Longing to Belong: Personal Social Capital and Psychological Distress in an Australian Coastal Region
In: FaHCSIA Social Policy Research Paper No. 39
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As the agricultural industries of developed countries undergo an extended period of change, increasing numbers of farmers are leaving farming. In this paper, we investigate the relationship between intention to exit farming and farmer wellbeing, drawing on and adapting the conservation of resources theory of stress. In a quantitative analysis of 674 Australian farmers, we show that the more likely a farmer is to leave farming, the poorer their wellbeing; but this is moderated by smaller farm size, greater profitability, earning a larger proportion of income off-farm and older age, all of which attenuate the relationship between exit intention and poorer wellbeing. We conclude that it is important for policymakers to consider the wellbeing of farmers when designing strategies to assist exiting farmers, as poor wellbeing at exit may reduce capacity to adapt successfully to life after farming. ; Funding for this study was provided by the Faculty of Health and the Murray Darling Basin Futures Collaborative Research Network at the University of Canberra. We acknowledge the funders of MDBfutures, in particular the Australian federal government Department of Education.
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As the agricultural industries of developed countries undergo an extended period of change, increasing numbers of farmers are leaving farming. In this paper, we investigate the relationship between intention to exit farming and farmer wellbeing, drawing on and adapting the conservation of resources theory of stress. In a quantitative analysis of 674 Australian farmers, we show that the more likely a farmer is to leave farming, the poorer their wellbeing; but this is moderated by smaller farm size, greater profitability, earning a larger proportion of income off-farm and older age, all of which attenuate the relationship between exit intention and poorer wellbeing. We conclude that it is important for policymakers to consider the wellbeing of farmers when designing strategies to assist exiting farmers, as poor wellbeing at exit may reduce capacity to adapt successfully to life after farming. ; Funding for this study was provided by the Faculty of Health and the Murray Darling Basin Futures Collaborative Research Network at the University of Canberra. We acknowledge the funders of MDBfutures, in particular the Australian federal government Department of Education.
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In: FaHCSIA Social Policy Research Paper No. 37
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In: FaHCSIA Social Policy Research Paper No 44
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In: Bulletin of the World Health Organization: the international journal of public health = Bulletin de l'Organisation Mondiale de la Santé, Band 94, Heft 10, S. 759-765
ISSN: 1564-0604
In: Journal of international development: the journal of the Development Studies Association, Band 24, Heft S1
ISSN: 1099-1328
AbstractThis paper examines the relationship between disability and poverty at a health‐demographic surveillance site in Viet Nam using alternative measures of disability severity. Analysis of the site population (n = 65 400) is combined with interviews of 27 households containing members with disabilities. Results show that disability severity is positively associated with poverty. Results support recent efforts of the Vietnamese government to extend programmes of social protection for households containing members with severe disabilities. However, a higher level of disability targeting is required, both in terms of eligibility and of benefit levels. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
In: Zhang , Y , Beggs , P J , Bambrick , H , Berry , H L , Linnenluecke , M K , Trueck , S , Alders , R , Bi , P , Boylan , S M , Green , D , Guo , Y , Hanigan , I C , Hanna , E G , Malik , A , Morgan , G G , Stevenson , M , Tong , S , Watts , N & Capon , A G 2018 , ' The MJA-lancet countdown on health and climate change : Australian policy inaction threatens lives ' , The Medical Journal of Australia , vol. 209 , no. 11 , pp. 474.e1-474.e21 . https://doi.org/10.5694/mja18.00789
Climate plays an important role in human health and it is well established that climate change can have very significant impacts in this regard. In partnership with The Lancet and the MJA, we present the inaugural Australian Countdown assessment of progress on climate change and health. This comprehensive assessment examines 41 indicators across five broad sections: climate change impacts, exposures and vulnerability; adaptation, planning and resilience for health; mitigation actions and health co-benefits; economics and finance; and public and political engagement. These indicators and the methods used for each are largely consistent with those of the Lancet Countdown global assessment published in October 2017, but with an Australian focus. Significant developments include the addition of a new indicator on mental health. Overall, we find that Australia is vulnerable to the impacts of climate change on health, and that policy inaction in this regard threatens Australian lives. In a number of respects, Australia has gone backwards and now lags behind other high income countries such as Germany and the United Kingdom. Examples include the persistence of a very high carbon-intensive energy system in Australia, and its slow transition to renewables and low carbon electricity generation. However, we also find some examples of good progress, such as heatwave response planning. Given the overall poor state of progress on climate change and health in Australia, this country now has an enormous opportunity to take action and protect human health and lives. Australia has the technical knowhow and intellect to do this, and our annual updates of this assessment will track Australia's engagement with and progress on this vitally important issue.
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In: Beggs , P J , Zhang , Y , Bambrick , H , Berry , H L , Linnenluecke , M K , Trueck , S , Bi , P , Boylan , S M , Green , D , Guo , Y , Hanigan , I C , Johnston , F H , Madden , D L , Malik , A , Morgan , G G , Perkins-Kirkpatrick , S , Rychetnik , L , Stevenson , M , Watts , N & Capon , A G 2019 , ' The 2019 report of the MJA–Lancet Countdown on health and climate change : a turbulent year with mixed progress ' , The Medical Journal of Australia , vol. 211 , no. 11 , pp. 490-491.e21 . https://doi.org/10.5694/mja2.50405
The MJA–Lancet Countdown on health and climate change was established in 2017 and produced its first Australian national assessment in 2018. It examined 41 indicators across five broad domains: climate change impacts, exposures and vulnerability; adaptation, planning and resilience for health; mitigation actions and health co-benefits; economics and finance; and public and political engagement. It found that, overall, Australia is vulnerable to the impacts of climate change on health, and that policy inaction in this regard threatens Australian lives. In this report we present the 2019 update. We track progress on health and climate change in Australia across the same five broad domains and many of the same indicators as in 2018. A number of new indicators are introduced this year, including one focused on wildfire exposure, and another on engagement in health and climate change in the corporate sector. Several of the previously reported indicators are not included this year, either due to their discontinuation by the parent project, the Lancet Countdown, or because insufficient new data were available for us to meaningfully provide an update to the indicator. In a year marked by an Australian federal election in which climate change featured prominently, we find mixed progress on health and climate change in this country. There has been progress in renewable energy generation, including substantial employment increases in this sector. There has also been some progress at state and local government level. However, there continues to be no engagement on health and climate change in the Australian federal Parliament, and Australia performs poorly across many of the indicators in comparison to other developed countries; for example, it is one of the world's largest net exporters of coal and its electricity generation from low carbon sources is low. We also find significantly increasing exposure of Australians to heatwaves and, in most states and territories, continuing elevated suicide rates at higher temperatures. ...
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