2014
ISBN: 978-0-9874558-3-3
PDF Available from Farmer Health Website (External)
Paperback currently sold out.
Faced with an increasingly unpredictable climate, fluctuating markets, and geographical and social isolation farming is no life for the faint hearted.
The National Centre for Farmer Health (NCFH) emerged in response to these challenges as a way of improving the health, wellbeing and safety of farmers.
This book contains a series of chapters developed from presentations made at the 2012 NCFH Conference ‘Sowing the Seeds of Farmer Health’. Each of the chapters provides an opportunity to document and distribute the lessons and innovative approaches developed in the field of agricultural health, wellbeing and safety, which offers a sound basis for ongoing research into the future.
Testimonials
“Rural communities face a range of health risks, resulting from a complex blend of local, national and international forces. Local patterns of alcohol and other drug use, geographical isolation and psychological distress impact uniquely on rural health… The brilliance of Sowing the Seeds of Farmer Health is that it not only improves our understanding across different levels of risk factors, but begins to explore the process by which rural Australians make sense of, and respond to, them.”
Professor Anthony Shakeshaft
NATIONAL DRUG AND ALCOHOL RESEARCH CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES
“This book is a must read for anyone concerned with the sustainability of Australian farmers: those men and women who provide the nation with food and fibre, often in the most challenging of environmental and economic circumstances. All Australians would do well to reflect on the contributions in this book.”
Dr John Martin, Emeritus Professor
LA TROBE UNIVERSITY
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