Trial reportJournal of epidemiology and community health2018
Can a documentary increase help-seeking intentions in men? A randomised controlled trial.
Trial report in Journal of epidemiology and community health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effectiveness and gender-tailoring of suicide prevention interventions for men: a systematic review.BMC public health · 2026Pooled it
- The impact of media-based mental health campaigns on male help-seeking: a systematic review.Health promotion international · 2024Pooled it
- Improving Mental Health Service Utilization Among Men: A Systematic Review and Synthesis of Behavior Change Techniques Within Interventions Targeting Help-Seeking.American journal of men's healthPooled it
- Effects of suicide prevention videos developed by and targeting adolescents: a randomized controlled trial.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2023Trial
- Gender Differences in the Longitudinal Relationship Between Psychological Distress and Perceived Social Support.Applied psychology. Health and well-being · 2026Article
- Development and Evaluation of a German Suicide Prevention Website for Men: Exploratory Study.JMIR formative research · 2026Article
- Interventions to improve mental health help-seeking attitudes, intentions and behaviors: A systematic review of recent advances.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2026Review
- Commentary: The future of U.S. social prescribing: foundations, implementation, and leadership summit insights.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Boys Do Cry: what do Australian men think of a music video encouraging them to talk about their mental health struggles?BMC public health · 2025Article
- Men's mental health and suicide prevention service landscape in Australia: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Determinants of Community Mental Health Service Utilization Among Psychiatric Outpatients at a Tertiary Medical Institution: Applying Andersen's Behavioral Model.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Mechanisms of change in a gender-sensitized health intervention: the mediating role of health self-efficacy.BMC psychology · 2025Article
- Understanding mental health help-seeking and stigma among Hungarian adults: A network perspective.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2024Article
- Suicide in the press: an analysis of newspaper coverage of adolescent versus adult suicides in Italy.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2024Article
- Supporting Clinical Competencies in Men's Mental Health Using the Men in Mind Practitioner Training Program: User Experience Study.JMIR medical education · 2023Article
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- Gendered stereotypes and norms: A systematic review of interventions designed to shift attitudes and behaviour.Heliyon · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundWe investigated whether a public health intervention-a three-part documentary called
methodsWe recruited men aged 18 years or over who were not at risk of suicide to participate in a double-blind randomised controlled trial. Participants were randomly assigned (1:1) via computer randomisation to view
resultsThree hundred and fifty-four men were assessed for eligibility for the trial and randomised to view
conclusionsOur trial demonstrates the potential for men's health outcomes to be positively impacted by novel, media-based public health interventions that focus on traditional masculinity. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ACTRN12616001169437, Results.
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