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AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF RURAL HEALTH
卷 15, 期 2, 页码 99-106出版社
BLACKWELL PUBLISHING
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1584.2007.00861.x
关键词
primary mental health care; rural service innovation; rural support worker
Objective: The primary mental health care needs of farmers require that service innovations incorporate rural support workers into a local service network. This component of the FarmLink pilot sought to develop a social network analysis method that would describe local mental health-related human service networks. The purpose is to inform improvements in this network and to serve as a baseline against which such improvements can be evaluated. Design: A pilot survey of rural human service providers who deal with mental health-related issues among farmers about their self-reported links between each other. Setting: Service delivery agencies associated with a small rural town in New South Wales. Participants: Twenty-five agents from a range of human services involved in rural human support services to farmers, such as from agricultural and drought support, welfare, primary health care and education. Intervention: Telephone interview prior to the conduct of a Mental Health First Aid seminar and a Farmers Mental Health and Wellbeing workshop. Main outcome measures: Agent self-reported service links over the past three months for information exchange, client referrals and working together in relation to helping farmers for mental health, emotional health or stress-related problems. Analysis trialled on the 'made referrals' link shows the network influence, prominence and intermediary status of the rural financial counsellor. Conclusions: Within the limitations of recalled self-report data, social network analysis provides a useful network description for informing and evaluating service network improvements.
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