Rural male suicide in Australia
Rural male suicide in Australia
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DOI：
10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.04.036
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发表时间：
2012-02-01
影响因子：
5.4
通讯作者：
Alston, Margaret
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作者：
Alston, Margaret
澳大利亚农村男性的自杀率明显高于农村女性、城市男性或城市女性。对这一现象有许多解释，包括社会隔离程度较高、社会经济条件较差以及随时可以获得枪支。另一个因素是气候变化对农民的挑战。近年来，澳大利亚的农村地区一直受到强烈的气候变化事件的影响，包括持续了十多年的严重干旱。气候变化加上社会经济条件下降和农业生产减少，对农村男子的健康产生了潜在的影响。本文借鉴了多年来对在农场工作的农村男性进行的研究，认为关注农村男性的健康和福祉不仅需要了解这些因素，还需要了解文化背景、不平等的性别关系以及在逆境中赞扬坚忍的男性霸权的主导形式。不解决这些因素将限制农村男性健康和福利计划的成功。(C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd.版权所有。
The rate of suicide amongst Australia's rural men is significantly higher than rural women, urban men or urban women. There are many explanations for this phenomenon including higher levels of social isolation, lower socio-economic circumstances and ready access to firearms. Another factor is the challenge of climate transformation for farmers. In recent times rural areas of Australia have been subject to intense climate change events including a significant drought that has lingered on for over a decade. Climate variability together with lower socio-economic conditions and reduced farm production has combined to produce insidious impacts on the health of rural men. This paper draws on research conducted over several years with rural men working on farms to argue that attention to the health and well-being of rural men requires an understanding not only of these factors but also of the cultural context, inequitable gender relations and a dominant form of masculine hegemony that lauds stoicism in the face of adversity. A failure to address these factors will limit the success of health and welfare programs for rural men. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.