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Climate change threats to family farmers' sense of place and mental wellbeing: A case study from the Western Australian Wheatbelt

Ellis, Neville R., Albrecht, Glenn A.·2017·Social Science & Medicine
DOI 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.01.009
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'Sense of place' has become a central concept in the analysis of the cultural, personal and mental health risks posed by a changing climate. However, such place-related understandings of mental health and wellbeing remain largely limited to Indigenous health contexts. In this article we argue the relevance of sense of place in understanding the mental health impacts of climate change on family farmers who retain close living and working relationships to the land. We conducted a community-based qualitative case study located in the Western Australian Wheatbelt - a region that has experienced some of the most significant climate change in Australia. A three-part interview series was conducted with 22 family farmers between February 2013 and April 2014, and 15 interviews with various agricultural and mental health key informants. The research findings reveal that recently observed patterns of climate change have exacerbated farmers' worries about the weather, undermined notions of self-identity, and contributed to cumulative and chronic forms of place-based distress, culminating in heightened perceived risk of depression and suicide. The research findings highlight the tightly coupled ecosystem health-human health relationships that exist for family farmers living in regions affected by climate change, as well as the significance of farmers' place-based attachments and identities for their mental health and wellbeing.

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  1. Drought Policy Review Expert Social Panel, 2008
  2. Gaynor, 2015, How to eat a wilderness: the past and future of the Wheatbelt, Griffith Rev., 47, 169

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Authors
Ellis, N. R., & Albrecht, G. A.
Affiliations
  • Murdoch University (AU)
  • The University of Sydney (AU)
Corresponding author
Ellis, Neville R.
ORCID
Ellis, Neville R.
Venue
Social Science & Medicine
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2017-02
Volume
175
Pages
161-168
ISSN
0277-9536 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.01.009
OpenAlex
W2569077070
Cited by
300
References
67
Citations by year
2026: 32 · 2025: 49 · 2024: 48 · 2023: 46 · 2022: 32 · 2021: 35 · 2020: 27 · 2019: 16 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 3
FWCI
40.63
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Social Science & Medicine (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Murdoch University Research Portal (submittedVersion)
  • RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Climate Change Communication and Perception
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Agriculture and Farm Safety
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agronomy and Crop Science › Climate change impacts on agriculture
Keywords
climate change, sense of place, family farmers, psychological well-being, farmer mental health, self-identity, depression, suicide risk, Western Australian wheatbelt, agricultural communities
MeSH terms
Farmers, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Agriculture, Family, Female, Health Status, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Stress, Psychological, Western Australia, Risk Assessment, Climate Change

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