Journal article
Evaluation of a workplace suicide prevention program in the Australian manufacturing industry: protocol for a cluster-randomised trial of MATES in manufacturing
AD LaMontagne, LL Cox, C Lockwood, A Mackinnon, N Hall, R Brimelow, LKD Le, C Mihalopoulos, T King
BMC Psychiatry | BMC | Published : 2022
Abstract
Males are at higher risk of death by suicide than females in Australia, and among men, blue-collar males are at higher risk compared to other working males. In response, MATES in Construction developed a workplace suicide prevention program for the construction sector in 2007 that has been widely implemented in Australia. In the current project, this program is being adapted and trialled in the manufacturing sector. The common aims of MATES programs are to improve suicide prevention literacy, help-seeking intentions, and helping behaviours. The program will be evaluated using a cluster randomised-controlled trial design with waitlist controls across up to 12 manufacturing worksites in Austra..
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Awarded by Australian Research Council
Funding Acknowledgements
The MATES in Manufacturing trial is the main study under the 'Workplace' stream of the BUOY Project on preventing suicide in men and boys, funded by the Australian National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC) Medical Research Future Fund Million Minds grant #MRF1199972. The implementation evaluation is partly funded by a grant from the New South Wales State Insurance Regulatory Authority's (SIRA) "Recovery Boost - Better Workplace Mental Health" program. TK is supported by an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (DE200100607). The evaluation funders have had, and will have, no role in the design, implementation, data analysis, interpretation or reporting of the trial. The intervention, MATES in Manufacturing, will be resourced and implemented by MATES in Construction.