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Factors associated with reported service use for mental health problems by residents of rural and remote communities: Cross-sectional findings from a baseline survey

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Coleman, Clare; Inder, Kerry J; Allan, John; Arya, Dinesh; Roberts, Russell; Buss, Richard
  • Journal Name: BMC Health Services Research
  • Journal Number: 13
  • Publisher: BioMed Central
  • Published Location: London, United Kingdom
  • ISBN: 14726963
  • Country: Canada, England, Australia

The patterns of health service use by rural and remote residents are poorly understood and under-represented in national surveys. This paper examines professional and non-professional service use for mental health problems in rural and remote communities in Australia. Report Locationhttp://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.une.edu.au/docview/13534015 ....

Factors motivating farmers to adopt different agrifood systems: A case study of two rural communities in Greece

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Marios Koutsoukos, Olga Iakovidou
  • Journal Name: Rural Society
  • Journal Number: Vol. 23 No.1
  • Publisher: eContent Management Pty Ltd
  • Published Location: Maleny, Qld.
  • ISBN: 1037-1656
  • Country: Greece

The main objective of this case study is to facilitate the understanding of the factors which motivate farmers to adopt different agrifood production systems. More specifically, the study focuses on researching farmers' motivations, attitudes and problems, concerning the adoption of conventional and organic farming in two rural communities in Gre ....

Farm tourism experiences in travel reviews: A cross-comparison of three alternative methods for data analysis

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Capriello, Antonella; Mason, Peyton R; Davis, Boyd; Crotts, John C
  • Journal Name: Journal of Business Research
  • Journal Number: 66.6
  • Publisher: Elsevier Sequoia S.A.
  • Published Location: Netherlands
  • ISBN: 01482963
  • Country: Australia, Italy, United Kingdom, United States

This paper demonstrates three alternative approaches for mining consumer sentiment from large amounts of qualitative data found in online travel reviews. Manual content coding, corpus-based semantic analysis, and stance-shift analysis represent methods varying greatly in both process and output. For illustration purposes, they are applied in an e ....

Farmer’s markets: the fresh new link in the food chain

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: J Adams
  • Journal Name: Farm Policy Journal
  • Journal Number: Vol. 10 No. 1
  • Publisher: Australian Farm Institute
  • Published Location: Surry Hills
  • ISBN: 1449-8812
  • Country: Australia

Jane Adams is the principal of Jane Adams Communications a Sydney-based marketing consultancy specialising in food, wine, and regional and urban community development projects. Since 1998 Jane has pursued a vital personal interest in farmers’ markets, a significant driver of economic development and food marketing in regional Australia. She is ....

Farmers, mining and mental health: the impact on a farming community when a mine is proposed

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Jennifer Moffatt, Peter Baker
  • Journal Name: Rural Society
  • Journal Number: Vol. 23 No.1
  • Publisher: eContent Management Pty Ltd
  • Published Location: Maleny, Qld.
  • ISBN: 1037-1656
  • Country: Australia

In Australia where the economic benefits of minerals resources development accrue at the national and regional levels, it is farming communities that are at the forefront of the challenges resulting from competing land use. This paper maps the mental health impacts on a farming community in the Clarence-Moreton coal basin, Queensland, after a min ....

Five-year results of surgical colorectal cancer treatment in rural Australia

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Wichmann, Matthias W.; Beukes, Eben; Esufali, Shaukat T.; Plaumann, Lutz; Maddern, Guy
  • Journal Name: ANZ Journal of Surgery
  • Journal Number: 83.3
  • Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
  • Published Location: East Melbourne, Vic
  • ISBN: 14451433
  • Country: Australia

The incidence of colorectal cancer in Australia is among the highest worldwide. We investigate whether similar treatment results for colorectal cancer can be achieved in rural surgery as reported from metropolitan centres. Assessment of overall and cancer-specific survival of all patients undergoing surgery for colorectal cancer over a 5-year ti ....

Fly-In-Fly-Out Hub Community Impact Study 2013

  • Year: 2013
  • Publisher: Wide Bay Burnett RDA
  • Published Location: Brisbane Qld
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Queensland

The Resource Sector Opportunity Study 2011 established that WBB, with disproportionate unemployment, socio-economic disadvantage and population ageing, has to date not shared equally in Queensland’s recent mining prosperity. Harnessing the resource sector’s skilled and well-paid human capital by accommodating fly-in fly-out (FIFO) and drive-i ....

Focusing Resource Allocation-Wellbeing as a Tool for Prioritizing Interventions for Communities at Risk

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Hogan, Anthony; Tanton, Robert; Lockie, Stewart; May, Sarah
  • Journal Name: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Journal Number: 10.8
  • Publisher: Molecular Diversity Preservation International
  • Published Location: Basel, Switzerland
  • ISBN: 1661-7827
  • Country: Australia

This study examined whether a wellbeing approach to resilience and adaptation would provide practical insights for prioritizing support to communities experiencing environmental and socio-economic stressors. Methods: A cross-sectional survey, based on a purposive sample of 2,196 stakeholders (landholders, hobby farmers, town resident and change a ....

Food and Fibre Export Performance Report

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Ridley, L.
  • Editors: Purcell, C.
  • Publisher: Victorian Government, Department of Environment and Primary Industries
  • Published Location: Melbourne, Vic
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Victoria

This report provides information on the value of Victorian and Australian food and fibre exports. The report is prepared by the Trade and Investment Branch and is focused on export performance by industry and key export markets for the 2008-09 to 2012-13 financial years. Victorian food and fibre exports were valued at $9.4 billion ....

Food safety in China opens doors for Australia's agri sector

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Jue Chen
  • Journal Name: Australia China Connections
  • Publisher: Swinburne University of Technology Faculty of Business and Enterprise
  • Country: Australia

Swinburne International Business lecturer Jue Chen writes about the huge opportunities for Australia's agri sector as China's growing middle class takes an increasingly stronger interest in where their food is coming from. Report Locationhttp://researchbank.swinburne.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/swin:36068?queryType=vitalDismax&query= ....

Food Sovereignty

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Nick Rose
  • Journal Name: Arena Magazine
  • Journal Number: Issue 123 (April-May 2013)
  • Publisher: Arena Printing and Publishing Pty Ltd
  • Published Location: Fitzroy
  • Country: Australia

Article addresses the issue of global rising food shortages and the formulation of food policy.  Report Locationhttp://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=201218383;res=IELAPA ....

Food value chain analysis

  • Year: 2012
  • Author: Haq, Zahoor ul
  • Publisher: International Food Policy Research Institute

The study of value chains comprises of two key concepts: value and chain. The term value is synonym to “value added” in the Value Chain Analysis (VCA) as it characterizes the incremental value of a resultant product produced from processing of a product. For agricultural products, value addition can also take place through differentiation of ....

Forest owner intent: Harvesting Tasmania’s non-industrial private forests

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Dare, M.; Eversole, R.
  • Publisher: Institute for Regional Development
  • Country: Australia
  • State/Region: Tasmania

Tasmania’s forests are an important economic and environmental resource for all Tasmanians, providing vital employment, recreation and conservation values. The importance of the Tasmanian private forest resource to the forest industry is increasing, with 44% of harvested timber sourced from private forests in 2011-2012. The proportion of ....

Formation of entrepreneurial intentions in a regional context

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Ewald Kibler
  • Journal Name: Entrepreneurship & Regional Development: An International Journal
  • Journal Number: 25.3-4
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
  • Published Location: United Kingdom
  • ISBN: 0898-5626
  • Country: Finland

Research on the impact of the regional environment in the very early phase of the business start-up process is currently limited. This paper contributes to the literature by analysing the influence of regional factors on the formation of entrepreneurial intentions within the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) framework. The rationale is based on t ....

From Australia to the World: Growing our knowledge and the world's farmers

  • Year: 2013
  • Author: Matt Linnegar
  • Journal Name: Partners in Research for Development
  • Journal Number: November 2013
  • Publisher: Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
  • Published Location: Canberra, ACT
  • ISBN: 1031-1009
  • Country: Australia

The vital importance of increased investment in agricultural research, development and extension to both Australia and the world is discussed by Matt Linnegar, chief executive officer of the National Farmers' Federation, Australia's peak body representing farmers and the agricultural sector. Report Locationhttp://search.informit.com.au/document ....

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