@article{ref1,
title="The role of the livestock auction mart in promoting help-seeking behavior change among farmers in the UK",
journal="BMC public health",
year="2022",
author="Nye, Caroline and Winter, Michael and Lobley, Matt",
volume="22",
number="1",
pages="1581-1581",
abstract="Certain physical and mental health issues are particularly prevalent in farming occupations, yet frequently, farmers, particularly males, are resistant to seeking help from primary care practitioners. A qualitative approach examined the perspective of stakeholders at livestock auction marts to identify the determinants for, or barriers to, seeking help, perceptions regarding basing primary care services on-site at livestock auction marts, and the role of a site-based approach, i.e. placing primary healthcare services within a traditional farmers' meeting place, in facilitating changes in help-seeking beliefs and behaviors. <br><br>FINDINGS support previous studies regarding barriers to seeking help, but demonstrate that by deconstructing these barriers through specifically designed workplace/site-oriented support services, more positive behaviors are facilitated. The study highlights how collaboration between livestock auction marts and primary healthcare services allows access to a hard-to-reach demographic in terms of healthcare, and illustrates how such socially integrative opportunities can contribute to the improvement of the mental and physical health and wellbeing of the agricultural community.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1471-2458",
doi="10.1186/s12889-022-13958-4",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13958-4"
}