Journal article
A blended face-to-face and smartphone intervention for suicide prevention in the construction industry: protocol for a randomized controlled trial with MATES in Construction
A Milner, TL King, AJ Scovelle, PJ Batterham, B Kelly, AD LaMontagne, SB Harvey, J Gullestrup, C Lockwood
BMC Psychiatry | BioMed Central | Published : 2019
Abstract
Background: Construction workers are at elevated risk of suicide. MATES in Construction (MATES) is one of the few suicide prevention programs that explicitly address this problem. The MATES program includes an integrated system of services that supports prevention, early intervention and recovery (i.e., primary, secondary and tertiary prevention) for mental health problems among construction workers. In this protocol, we describe a proposed evaluation of MATESmobile, an electronic platform which will be accessed by workers who have undergone MATES training. Methods/design: In this protocol, we describe a Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT) which seeks to assess whether MATESmobile results in..
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Awarded by NHMRC Partner Project
Awarded by NHMRC fellowship
Funding Acknowledgements
Funding provided by NHMRC Partner Project APP1134499, MATES and Cbus. Industry support provided by CPB, Lendlease, Brookfield Multiplex, and Cbus. MATES was involved in the design of the evaluation. The funders and industry supporters will have no role in data analysis or interpretation of results, but will aid in data collection. Manuscripts will be sent to MATES for comment. For comments to be incorporated, responses will need to be provided to the study team one month before submission to a given academic journal.PJB is supported by NHMRC fellowship 1083311. AM is supported by a Victorian Health and Medical Research Fellowship.