title: Content and key components of vocational rehabilitation on care farms for unemployed people with mental health problems: A case study report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Mental health problems are a major cause for new disability grants in Norway. A variety of approaches in vocational rehabilitation is needed for this group. Green work is one such program that has been implemented at Norwegian care farms, which aims to promote health and support the transition from unemployment to working life.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To describe care farms in Norway and identify the presence of key components of such vocational programs.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this case study, we used The Norwegian National Register of Care Farms to gain an overview of farms with vocational rehabilitation programs. Data consisted of written information from five farms' own web-site together with answers from a cross sectional questionnaire. Content about programs was systematically extracted by using national green work guidelines.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Descriptions of care farm programs showed that key components outlined by the national guidelines for green work were present. These components were; (1) variety of work activities, (2) adaptation of work tasks, (3) the farmers' support and supervision, (4) experiencing nature, (5) enhanced structure in everyday life.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The description of vocational programs on care farms in relation to these key components, gives a thorough understanding of the content and organization of such programs.
authors.affiliation: Section for Public Health Science, Department of Landscape Architecture and Spatial Planning, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway.
authors.forename: Ingeborg
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pedersen
authors.affiliation: Section for Public Health Science, Department of Landscape Architecture and Spatial Planning, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway.
authors.forename: Lina Harvold
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Dalskau
authors.affiliation: Section for Public Health Science, Department of Landscape Architecture and Spatial Planning, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway.|Faculty of Health and Social Work Studies, Østfold University College, Fredrikstad, Norway.
authors.forename: Camilla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ihleb
authors.affiliation: Section for Public Health Science, Department of Landscape Architecture and Spatial Planning, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway.
authors.forename: Grete
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Patil
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D000072480:Farms; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D009664:Norway; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational / Q000379:methods*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014478:Unemployment
keywords: Care farming; green work; mental health problems; occupational rehabilitation; unemployment; vocational rehabilitation