“Don’t … Break Down on Tuesday Because the Mental Health Services are Only in Town on Thursday”: A Qualitative Study of Service Provision Related Barriers to, and Facilitators of Farmers’ Mental Health Help‑Seeking
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Article Title | “Don’t … Break Down on Tuesday Because the Mental Health Services are Only in Town on Thursday”: A Qualitative Study of Service Provision Related Barriers to, and Facilitators of Farmers’ Mental Health Help‑Seeking |
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ERA Journal ID | 36481 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Vayro, Caitlin (Author), Brownlow, Charlotte (Author), Ireland, Michael (Author) and March, Sonja (Author) |
Journal Title | Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research |
Journal Citation | 48 (3), pp. 514-527 |
Number of Pages | 14 |
Year | May 2021 |
Place of Publication | United States |
ISSN | 0894-587X |
1522-3434 | |
1573-3289 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-020-01085-4 |
Web Address (URL) | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10488-020-01085-4 |
Abstract | The suicide rate of farmers is approximately double that of the general Australian population, yet farmers employ fewer help-seeking behaviours (Arnautovska et al. in Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 49:593–599, 2014; Brew et al. in BMC Public Health 16:1–11, 2016). Therefore, it is crucial to understand if, and how health services and system might influence farmer help-seeking. To shed light on this, the current study employed qualitative semi-structured interviews with 10 farmers, 10 farmers’ partners and 8 medical practitioners. Thematic analysis, guided by Braun and Clarke’s (Qual Res Psychol 3:77–101, 2006) techniques, was used to analyse the data. Three themes were devised concerning the interaction between farmers and health services, including ‘health service interactions’, ‘services are provided within a complex system’ and ‘emerging technologies: the users, practitioners, and systems’. The findings underscore the importance of interactions between a farmer and a service provider, with farmers wanting their provider to have an understanding of farming life. Help-seeking was also shaped by access, availability, and practitioner constancy. Lastly, a complex relationship between digital mental health services and farmer help-seeking was reported, with factors related to the farmers, the practitioners and the infrastructure/systems discussed. The outcomes have implications for health service and policy reform, developing and providing interventions for farmers to promote health services interaction as a way of mental health help-seeking. |
Keywords | Farmers; Service provision; Help-seeking; Primary producers; Mental health |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 520399. Clinical and health psychology not elsewhere classified |
420313. Mental health services | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Psychology and Counselling |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
Funder | Australian Education International, Australian Government |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q5y21/-don-t-break-down-on-tuesday-because-the-mental-health-services-are-only-in-town-on-thursday-a-qualitative-study-of-service-provision-related-barriers-to-and-facilitators-of-farmers-mental-health
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