Journal article
Promoting Healthier Masculinities as a Suicide Prevention Intervention in a Regional Australian Community: A Qualitative Study of Stakeholder Perspectives
K Trail, JL Oliffe, D Patel, J Robinson, K King, G Armstrong, Z Seidler, CC Walton, MJ Wilson, SM Rice
Frontiers in Sociology | Published : 2021
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Abstract
Regionally-based Australian men have a higher risk of suicide than those in urban centers, with similar trends observed internationally. Adopting a place-based approach to understanding men’s suicide and harm prevention provides contextual insights to guide localised opportunities for the development of tailored gender-specific interventions. Men in rural Australia are typically portrayed as embodying idealized masculinity–dominant and tough, upholding strength and stoicism in the face of hardship. Such values can increase suicide risk in men by reducing help-seeking. The Macedon Ranges Shire is an inner regional municipality with a population of approximately 50,000 people spanning across 1..
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Awarded by National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
This research is funded by the North Western Melbourne Primary Health Network (NWMPHN) as part of The Human Code Project. JLO is supported by a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Men's Health Promotion. CCW is supported by a McKenzie Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the University of Melbourne (MCK2020292). SMR is supported by a Career Development Fellowship (GNT1158881) from the National Health and Medical Research Council and a Dame Kate Campbell Fellowship from The University of Melbourne. JR is supported by a Career Development Fellowship (GNT1142348) from the National Health and Medical Research Council and a Dame Kate Campbell Fellowship from The University of Melbourne.