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The Struggle is Real Resource Card (Unit=Pkg of 50 cards)

These resource cards provide contact information for free ISU Extension and Outreach-sponsored resources available to the general public, including: AnswerLine, Healthy Families, Iowa 2-1-1, Iowa Concern Hotline, and Teen Line.

Previously known as PDO 0071

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HS 180B(S)

Stress On the Farm - Spanish

Stress on the farm is real. Use the farm stress resource guide to help recognize mental health concerns, substance use, and warning signs of suicidal intent. Learn when and how to get help and offer support to family members, friends, neighbors, and others in your community.

Also available in English.

Printed copies (50 per package) available to Extension and Outreach staff.

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HS 180A

Farm Stress and Mental Health

Professionals who interact regularly with farmers and their families are in a unique position to recognize mental health or substance use issues and warning signs of suicidal intent. This fact sheet is designed to help agricultural advocates respond to someone in crisis with support and resources.

Printed copies (25 per package) available to Extension and Outreach staff.

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HS 180B

Stress On the Farm

Stress on the farm is real. Use the farm stress resource guide to help recognize mental health concerns, substance use, and warning signs of suicidal intent. Learn when and how to get help and offer support to family members, friends, neighbors, and others in your community.

Also available in Spanish.

Printed copies (50 per package) available to Extension and Outreach staff.

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Iowa Concern Hotline magnet (Unit=Pkg of 50)

Magnet with contact information for the Iowa Concern Hotline. Hotline provides confidential, 24-hour support for individuals with financial concerns and those seeking stress counseling or legal education.

Each magnet is 2 inches wide by 3.5 inches high.

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PM 1660B

Managing Stress in Young Families - Stress: Taking Charge

Find tips to manage time and money, resolve conflicts, plan food at home, and eat well.

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PM 1660C

Common Stresses for Parents of Teens - Stress: Taking Charge

Find ways to manage new conflicts and stressors that develop as the parent-child relationship changes during the teen years.

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Managing Stress in Midlife Families - Stress: Taking Charge

Find tips to manage when responsibilities for both older family members and your adult children "sandwich" you in and jeopardize your own mental and physical health. Includes tips for handling money issues, making decisions for aging parents, and coping when adult children move back home.

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Helping Children Manage Stress - Stress: Taking Charge

Tips to help children learn ways to handle new or frustrating situations and manage stress. Includes signs of stress in children, how stress affects differing personalities, and what to do to help both easy-going and aggressive personalities deal with stress.

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ICH 6(S)

Iowa Concern Hotline Magnet - Spanish (Unit=Pkg of 25)

A bundle of 25 magnets in Spanish,with contact information for the Iowa Concern Hotline. Hotline provides confidential, 24-hour support for individuals with financial concerns and those seeking stress counseling or legal education.

Each magnet is 2 inches wide by 3.5 inches high.

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HS 115

Iowa Concern Jar Opener

Use these 5-inch circular rubber opener to relieve pressure from hands and wrists to securely grip tightly sealed bottles and jars.

Red with white imprint promoting the Iowa Concern Hotline.

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HS 44

Iowa Concern Business card (Unit=Pkg of 50)

A bundle of 50 business cards, measuring 3.5" x 2", with contact information for the Iowa Concern Hotline.

Hotline provides free 24-hour confidential assistance for stress issues, legal questions, and financial concerns.

(previously known as ICH2)

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HS 44(S)

Iowa Concern Business card - Spanish (Unit=Pkg of 50)

A bundle of 50 business cards in Spanish, measuring 3.5" x 2", with contact information for the Iowa Concern Hotline.

Hotline provides free 24-hour confidential assistance for stress issues, legal questions, and financial concerns.

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PM 1660I

Coping with Unemployment - Stress: Taking Charge

The loss of a job can be devastating. Taking charge in those circumstances means taking stock of your resources to survive the immediate situation and bring about a positive future. To cope with unemployment or sudden income loss, you can do specific things to help manage until you find another position or until business picks up.

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PM 1214A

Encouraging a Friend to Seek Professional Help

Loss, grief, or depression can immobilize a person, making it hard for the individual to look realistically at a situation or to take action. It’s important for friends or family members not to ignore signs that the person needs help.

Learn more about signs of depression and suicide, and how you can encourage a friend or family member to seek help.

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PM 1273A

How to Help "When You Don’t Know What to Say"

When a friend or relative experiences trouble, such as a death in the family, financial losses, divorce, or serious illness, it’s easier to stay away or remain silent than it is to help because you don’t know the right words.

Explore these tips and ideas of how to offer help in an uncomfortable situation.

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PM 1660A

All About Stress - Stress: Taking Charge

Cope better with stress by recognizing impacts, choosing responses, and building resources. Publication addresses change, what happens when you’re under too much stress, how to manage stress, and how to build resources to help.

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PM 1660E

Managing Stress in Later Life Families - Stress: Taking Charge

As your family grows older, new stresses can occur. This publication addresses changing relationships with your spouse, adult children, and grandchildren; managing resources; how grief and loneliness affect stress; and how to manage changes in health.

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Using What You Have to Get What You Want - Stress: Taking Charge

Reduce stress and manage your resources by making six types of decisions: setting priorities, dealing with unexpected events, assessing resources, planning, carrying out the plan, and evaluating the outcomes.

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