Towards a greater understanding of stress, wellbeing and suicide amongst farmers in Ireland
Teagasc Ashtown Food Research Centre
Teagasc Ashtown Food Research Centre Dublin Ireland9:00 AM - 9:30 AM
Tea/Coffee
9:30 AM
Opening Address
Dr David Meredith, Senior Research Officer, Teagasc
9:35 AM
Welcome Address
Prof Pat Dillon, Director of Research, Teagasc
9:45 AM
Ministerial Address
Minister Martin Heydon
9:55 AM
Understanding Rural Community’s Mental Health Needs: Australian Perspective
Dr Hazel Dalton
10:25 AM
Deaths from Suicide amongst the farm population in Ireland
Anne Markey and Dr David Meredith
10:45 AM
Livestock farmer’s experience of stress and the relationship to wellbeing
Dr Diana Van Doorn
11:05 AM
Discussion
11:30 AM
Close of Conference
Dr David Meredith, Teagasc
Internationally, the mental health and wellbeing of farmers is an issue that is receiving significant attention. This seminar brings together two pieces of recently completed work that provides insights into the relationship between stress and wellbeing amongst farmers and, the prevalence and level of deaths from suicide. The seminar will be opened by Minister Martin Heydon and addressed by Prof Hazel Dalton, Senior Research Fellow of Rural Public Health (Health Services) at the Rural Health Research Institute at Charles Sturt University in Orange, NSW, Australia. Her research interests include rural health, mental health and health promotion.
The seminar is aimed at agriculture and mental health policy stakeholders, including organisations supporting farm and rural communities, and researchers working in this area. It marks the last public event organised as part of the Behaviours for Safer Farming project which is funded by the Department of Agriculture. Food and the Marine.