Rural and Remote
Comments from Participants

"Very informative, empowering for men and women. Wonderful for us as a couple, that should be promoted."

"This program should be taught to every Ag student."

"People are more important than things. Quality and quantity of our lives improve dramatically with better health care and access to services. It is very important to make rural people aware of how much is at risk, we are the statistics."

"This program makes rural people more aware of their own health and the risks they are taking, it fills the gaps between taking action to prevent illness and taking ones health for granted."

Burren Junction

"I thought I knew about my health, however after this course I realised I didn't really!."

" I learnt that it is ok to see a doctor, ask questions and be more informed about my health."

"I particularly enjoyed the gender bender in reverse as I learnt so much about issues regarding my husband, that I thought I had some knowledge on, but now realise I was grossly uneducated about."

"Without health where would you be? Healthy people are happier, live longer, contribute more and are better able to run their farming business."

Walgett Program

"I feel that the program will prove very good for our business and will be very helpful to others."

"The information made me aware of problems now to prevent worse things happening in future."

" SFF was about practical information, relaxed surrounds and very friendly facilitators. Useful information and lots of it without being too technical."

Georgetown Program

"The program empowered me to better understand what SIMPLE thing’s I can change to improve my health"

"It’s a wake up call."

"It was enlightening for everyone that came and everyone came away with something."

"I could easily justify the program in that it demonstrated how important our health checks are and the benefits of improving our health which in turn improves productivity as people are healthier and happier"

"Laugh /Love/Live = be healthy."

Mt Surprise Program

"Brilliant emphasis on self efficacy, has the potential to prevent serious health problem a great way for DPIFM (Department of Primary Industries, Fisheries and Mining) to cooperate to focus on improving social component of triple bottom line."

"It was informative, challenging and some parts were fun."

"Very informative, enlightening, revealing, honest, even entertaining. Plain English, useful – peer sharing, also a significant component."

"Without good health the rural industry will not be able to function."

"Being able to undertake the course with the same “lifestyle” people and I would never have known the impact that my choices of lifestyle have/are having on my body and life."

Katherine Program

"It really reinforced how it’s vital to have good health to enjoy our life and cope with our workloads."

"Definitely very informative and much needed for ones area that has a very poor health service. Excellent opportunity to focus on yourself."

"Health equals production and happiness. Rural Australia is important to the Australian economy."

"I would like to see this program delivered on large cattle stations to all our staff."

"I enjoyed the opportunity to reflect on my own and my family’s health."

Tennant Creek Program

"I’ve never looked at food labels before!" "Stress free and very informative. I wish a lot of the younger families would take this on board."

"There are many people out there that would benefit. This saves the government money – prevention is cheaper than cure!"

Esperance Program

"The program inspired because so many of us had no idea about where ourlevels in the health assessment were meant to be, but we had made the step to participate to improve our health."

"It was a great reminder for farmers to take care of themselves and be informed about specific health issues."

"Keep running the course, word of mouth has lots of people interested."

"A healthy person is a happy person, then usually there contacts with others are enjoyable – so everyone is more productive."

Cascade Program