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Early Intervention Model Promotes Farmers' Mental Wellbeing

Early Intervention Model Promotes Farmers' Mental Wellbeing. Antti Huhtamäki COO Mela - Farmers' Social Insurance Institution. Burnout and depression among farmers. Farmers are living under increasing pressure Low profitability Major investments Increasing workload

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Early Intervention Model Promotes Farmers' Mental Wellbeing

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  1. Early Intervention Model Promotes Farmers' Mental Wellbeing Antti Huhtamäki COO Mela - Farmers' Social Insurance Institution

  2. Burnout and depression among farmers • Farmersarelivingunderincreasingpressure • Lowprofitability • Major investments • Increasingworkload • Problemswithinfamily • Etc. • Untreated depression canlead to a permanentdisability • Mentaldisorder is one of the mostfrequentlyusedreason for the disabilitypensions  How to tackle the problem? By earlyidentification of the problem and takingearlycorrectiveactions

  3. Early intervention model A new approach to solve the problem is based on four steps: • Early identification of the symptoms of burnout • To bring the matter up with the farmer • To create a rescue plan • To make sure the rescue plan is working for real

  4. Step 1: Early identification • Problems of the identification • Insider? • Outsider? • Alarming signs • Farmers’ mental and physical condition • General appearance of the farm • Animal health

  5. Step 2: To speak about the situation with the farmer • The most difficult phase is how to speak about the situation? • The observer must have the skill and the courage • Key words are “sensitive” and “confidence” • The model provides the tools to handle the situation • Training • Leaflets • Contacts • Etc.

  6. Step 3: Rescue plan • Respect of the wishes of the farmer • External experts oftenneeded • Written rescue plan

  7. Step 4: Follow up • Ensures that the implementation of the rescue plan comes true • Gives also a possibility to precise or change the rescue plan

  8. The conclusions • The model has been created and adopted recently • Mela has been the main developer of the model • Mela is the main actor with the help of Farmers’ Union and other actors in agricultural business • Performance of the model has not been confirmed yet • However the first reactions has been very positive

  9. Thank you for your attention 

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