Healthier land, healthier farmers: Considering the potential of natural resource management as a place-focused farmer health intervention

Health and Place

Volumn 24, Issue , 2013, Pages 97-109

  Schirmer, Jacki ^a   Berry, Helen L ^a   O'Brien, Léan V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Environmental degradation; Farmer health; Health intervention; Natural resource management; Wellbeing

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; HEALTH RISK; NATURAL RESOURCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SMALLHOLDER; VULNERABILITY;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SKILL; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL STATUS; WELLBEING;

AUSTRALIA;

ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FARMER HEALTH; HEALTH INTERVENTION; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WELLBEING;

AGRICULTURE; AUSTRALIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION;

EID: 84884399674     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.08.007     Document Type: Article

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