1. The Impact of the "Pause. Call. Be Heard" Campaign on Help-Seeking and Suicidal Behaviors Within Rail Environment in Victoria, Australia.
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Too, Lay San, Ross, Anna, Pirkis, Jane, Reavley, Nicola, and Reifels, Lennart
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SUICIDAL behavior ,HELP-seeking behavior ,RAILROAD stations ,LOGISTIC regression analysis ,DESCRIPTIVE statistics ,SUICIDE prevention ,RESEARCH ,RESEARCH methodology ,MEDICAL cooperation ,EVALUATION research ,SUICIDAL ideation ,COMPARATIVE studies ,IMPACT of Event Scale ,QUESTIONNAIRES ,RESEARCH funding ,INTENTION - Abstract
Objective: To assess the impact of the "Pause. Call. Be Heard" campaign on help-seeking and suicidal behaviors within rail environment in Victoria, Australia.Methods: An anonymous online survey was conducted to measure noticeability of and engagement with the campaign and help-seeking intentions and behaviors among rail commuters at 10 rail stations. We generated descriptive statistics to report these data and used logistic regression models to examine the association between campaign-related factors and help-seeking. Changes in Lifeline crisis calls and rail suicide behaviors from precampaign to campaign periods were examined using proportion tests.Results: About 25% of rail commuters noticed the campaign and rated the materials as "moderately noticeable." Over half of these individuals correctly identified the campaign intentions and 75% engaged with the materials. Approximately 80% indicated that the materials increased their help-seeking intentions and about half indicated that they had engaged with help-seeking and/or self-caring behaviors. Engaging with the campaign was positively associated with help-seeking. A significant increase in crisis calls but not in suicide-related calls, and a nonsignificant decrease in rail suicidal behaviors were found during the campaign period.Conclusions: Continued implementation of the campaign is warranted as it showed some desirable effects on help-seeking among rail commuters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2020
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