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USU Extension Education Highlight: 'Conversations for Coal Miners and Mental Health'

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Utah State University's HEART Initiative and the Southeast Utah Health Department host "Conversations for Coal Miners and Mental Health" Tuesday, April 30 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Jennifer Leavitt Student Center in Price, Utah.

Joining us to discuss mental health issues in Utah's rural communities are Ashley Yaugher from USU Extension in Carbon & Emery counties, Amanda McIntosh, Suicide Prevention Specialist from the Southeast Utah Health Department and guest speaker Dr. Kristen Koci, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Sociology at Utah State University.

"Conversations for Coal Miners and Mental Health" conference registration information:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/carbon-emery-conversations-for-coal-miners-mental-health-tickets-837713051287?aff=ebdsoporgprofile

USU Extension's HEART Initiative:
https://extension.usu.edu/heart/

USU Community and Natural Resources Institute
https://chass.usu.edu/sociology/canri/

Southeast Utah Department of Health
https://seuhealth.com

Shalayne Smith Needham has worked at Utah Public Radio since 2000 as producer of Access Utah. She graduated from Utah State University in 1997 with a BA in Sociology, emphasis on Criminology. A Logan native, she grew up with an appreciation for the great outdoors and spends her free time photographing the Western landscape and its wildlife.