Experts Worry About Mental Health As The Pandemic Continues To Rage In Rural Iowa

By Charity Nebbe,

Published November 2, 2020 at 3:50 PM CST

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It took a while for COVID-19 to hit rural Iowa. Now, the pandemic is hitting the state’s rural communities hard in many ways. As the pandemic drags on and gets worse, so may the strain of living under these unusual circumstances.

On this episode of Talk of Iowa, host Charity Nebbe is joined by Paul Lasley, Iowa State University sociologist and the co-investigator of the Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll for a look at the toll of the pandemic on mental health in rural Iowa.

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Guest:

Paul Lasley, Iowa State University sociologist

Experts Worry About Mental Health As The Pandemic Continues To Rage In Rural Iowa

It took a while for COVID-19 to hit rural Iowa. Now, the pandemic is hitting the state’s rural communities hard in many ways. As the pandemic drags on and gets worse, so may the strain of living under these unusual circumstances.

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