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Agricultural Health and Medicine (HMF701) course will now be held VIRTUALLY

With Agricultural Health and Medicine (HMF701) moving online, you can now learn about the unique health challenges facing our rural and remote populations from the comfort of your own home.

Running from February 28th to March 4th, the presenters cover a broad range of health, safety and wellbeing issues ranging from mental illness and addiction through to emergency medicine, agrichemicals, zoonotic disease, non-communicable disease and agricultural trauma.

It will increase your understanding of the social, environmental, physical and mental health factors that result in higher rates of injury illness and death in rural and remote communities, and deepen your understanding of how to help improve health outcomes in these communities.

This course is offered through Deakin University School of Medicine. Applications close 20^th Feb 2022.

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Injury risk and safety behaviours of children on Victorian farms

Farms present a unique environment as they are both a home and workplace to many Australian families. This results in children being exposed to many hazards not typically present in other homes. In Australia, child farm-related injuries have remained stable over the last 20 years, despite efforts to reduce them.

The National Centre for Farmer Health is conducting a study to investigate how the behaviours, attitudes and lifestyles on Victorian farms are contributing to, or protecting children from, farm-related injuries.

We would love for you to assist in our study. We are asking parents and children (aged 5 to 14 years) in rural or remote Victoria to assist us by completing our two-part survey.

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The Campfire has been lit for 2022!

The Campfire platform is all about taking action to make your farm workplace mentally healthy. We identify factors in the design and management of farm work that can positively or negatively affect an employee's mental health. Together we explore some solutions and point you towards some great resources.

Join us in the next few weeks to discuss these important topics:

Child safety on the farm

Bullying in farm workplaces

Thinking about your thinking

Healthy Ageing on the Farm

Working with different personalities

Managing workplace conflict

Follow the link below to register for more information and updates to the upcoming chats.

JOIN THE CONVERSATION

Each Wednesday we feature a Farmer Health fact sheet from www.farmerhealth.org.au on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. These fact sheets are a useful resource to keep you on top of your game! Check out some popular fact sheets:

Skin Cancer Prevention: https://bit.ly/3IcIwuO
When to call an ambulance: https://bit.ly/3loZdt0
Relationships and communication: https://bit.ly/3DbzgDo

Interested? Find more fact sheets here:

VIEW FACT SHEETS

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National Centre for Farmer Health
Western District Health Service,
PO Box 283, McKellar House
Tyers Street, Hamilton, Victoria 3300
Australia

Tel (03) 5551 8533

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