Tokenism and Mending Fences: How Rural Male Farmers and Their Health Needs Are Discussed in Health Policy and Planning Documents
| Autor: | Bradley Hiebert, Sandra Regan, Beverly D. Leipert |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Ontario Health Services Needs and Demand education.field_of_study Economic growth Farmers business.industry Health Policy Rural health Population Tokenism Poison control Occupational safety and health Health Planning Political science Health care Humans Rural Health Services Rural area education business Health policy Retrospective Studies Research Paper |
| Zdroj: | Healthcare Policy |
| ISSN: | 1715-6580 |
| DOI: | 10.12927/hcpol.2018.25494 |
| Popis: | Rural male farmers (RMFs) are an understudied population with high mortality, morbidity and co-morbidities due to preventable injury, most of which occur on-farm. This study examines how RMFs and their health needs are discussed in Ontario rural health policy documents. A retrospective analysis of policy was conducted to analyze the content of Ontario rural healthcare policy documents published since 2006. Discussions of RMFs were categorized by two themes: tokenism and mending fences. Tokenism refers to RMFs' invisibility, except when farming stereotypes were used to describe rural areas. Mending fences captures the desire of rural communities to be included in healthcare decisions, and to position RMFs as key stakeholders for healthcare organizations to engage with to improve how they are perceived by rural communities. This study asserts that including RMFs in health policy formation can improve rural healthcare delivery and relationships between rural healthcare organizations and the communities they serve. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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