Promoting collective well-being as a means of defying the odds: Drought in the Goulburn Valley, Australia

Congues, Janet

doi:10.1080/10371656.2014.11082067

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“…The empirical drought studies from Australia summarized in this paper were typically conducted during the last years or after the conclusion of the Millennium Drought (;1997-2010) and so time and general geographic area are the references used (e.g., Congues 2014). These studies support the notion that the repercussions of drought are not just about drought, and that rural community, sociodemographic and financial factors significantly influence individual experiences of drought (Kiem and Austin 2013).…”

Section: E Quantification Of Drought In Well-being Studiessupporting

confidence: 57%

How effectively do drought indices capture health outcomes? An investigation from rural Australia

Austin

Kiem

Rich

et al. 2021

Weather, Climate, and Society

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Drought is a global threat to public health. Increasingly, the impact of drought on mental health and wellbeing is being recognised. This paper investigates the relationship between drought and wellbeing to determine which drought indices most effectively capture wellbeing outcomes. A thorough understanding of the relationship between drought and wellbeing must consider the: (i) three aspects of drought (duration, frequency and magnitude); (ii) different types of drought (e.g. meteorological, agricultural, etc.); and (iii) the individual context of specific locations, communities and sectors. For this reason, we used a variety of drought types, drought indices, and time windows to identify the thresholds for wet and dry epochs that enhance and suppress impacts to wellbeing. Four postcodes in New South Wales (NSW), Australia are used as case studies in the analysis to highlight the spatial variability in the relationship between drought and wellbeing. The results demonstrate that the relationship between drought indices and wellbeing outcomes differs temporally, spatially and according to drought type. This paper objectively tests the relationship between commonly used drought indices and wellbeing outcomes to establish if current methods of quantifying drought effectively capture wellbeing outcomes. For funding, community programs and interventions to result in successful adaptation, it is essential to critically choose which drought index, time window and wellbeing outcome to use in empirical studies. The uncertainties associated with these relationships must be accounted for and it must also be realized that results will differ based on these decisions.

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Section: E Quantification Of Drought In Well-being Studiessupporting

confidence: 57%

How effectively do drought indices capture health outcomes? An investigation from rural Australia

Austin

Kiem

Rich

et al. 2021

Weather, Climate, and Society

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“…They outline the contribution of local groups of crafters in engaging and bringing together community members in the aftermath of the earthquakes in Christchurch, New Zealand, and in doing so provide an avenue for regaining control, improving economic and personal value, and developing connections with others and self (37). Congues (31) and Cinderby et al (30) also explore the importance of skills as an avenue of engagement and in building collective capacity. Through skill-based activities the community can engage isolated community members, bridge gaps, and build and strengthen community cohesion.…”

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“…While there has been considerable targeting of personal capacities within personal resilience research, particularly toward those who have psychological issues or disease, it does appear that interventions targeting general community resilience also spill over to increase personal resilience (9, 10). Those activities consistently cited as contributing to community resilience include: - Volunteering (26);- Collective action and participation (29–31);- Collaborative decision making (36, 40);- Community learning through collaborative action (33, 34). …”

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“…For example, Steiner (14) outlines a project in Scotland whereby external facilitators worked with rural communities who were not taking advantage of funding to provide community facilities. Not all communities completed the projects, but this type of facilitation seemed to provide the impetus for some communities to start and then gather their own momentum, moving from a “stressed community” to a more vibrant one through a process of engagement, participation and empowerment (31).…”

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Enhancing Resilience in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Rapid Review of the Evidence and Implications for Public Health Practitioners

Madsen

Ambrens

Ohl

2019

Front. Public Health

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Background: Resilience is a valuable platform for strengthening individuals and communities in the face of disaster. This review sought to evaluate the current literature related to individual and community resilience in community-dwelling older adults to understand the status of resilience in this population, identify gaps, and make recommendations about effective interventions that promote improved individual and community level capacity. Recognizing the concept of resilience is contested, the review conceptualized resilience as a collective concept that is multi-level and interdependent across those levels, cumulative, and contingent on context.Methods: The rapid review located 29 relevant peer review journal articles and industry reports related to research or evaluations of interventions aimed at increasing resilience at either a personal or community level. The results of these papers were thematically analyzed.Results: This review found personal resilience relates to those personal capacities and resources one has and uses to deal with individual stresses and change. We identified several recurring themes within those studies focused on personal resilience, including: (1) positive reframing and agency; (2) personal meaning and purpose; (3) acceptance and belonging. At a community level, we identified the following themes influence collective capacity and resources: (1) empowerment and shared decision making; (2) collective agency; and (3) collective leadership and engagement.Conclusions: The review highlighted the need to reframe how communities view older adults and shift the narrative away from focusing on age-related deficits toward acknowledging the economic and social contribution older adults make to the community through activities such as volunteering and the sharing of knowledge of history, culture and skills. Demonstrating the interdependence across levels, these activities illustrate personal-level capacities promoting collective action and participation as important for increasing community resilience. The review argues resilience is developed in everyday circumstances, therefore active involvement within communities needs to be encouraged within community-dwelling older adults. Developing active involvement will not only contribute to both personal and community level resilience but will enable communities to prosper and flourish through adversity.

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How are Victorian Local Governments' responding to climate change and food insecurity?

Beaudry

McKay

Haines

2020

Health Prom J of Aust

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Issue addressed Climate change is one of the greatest challenges to public health and well‐being. Steps taken by governments now will have a significant effect on public health outcomes, including the food system and food security. Method This study reviewed municipal public health and well‐being plans from 79 local government areas (LGAs) in Victoria, Australia. Documents were included if they explicitly mentioned climate change and food insecurity. Of the 79 LGAs, 13 met the selection criteria and a content and framing analysis was conducted to identify the level of recognition of climate change on food security and proposed mitigation actions and strategies. Results Of the 13 LGAs, the documents of six were identified as having a high level of responsiveness to climate change and food insecurity, five were assessed as medium and two low. Framing analysis identified council acknowledgment of how climate change effects food access through availability and price, and growing food locally and sustainably is seen as a common action to improve food security. Conclusion The findings of this study suggest that planning for climate change and food insecurity is not a high priority for Victorian LGAs. Given the current political climate in Australia, where many in federal government continue to deny the existence of climate change or are reluctant to implement mitigation strategies, it is now and will be increasingly important into the future that local governments plan for the impact of climate change on food insecurity. So what? Climate change will impact how people access food and what foods are available to them. Unless all levels of government start to address and plan for climate change, the impact on communities will continue to intensify and grow more costly and damaging.

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Promoting collective well-being as a means of defying the odds: Drought in the Goulburn Valley, Australia

Cited by 7 publications

References 3 publications

How effectively do drought indices capture health outcomes? An investigation from rural Australia

How effectively do drought indices capture health outcomes? An investigation from rural Australia

Enhancing Resilience in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Rapid Review of the Evidence and Implications for Public Health Practitioners

How are Victorian Local Governments' responding to climate change and food insecurity?

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