Mental stress and fatigue in New Zealand dairy farmers
Abstract
I suspected that there is a significant problem in the New Zealand dairy
industry with regard to high fatigue/stress levels.
In researching this project I discovered that there has been very little
work done in New Zealand with regard to fatigue/stress and none that
looked at the dairy industry in particular. This may be due to the fact that
it is impossible to measure these factors within humans accurately. Or it
could have been over looked as a problem of any significance
My main objective in writing this report is to find hard data to
demonstrate what the stress/fatigue levels are and to quantify what the
likely cost are to the New Zealand dairy farmer.... [Show full abstract]
Keywords
dairy farmers; stress; fatigueFields of Research
111714 Mental Health; 160804 Rural SociologyDate
1997Type
MonographCollections
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