Mental Health First Aid suicide prevention training for men: Protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial in Australian Men's Sheds

S Oostermeijer; A Morgan; A Rossetto; C Kelly; J Pirkis; LKD Le; C Mihalopoulos; N Reavley

Journal article

Mental Health First Aid suicide prevention training for men: Protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial in Australian Men's Sheds

S Oostermeijer, A Morgan, A Rossetto, C Kelly, J Pirkis, LKD Le, C Mihalopoulos, N Reavley

Mental Health and Prevention | ELSEVIER | Published : 2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.mhp.2022.200250

Abstract

Enhancing the knowledge, attitudes and supportive actions of men and their peer group is a potential pathway for reducing suicide risk in middle-aged and older men. The current study involves a cluster randomised controlled trial which will investigate the effectiveness of the Mental Health First Aid Conversations About Suicide (MHFA-CAS) course in Men's Sheds across Australia. Men's Sheds will be randomly allocated to the intervention group (the MHFA-CAS course) or the wait-list control group. The trial will be conducted in 24 Men's Sheds clusters and we aim to include 24 participants per cluster (576 in total; 288 per arm). Participants will be asked to complete a baseline questionnaire (T..

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University of Melbourne Researchers

Sanne Oostermeijer Author

Amy Morgan Author

Alyssia Rossetto Author

Jane Pirkis Author

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Funding Acknowledgements

This trial is funded by a Medical Research Future Fund grant (MRF1199972) and the CR Roper Fellowship (AM) . This funding sources had no role in the design of the trial and will not have any role during its execution, analyses, interpretation of the data, or decision to submit results for publication.