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NCFH would like to congratulate the 2017 Deakin University School of Medicine Honours students on completing their research.  NCFH supervised two students - Sienna Russell-Green and Lachlan Skilbeck - who worked alongside the NCFH research team to complete their exciting projects. Particular thanks to the members of the farming community who generously volunteered time to participate in, and contribute to, both research projects.

Sienna’s project, CROP HARVEST, evaluated farmer attitudes and behaviours in order to prevent exposure to agrichemicals. The project involved 41 farmers from western Victoria and evaluated the effectiveness of monitoring exposure to agrichemicals and the influence this has on both use of agrichemicals and personal protective equipment (PPE).

Lachlan’s project focused on help seeking for social and emotional wellbeing among young rural adults, identifying past experiences and current intentions of participants. The findings from Lachlan’s study will contribute to improved prediction of future help-seeking behaviours in young rural adults. The research provides knowledge from the community which will help in the development of appropriate and effective ways to support young rural adults.

Sienna and Lachlan were supervised by Prof. Susan Brumby, Dr Jacquie Cotton and Dr Alison Kennedy.

Click here for more information on this research

Each Wednesday we feature a Farmer Health fact sheet from www.farmerhealth.org.au on Facebook and Twitter. These fact sheets are a useful resource to keep you on top of your game! You asked for a quick recap so here it is!