Anna Scheyett

Education

Research

2023-2024                  Climate Change Impacts on Farmer Mental Health: A Participatory                                            and Systems-Based Approach.

                                    Southeastern Coastal Center for Agricultural Health and Safety

                                    Co-Principal Investigator, Principal Investigator C. Weatherly

2023-2025                  EXCITE 3 Increasing Vaccine Acceptance in Rural Georgia

                                    Extension Foundation, with Centers for Disease Control and                                                        Prevention

                                    Co-Principal Investigator, Principal Investigator Maria Bowie

2022-2023                  EXCITE 3 Design Phase Vaccine Acceptance Initiative

                                    Extension Foundation

                                    Principal Investigator

Current Research

2024-2026                   Sustaining the Farmer to Sustain the Farm: Stress management                                               education for farmer resilience and well-being.

                                    Sustainable Agriculture Research & Education Foundation

                                    Principal Investigator 2025, Co-Principal Investigator 2026

Job Description

I engage in behavioral health research in support of the Ralston Institute. My focus is on rural well-being, particularly the mental health and well-being of farmers and farm families.

Journal Articles

Brown, V., Pham, T., Bales, D., Bowie, M., Scheyett, A. (2026). Identifying populations with high opioid use disorder stigma: Results from a multi-state survey. Community Mental Health Journal. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-026-01636-3 

Yates, M., Hand, L.C., Scheyett, A. (2025). Bite-sized yield, big-time stress: “Deer predating cotton are relentless”. Journal of the National Association of Agricultural Agents. 18(2). Online.  https://www.nacaa.com/file.ashx?id=ce7e0032-331f-4777-ad54-15a925ac4e0e

Pham, T., Brown, V., Bales, D., Scheyett, A. (2025). OUD stigma among persons with family history of behavioral health disorders. Academia Mental Health & Well-being.2: 12-25. https://doi.org/10.20935/MHealthWellB8042

Edeh, J. & Scheyett, A. (2025). Policy and farmer suicide in India: What does the research say? Discovery in Agricultural and Food Sciences, 13(2). Online first. https://doi.org/10.14738/dafs.1302.18642 

Rubenstein, E. D., Scheyett, A. M., Martin, J. R., Bird, T. D., & Marburger, I. (2025). Mental health awareness: SBAE teachers’ perspectives. Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, 25(1). https://doi.org/10.33423/jhetp.v25i1.7567

Ramanathan, C., Juvva, S., Stephen, N., Scheyett, A. & Dutta, S. (2025). Spirituality, social work practice, and sustainable development. Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Social Work: Social Thought, 44. https://doi.org/10.1080/15426432.2025.2475900  

Bales, D. Bowie, M., Brown, V. & Scheyett, A. (2025). The impact of COVID-19 on behavioral health systems and organizations in rural communities. Discover Health Systems,4, 23-38. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44250-025-00202-0  

Scheyett, A. & Edeh, J. (2025). Stress and farm finances: What information do farmers need to reduce stress and promote mental health?  Journal of Mental Health Disorders, 5, 35-39.  https://www.scientificarchives.com/article/suicide-prevention-and-stress-management-in-farmers-the-overlooked-role-of-farm-finances

Marburger, I., Scheyett, A., Yoo, B. (2025). Motivating farmers to engage in stress management: What can we learn from the Health Beliefs Model? OMB Integrative and Complementary Medicine, 10, online. https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.icm.2501013

Scheyett, A., Bowie, M., Brown, V., Scarrow, A. (2025). Origins: The importance of family and country of origin in vaccine hesitancy messaging for H2A farm workers. Journal of Georgia Public Health Association, 10, Article 9. Online https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/jgpha/vol10/iss1/9?utm_source=digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu%2Fjgpha%2Fvol10%2Fiss1%2F9&utm_medium=PDF&utm_campaign=PDFCoverPages  

Scheyett, A., Brown, V., Weatherly, C. (2025). Time is a precious commodity: Reframing farmer stress and mental health through the lens of time poverty. OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine, 1(10): online https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.icm.2501005

Scheyett, A., Scarrow, A., Dunn, J., Hollifield, S., Shealey, J. & Hayes, B. (2024). The farmer stress production meeting model: Acceptability and feasibility of an intervention. Journal of Extension, 62(4): Article 10. https://doi.org/10.34068/joe.62.04.10

Scheyett, A., Scarrow, A., Hollifield, S., *Garcia, A., Marburger, I. (2024). “A great life, if you can stand it”: Stress and farm women. Journal of Rural Mental Health, 48(3), 191-204. https://doi.org/10.1037/rmh0000264

Scheyett, A. (2024). Death on the farm: How I learned that social work (and everyone) should care about farmer suicide. Reflections: Narratives of Professional Helping, 30, 40-44. https://reflectionsnarrativesofprofessionalhelping.org/index.php/Reflections/article/view/2058

Green, A., Croom, B., Sandlin, M. & Scheyett, A. (2024). “Why don’t you just marry a farmer?”: Barriers and challenges experienced by women farm owners in Georgia. Journal of Human Sciences and Extension, 12, 4. https://doi.org/10.55533/2325-5226.1463  

Croom, B., Scheyett, A., & Yoo, K.B. (2024). Factors that contribute to extraordinary stress in farmers. Advancements in Agricultural Development,5, 5-15. https://doi.org/10.37433/aad.v5i1.401

Scheyett, A., Marburger, I., Scarrow, A., Hollifield, S., Dunn, J. (2024). What do farmers need for suicide prevention: Considerations for a hard-to-reach population. Neuropsychiatric Diseases and Treatment, 20, 341-352. https://doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S452561

Scheyett, A., Kane, S., Shonkweiler, V. (2023). Predictors of emotional distress in farmers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Journal of Rural Mental Health, 47, 1-9 https://doi.org/10.1037/rmh0000225