农民需要什么来预防自杀:难以接触的人口的考虑
Anna Scheyett1,2, Ian Lee Marburger2, Andrea Scarrow1
1College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.
Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment
|February 27, 2024
概括
农民面临高自杀率和心理健康挑战. 针对性预防策略,重点关注可访问的消息和支持网络,对于这个难以接触的人群至关重要.
科学领域:
- 农业健康 农业健康
- 心理健康研究 心理健康研究
- 预防自杀 预防自杀
背景情况:
- 与普通人口相比,农民的自杀率不成比例地高.
- 职业要求和文化污名化对农民的心理健康支持造成了重大障碍.
- 这一群体被认为是传统心理健康干预的难以接触的群体.
研究的目的:
- 探索有效的策略,以根据农民的独特需求量身定制自杀预防和心理健康支持.
- 确定可接受和可访问的方法,向农民提供心理健康信息.
- 了解如何克服在农业社区寻求帮助的障碍.
主要方法:
- 定性研究涉及焦点小组与与农民结婚的妇女 (N=29) 和采访农业扩展代理商 (N=13).
- 在格鲁吉亚农村县进行的研究.
- 对定性数据进行主题分析,实现高级别的可靠性 (科恩的卡帕=0.86).
主要成果:
- 确定的障碍包括农业的时间需求和围绕寻求帮助的耻辱感.
- 可接受的信息包括将心理健康作为一般健康的框架,并确保信息简短,清晰和广泛可访问.
- 有效的策略包括强调联系,提供支持服务的机会,以及培训值得信赖的个人担任守门员的角色.
结论:
- 与农民亲密的人 (配偶,扩展代理人) 接触对于了解和定制预防工作至关重要.
- 文化敏感的外展,同行支持和守门员培训是达到农民心理健康支持的关键.
- 这些量身定制的策略可以提高这一脆弱人群的自杀预防的有效性.
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