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dc.contributor.authorKennedy, Alisonen
dc.contributor.authorMaple, Myfanwyen
dc.contributor.authorMcKay, Kathrynen
dc.contributor.authorBrumby, Susanen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-25T14:44:00Z-
dc.date.issued2014-
dc.identifier.citationRural and Remote Health, v.14, p. 1-14en
dc.identifier.issn1445-6354en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/14363-
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Australia's farmers constitute a heterogeneous group within the rural population. This literature review incorporates four broad areas: an understanding of farming communities, families and individuals and the contexts in which they live and work; an exploration of the challenges to morbidity and mortality that these communities face; a description of the patterns of suicide and accidental death in farming communities; and an outline of what is missing from the current body of research. Recommendations will be made on how these gaps may be addressed. Methods: In developing this comprehensive literature review, a snowballing and saturation approach was adopted. Initial search terms included suicid*, farm*, accident*, fatal*, death, sudden death, rural OR remote, Australia and NOT Australia. Databases searched included SCOPUS, PubMed, Proquest and SafetyLit; research from 1995 onwards was examined for relevance. Earlier seminal texts were also included. Reference lists of retrieved articles were searched and citations explored for further relevant research material. The primary focus was on Australian peer-reviewed research with supplementary grey literature. International material was used as examples. Results: The literature variously describes farmers as members of both rural farming communities and farming families, and as individuals within an occupational classification. Within each of these classifications, there is evidence of the cumulative impact of a multiplicity of social, geographical and psychological factors relating to work, living and social arrangements that impact the health and wellbeing of Australia's farmers and their families, particularly accidental death and suicide. Research consistently demonstrates traumatic death to be at a greater rate than in the general Australian population, with reductions found more recently in some modes of farming-related accidental death. Patterns of accidental death and suicide are commonly linked to the changing shape of contemporary farming. Suicide rates are also frequently described in relation to lethality and accessibility of means. The limitations of suicide and accidental death data are considerable. Conclusion: While there is consistent reporting of heightened levels of risk for suicide and accidental death in farming communities the limitations of the research remain significant. There are substantial gaps in current knowledge, and the body of research to date lacks clarity, inclusiveness and contextual specificity. Absent from the literature is any investigation of the impact of these frequently preventable deaths on the families and communities in which they occur. Recommendations for future research are suggested.en
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dc.publisherAustralian Rural Health Education Networken
dc.relation.ispartofRural and Remote Healthen
dc.titleSuicide and accidental death in Australia's rural farming communities: a review of the literatureen
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.subject.keywordsMental Healthen
dc.subject.keywordsCounselling, Welfare and Community Servicesen
dc.subject.keywordsRural Sociologyen
local.contributor.firstnameAlisonen
local.contributor.firstnameMyfanwyen
local.contributor.firstnameKathrynen
local.contributor.firstnameSusanen
local.subject.for2008111714 Mental Healthen
local.subject.for2008160702 Counselling, Welfare and Community Servicesen
local.subject.for2008160804 Rural Sociologyen
local.subject.seo2008920408 Health Status (e.g. Indicators of Well-Being)en
local.subject.seo2008920410 Mental Healthen
local.subject.seo2008920506 Rural Healthen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Healthen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Rural Medicineen
local.profile.emailakenne32@une.edu.auen
local.profile.emailmmaple2@une.edu.auen
local.profile.emailkmckay8@une.edu.auen
local.profile.emailsbrumby3@une.edu.auen
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local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-20140226-151823en
local.publisher.placeAustraliaen
local.identifier.runningnumber2417en
local.format.startpage1en
local.format.endpage14en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume14en
local.title.subtitlea review of the literatureen
local.contributor.lastnameKennedyen
local.contributor.lastnameMapleen
local.contributor.lastnameMcKayen
local.contributor.lastnameBrumbyen
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dc.identifier.staffune-id:mmaple2en
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local.identifier.handlehttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/14363en
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local.title.maintitleSuicide and accidental death in Australia's rural farming communitiesen
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.relation.urlhttp://www.rrh.org.au/articles/subviewaust.asp?ArticleID=2517en
local.relation.urlhttp://www.rrh.org.au/publishedarticles/article_print_2517.pdfen
local.search.authorKennedy, Alisonen
local.search.authorMaple, Myfanwyen
local.search.authorMcKay, Kathrynen
local.search.authorBrumby, Susanen
local.uneassociationUnknownen
local.year.published2014en
local.subject.for2020420313 Mental health servicesen
local.subject.for2020440902 Counselling, wellbeing and community servicesen
local.subject.for2020441003 Rural sociologyen
local.subject.seo2020200407 Health status (incl. wellbeing)en
local.subject.seo2020200409 Mental healthen
local.subject.seo2020200508 Rural and remote area healthen
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