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Sustainable Farm Families - Tasmania (Staff)Project Commencement: January 2008
Project Completion: June 2010
As part of the Tasmanian Partners in Health program, the Sustainable Farm Families - Tasmania project is a colloboration between the UDRH and the Western Districts Health Service (WDHS).
Aims/Objectives of the Project
To address the significant differences in the health of people in the Tasmanian rural industries.
To provide knowledge and demonstrate skills that assist rural families identify strategies to enhance individual/family health and adopt safety practices.
To identify and track rural family health indicators in Tasmania.
To work with the diversity of people across the agricultural and other rural industries, government, research, training, rural families and lobby groups to address the issues of health, social isolation, lack of physical activity and other factors that impact on health.
To communicate project findings to the rural and health sector, the community and government sector through the Western District Health Service and the University of Tasmania.
To provide information on the relationship between rural family health, health as a social issue in rural communities and farm productivity.
To contribute to a change of behavior and practice of farming and other rural families, rural industry and government in relation to a healthy human resource as pivotal in farming and rural industry success.
Foster networks and linkages through program participants, peers, and organisations who share common values in relation to addressing human resource challenges for rural families.
Improve our ability to understand the link between health, stress, injury, farming and other rural industries and social isolation.
Demonstrate the impact of a safe and healthy approach to human resource management on the farming/rural business.
To pilot SFF project in Tasmanian with 1 or 2 farming groups.
Project Outcomes
Provide knowledge and skills to a minimum of 20 for 1 group or 40 for 2 groups (maximum 26 per group) of farmers/rural families on key health issues.
Demonstrate the impact of healthy living practice on farming and rural business success.
Foster networks through program participants, peers, collaborating partners and organisations who share common values in relation to addressing human resource challenges for rural families.
Identify and track health indicators for inclusion in rural business plans in relation to participant’s rural business.
Improve understanding of the link between health, stress, injury, rural industry and social isolation.
Provide a collaborative framework and evidence base to advise government in the development of a sustainable rural industry.
Collate, analyse and report on both qualitative and quantitative data from participants over 3 years in conjunction with WDHS.
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