is occurring, a review that integrates the socio-ecological model will be needed.
New and existing programming may bring greater meaning and impact for Extension audiences. The evaluation and assessment components of programming can provide evidence of impact.
Working with professionals from other disciplines will enrich content. In this way educators and researchers will be better able to guide individuals to behavior change for their own lives and farming enterprises and promote condition changes in their farming communities and beyond. By integrating the breadth and depth of risk and resilience, multi-and cross-disciplinary approaches will likely increase or maximize benefits to individuals, families, communities and systems that support farming operations.
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