Learning Objectives

• Differences in health outcomes
• Typical rural health beliefs and behaviours
• Impact of social determinants of health, and common risk factors
• Apply this to specific examples such as cardiovascular, trauma, and cancer deaths
• Health risks specific to agricultural settings and some ways to mitigate potential health benefits

Rural Health Outcomes

• how do health outcomes change with increasing rurality?
• what are some health beliefs and behaviours affecting rural health outcomes?
• what are some social determinants of rural heath?
• what chronic disease risk factors increase with rurality?
• what are some environmental factors affecting rural health outcomes?
• what are some potential health benefits of living rural?

Agricultural Health Risks

• what are some agricultural health risks?
• what are the implications of this for medical practitioners?
• what are the 4 steps of risk management?
• what are the 3 levels of controlling risks? how safe are they?

Death Trends