Competing Roles and Expectations: Preliminary Data from an Agricultural Extension Survey on COVID-19 Impacts.
Competing Roles and Expectations: Preliminary Data from an Agricultural Extension Survey on COVID-19 Impacts.
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竞争角色和期望：关于 COVID-19 影响的农业推广调查的初步数据。
DOI：
10.1080/1059924x.2020.1815619
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发表时间：
2020
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Ward,Cassandra
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作者：
Sampson,Shannon;Mazur,Joan;Israel,Glenn;Galindo,Sebastian;Ward,Cassandra
农业推广专业人员在推广研究和将研究转化为实践方面发挥着关键作用。推广不仅是农业安全和健康中心工作的受众，也是促进社区以证据为基础的农场健康和安全的重要合作伙伴。这篇评论源于全国各地中心领导的共同努力，他们制定了一系列调查，以探索新冠肺炎对推广专业人员的影响。从全国各地收集的初步数据表明，尽管许多推广专业人员认为已经做好了应对疫情挑战的准备，并得到了他们所在的国家和中心资源的良好支持，但超过一半的人报告说，在平衡个人和专业需求以及在较小程度上平衡远程工作和家庭需求方面存在中等到极大的困难。由于推广专业人员是农业安全和健康中心与农民及其家人之间的连接者，他们的作用类似于急救人员。新冠肺炎加剧了这一群体焦虑、压力和其他心理健康问题的可能性。随着新冠肺炎在农业工人中的人数以特别快的速度增长，关注与他们一起工作的专业人士的福祉是很重要的。
Agricultural Extension professionals play a critical role in outreach and translation of research to practice. Extension has not only been an audience for Agricultural Safety and Health Center work, but also an essential partner in promoting evidence-based farm health and safety in communities. This commentary stems from a collaborative effort among Center leaders across the nation who developed a set of surveys to explore the ways COVID-19 has affected Extension professionals. Preliminary data gathered from across the nation suggest that while many Extension professionals feel prepared to address challenges from the pandemic and are well supported by their State and Center’s resources, over half also reported moderate to great difficulty in balancing personal and professional needs and, to a lesser extent, balancing remote work and family needs. Because Extension professionals act as connectors between Agricultural Safety and Health Centers and farmers and their families, they serve in a role similar to first-responders. COVID-19 has exacerbated the potential for anxiety, stress, and other mental health concerns among this group. With COVID-19 numbers rising at an especially fast rate among agricultural workers, it is important to attend to the wellbeing of the professionals who work with them.