Research Team: Jeff Young, Carmel Hobbs, Amaryll Perlesz, Judy Poll, Kerry Proctor, Colin Riess, Pam Rycroft, Elena Tauridsky, Michelle Wills, Shane Weir, and Tina Whittle.
Summary: Rural drought affected people are often seen as reluctant to seek counselling support despite experiencing major emotional stress, at times resulting in suicide. Traditional counselling approaches have struggled to engage this population and calls for the service system’s response to drought to be more coordinated have not been translated into action. This project aims to identify effective counselling and community development strategies for supporting people in drought affected rural communities. More information about this project can be found on the Community Services pages of this website.
Findings: Please see the Community Services pages of this website.
Funding: Victorian Department of Human Services
