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R-1/23 Helse, miljø og sikkerhet i landbruket. Resultater fra en spørreundersøkelse blant norske bønder i 2022

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Writers: Brit Logstein, Aina Winsvold, Halle Arnes og Bjørn Hvaleby

Landbruks- og matdepartementet (LMD) har gitt Stiftelsen Norsk Mat oppdraget med å skaffe oversikt over arbeidsrelaterte ulykker, brann og HMS-arbeid i landbruket. Kunnskap om hvorfor og hvordan ulykker og brann skjer, er viktig for å forebygge slike hendelser på norske gårdsbruk. I januar 2022 sendte Stiftelsen Norsk Mat ut en spørreundersøkelse til alle registrerte personer i Landbruksregisteret. Nasjonalt fagkompetansesenter for landbrukshelse påtok seg oppdraget med å analysere dataene og skrive en rapport. I denne rapporten gjengir vi både de kvantitative og kvalitative svarene fra undersøkelsen. På bakgrunn av resultatene peker vi i rapporten på tiltak som bør vurderes iverksatt på henholdsvis individ- og systemnivå.

R-11/22 Helse, miljø og sikkerhet i reindrift. Funn fra kartlegging blant reindriftsutøvere

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Varresvuohta, birás ja oaggásvuohta ællosujton. Guoradallama båhtusa ællobarggijs

Healsoe, byjrese jih tjirkeme båatsosne. Maam lea goerehtimmie båatsoeburrijste gaavneme

Dearvvašvuohta, biras ja sihkkarvuohta boazodoalus. Bohtosat boazobargiid jearahallamis

Forfattere: Anna Kristine Sokki Bongo, Johan Martin Stenfjell og Brit Logstein
As an important part of the project Health, Environment and Safety (HES) in Reindeer herds a survey was carried out among reindeer herders in 2020. An invitation to participate was conveyed via district managers in reindeer husbandry and managers from domestic reindeer herding units, and 311 people took part in the survey. Representatives from the reindeer herding have been involved in all parts of the process. They were invited to communicate what should be emphasized in such a survey, important questions to include and they were offered to give input to the report. People with expertise in Sami language and culture were finally central in the interpretation of findings and for writing this report.

A-10/21 Work demands, independence, valuationas a farmer, and mental health in farming. A study of mental health among dairy farmers and vegetable-and potato farmers in Norway

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In this study, the aim was to advance the knowledge about mental health status in the Norwegian farming population. Based on the dimensions in the Job Demand and Control model (Karasek, 1979); work demands and control, and the importance of recognition and dignity (Andrew Sayer, 2011), the aim was to study the effects of work demands, sense of independence and valuation on mental health status among farmers. It included an assessment of how the sectorial level, the sectors of dairy production and vegetable- and potato production, explains farmers` mental health status. A postal survey was conducted in 2012 using a structured questionnaire, and I included farmers from two sectors in the Norwegian agriculture: dairy farming (n = 493) and vegetable and potato farming (n = 122). The analyses were carried out by multigroup structural equation modeling (SEM). This study concludes that low work demands in farming, strong sense of independence as a farmer, and farmers` perception of valuation associate with good mental health. The mental health status in dairy farmers and vegetable and potato farmers and the effects of work demands, sense of independence and valuation on mental health status, were equal across groups. European countryside 2021, v.13, no.1, pp. 175-192

A-5/21 Farm-based day care on the market: The case of dementia care services in Norway

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In line with the multifunctional agriculture discourse, care farming is highlighted by governments as a promising service—as an additional source of income for farmers and as a current alternative or supplement to ordinary public care services. Based on the rather modest number of care farming services and their often unstable existence, this paper examines critical aspects of the market relation between providers and buyers when it comes to ensuring sustainable and persistent farm-based day care services. Our analysis is based on interviews with farmers as providers of farm-based day care services for people with dementia living in their own homes and with representatives from the municipal health sector as buyers of these services. One of the findings is that the askew, yet harmony-characterised, power structure between the market actors makes professional ordering of care farming services critical to the providers’ endurance and wellbeing. The paper concludes that the market relation between providers and buyers could be strengthened, but vulnerabilities related to such a relationship are inevitable. Journal of Rural Studies, Volume 82, February 2021

R-11/19 Mental helse blant unge bønder

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Denne rapporten tar utgangspunkt i en spørreundersøkelse gjennomført blant bønder under 31 år med totalt 186 besvarelser. I tillegg er det gjennomført seks intervju av rådgivere i Tine og Nortura og syv intervju av unge bønder som har vært involvert i Bondelagets mentorordning. Rapporten analyserer hvilke forhold som spiller inn på bønders mentale helse og uhelse, samt hvordan utvalgte tiltak og aktører arbeider mot bedre mental helse blant unge bønder. Datainnsamlingen ble gjennomført i perioden 2018 til 2019 og var en del av prosjektet Mental helse blant unge bønder. Spørreundersøkelsen viser at en rekke forhold som tilfredshet med arbeidsforhold og arbeidsmiljø, og graden av faglig påfyll er viktig for unge bønders mentale helse. Funnene fra spørreundersøkelsen støttes av intervjuene med unge bønder i mentorordningen. Intervju med rådgivere i Tine og Nortura viser at rådgiverne arbeider aktivt med mental helse, men at dette arbeidet begrenses av tid og praksis og kunne derfor hatt et tydeligere fokus.

R-9/16 Frivillighetens plass i distriktskommuners eldreomsorg. En forprosjektrapport

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Rapporten er basert på resultatene fra et forprosjekt gjennomført i seks distriktskommuner i Midt-Norge 2015/2016. Formålet med forprosjektet var å undersøke hvordan kommuner og frivillig sektor samarbeider innen eldreomsorg, og hva det er som fremmer og styrker samarbeid og hva det er som hemmer samarbeid. Vi har undersøkt hvordan frivillig sektor bidrar innen eldreomsorgen og hvilke utfordringer frivillig sektor har. Rapporten baserer seg på intervju med totalt 23 personer i seks distriktskommuner, 12 representanter for kommunenes eldreomsorg og 11 representanter for frivillig sektor. I tillegg har vi undersøkt holdninger til og deltakelse i frivillig arbeid, basert på data fra «Lokalsamfunnsundersøkelsen», en landsdekkende spørreundersøkelse som Norsk senter for bygdeforskning gjennomfører jevnlig.

A-7/16 Farm-Related Concerns and Mental Health Status Among Norwegian Farmers

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The agricultural sector in Norway has undergone structural changes over the past 50 years. The objective of this study was to analyze the distribution of concerns about farm economy, work time, and mental complaints among Norwegian farmers. In a sample of single principal owner-operators (n = 2,676), we calculated the unadjusted and adjusted odd ratios (ORs) for concerns about the farm economy, concerns for insufficient time to complete work, and high symptom load of mental complaints. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to explore the associations between farm characteristics, concerns, and mental health. Farmers had a high probability for an increased symptom load of mental complaints. The level of farm income was more strongly associated with economic concerns and mental health concerns when a major part of total household income resulted from farming. The high workload required in farming combined with off-farm supplemental employment was additionally associated with higher levels of time concerns and mental complaints. Norwegian farmers have a relatively high workload both in farming and in off-farm work but are able to make sustainable plans for their individual workload needs. The high individual workload in both these arenas poses a challenge, but was not associated with a greater probability for a high symptom load of mental complaints. Journal of Agromedicine 21:4 (2016) 316-326

A-6/16 Predictors of mental complaints among Norwegian male farmers

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BACKGROUND: In the Job Demand-Control (JDC) model and the Job Demand-Resource (JDR) model, the individual worker's potential to influence their work, through job control, is associated with better health. Among self-employed farmers, this job control dimension could be analogous to a sense of independence as this occupational group often highlights this as the best thing about the profession. AIMS: To analyse how work demands, sense of independence and number of close friends, and the interaction between independence and work demands predicted mental health among male farmers in Norway. METHODS: The sample consisted of male farmers working 1700h or more on the farm annually in 2012. We used the Lisrel structural equation modelling to estimate the direct effects and the interactive effect of independence and work demands. RESULTS: There were 926 participants. Decrease in work demands, a strong sense of independence and a high number of close friends predicted lower levels of mental complaints. A strong sense of independence buffered the adverse consequences of work demands on mental health. CONCLUSIONS: In this sample of self-employed full-time male farmers in Norway, we found that sense of independence was important for their mental health; farmers with a high sense of independence seemed to be able to manage high work demands more effectively, thus reducing the level of mental health problems. In addition, we also found that work demands and social relationships were associated with mental health outcomes. Occupational Medicine 66 (2016): 332-337

A-10/13 Physical activity among Norwegian adolescents- a multilevel analysis of how place of residence is associated with health behavior. The Young-HUNT Study

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The purpose of this article is to investigate whether and to what degree participation in physical activity among adolescents is associated with area economic deprivation in the municipality where they live. In the study we took account of aggregated informal social capital at the municipality level and compositional effects due to spatial concentration of individual variables known to be associated with physical activity. These include informal social participation, participation in other cultural activities, and family affluence. The study was based on a secondary analysis of data from the Norwegian HUNT study and municipality characteristics from the Norwegian Social Science Data Service 'Commune Database' from 2006. The sample consisted of 8114 adolescents whose ages ranged from 13 to 19. The explanatory power of the independent variables on the dependent variable was assessed using a multilevel analysis in which individuals comprised the first level and were nested within the municipality level. The average level of physical activity was not negatively associated with the level of area economic deprivation when we adjusted for informal social participation at the community level. Adjusting for area economic deprivation, we found that informal social participation at the community level was associated with a higher level of participation in physical activity at p< .01. For adolescents in a given municipality, informal social participation is more strongly associated with a higher level of physical activity than the degree of area economic deprivation. This finding supports our social capital hypothesis, which states that the amount of social capital is strengthening the individual's ability to take part in physical activity. International Journal for Equity in Health 2013, 12:56 https://www.equityhealthj.com/content/12/1/56

R-04/10 Trender i norsk landbruk 2010. Frekvensrapport

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Trender i norsk landbruk (Trendundersøkelsen) er en postal spørreundersøkelse blant norske gårdbrukere som gjennomføres av Norsk senter for bygdeforskning hvert annet år. Undersøkelsen er blitt gjennomført i 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 og nå i 2010. Årets under-søkelse er dermed den femte i rekken. Målet er å få etablert en kvantiativ database som gir informasjon om utviklingen innen landbruket over tid. Undersøkelsen er i sin helhet finansiert av Bygdeforksning. I denne rapporten presenterer vi resultatene fra Trender i norsk landbruk 2010. Det er i all hovedsak gjort i form av ukommenterte frekvenstabeller. Disse gir en oversikt over hvordan deltakerne i undersøkelsen fordeler seg på de ulike svarkategorienen for hvert spørsmål. Vi har i denne omgang ikke kommentert resultatene. Hensikten er først og fremst å gjøre datamaterialet offentlig og tilgjengelig for interesserte brukere.