Table 1.

Rethinking rural adversity—summary of key workshop themes.

Workshop Themes	Rethinking and Reframing Rural Adversity
Rural resident centred	Moving from fragmented and segmented views to a holistic approach with rural people at the centre Considering how policy for an average person in an average place can be translated into local, contextually relevant responses for real people that recognises individual diversity within complex multi-layered social contexts
Rural diversity	A contextual view of rural variation rather than simple urban/rural comparisons; understanding place as a key variable
Rural adversity	Moving beyond discrete disaster responses to the inclusion of spatial, scaled, temporal, cumulative, and contextual impacts
Ecosystems approach to mental health	Adopting robust and sustainable complex adaptive systems rather than focussing on the efficiency of individual sub-systems Recognising the value of informal supports and support networks at individual, family, community and systems levels
Data and methods	Recognising the limitations of current information and evidence and adopting new ways of visualising data in contextually relevant forms Using new insights and methods to guide implementation processes—using evidence to support decision-making Empowering rural people to lead and guide responses to rural adversity