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Drought

Overview

The purpose of this page is to provide tools and resources to assist rural agencies to plan for effective and sustainable interventions.

A resource for drought-affected Victorian communities

Adobe Acrobat PDF icon Responding to the mental health impacts of drought - Planning and practice guide (203kb, pdf)

2009 Drought Support Project

The 2009 Drought Support Project delivered customised training and support packages for heath and wellbeing professionals working in counselling roles in community health, primary health, divisions of general practice, local government, non government and not-for-profit organisations. The document below is the final report.

 Drought Support Funding 2009-2010 Helping Families through Tough Times and No Bull Support Facilitators' Training for Rural Counsellors and Outreach Workers

Rural Change and Community Wellbeing Forum

The Rural Change and Community Wellbeing Forum held on the 24 June 2009 provided an opportunity to discuss and highlight initiatives to improve the mental health of people living in drought-affected communities.

Presentations

Presentations included:

  • a summary of the department’s drought initiatives
  • highlights from major achievements
  • exemplary sustainable programs.

Brenda Boland
Regional Director, Grampians Region
Department of Human Services

Adobe Acrobat icon Achievements to date (721kb, pdf)

Sylvia Barry
Manager, Primary Health Integration
Department of Human Services

Adobe Acrobat icon Journey so far (122kb, pdf)

Rosie Rowe
Director, Community Services and Allied Health
Western District Health Service

Adobe Acrobat icon Leading on from the drought (928kb, pdf)

Emily Anderson
Drought Recovery Officer
Northern Grampians Shire

Presented: Harnessing community spirit: Working together and generating real outcomes

Case studies
Presentations were complemented by small workshops (story dialogue) based around six case studies. These case studies were chosen as worthy examples of leading work in responding to the immediate and longer-term impacts of drought and rural change.

Adobe Acrobat icon Overview of case studies (147kb, pdf)

The workshops allowed participants the opportunity to discuss the case studies in greater detail and share their own practice, ideas, challenges and solutions in relation to building the resilience of rural communities.

  1. Adobe Acrobat icon Benalla Drought Outreach Service (179kb, pdf)
  2. Adobe Acrobat icon Wimmera Primary Care Partnership: Building community resilience (201kb, pdf)
  3. Adobe Acrobat icon Campaspe Farm Gate: Assertice outreach (230kb, pdf)
  4. Adobe Acrobat icon Southern Grampians and Glenelg: Climate change adaptation framework (206kb, pdf)
  5. Adobe Acrobat icon Northern Mallee Primary Care Partnership: Sustainable approach (194kb, pdf)
  6. Adobe Acrobat icon Loddon Mallee Region Sustainable Development Network (188kb, pdf)

Outcomes

A report on the outcomes of the forum is available below.

Adobe Acrobat icon Rural change and community wellbeing forum: Report on outcomes (290kb, pdf)

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Studies
Read this study linking climate change to local issues: Climate change and primary health care intervention framework
Rae Walker A, C and South East Healthy Communities Partnership B Australian Journal of Primary Health 15(4) 276–284 doi:10.1071/PY09041 Published: 26 November 2009
 
Last updated: 14 June, 2011
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