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ArticleBMC public health2018

Ahead of the game protocol: a multi-component, community sport-based program targeting prevention, promotion and early intervention for mental health among adolescent males.

Stewart A Vella, Christian Swann, Marijka Batterham, Katherine M Boydell, Simon Eckermann, Andrea Fogarty, Diarmuid Hurley, Sarah K Liddle, Chris Lonsdale, Andrew Miller and 5 more

Open access · goldAbstract readControlled Clinical Trial
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Article in BMC public health, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 120 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Stewart A VellaSchool of Psychology and Early Start, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, Wollongong, 2522, Australia. stvella@uow.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0003-0537-9366
Christian SwannSchool of Psychology and Early Start, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, Wollongong, 2522, Australia.
Marijka BatterhamSchool of Mathematics and Applied Statistics, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, Wollongong, 2522, Australia.
Katherine M BoydellBlack Dog Institute, University of New South Wales, Hospital Road, Randwick, 2031, Australia.
Simon EckermannAustralian Health Services Research Institute, Sydney Business School, Faculty of Business, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, Wollongong, 2522, Australia.
Andrea FogartyBlack Dog Institute, University of New South Wales, Hospital Road, Randwick, 2031, Australia.
Diarmuid HurleySchool of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, Wollongong, 2522, Australia.
Sarah K LiddleSchool of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, Wollongong, 2522, Australia.
Chris LonsdaleInstitute for Positive Psychology and Education, Faculty of Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University, 25A Barker Road, Strathfield, 2135, Australia.
Andrew MillerSchool of Education, University of Newcastle, EN2.05 Chittaway Road, Ourimbah, Ourimbah, 2258, Australia.
Michael NoetelSchool of Exercise Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University, 25A Barker Road, Strathfield, 2135, Australia.
Anthony D OkelyEarly Start, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, Wollongong, 2522, Australia.
Taren SandersInstitute for Positive Psychology and Education, Faculty of Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University, 25A Barker Road, Strathfield, 2135, Australia.
Joanne TelentaCentre for Health and Social Research, St. Patrick's Campus, Level 5, 215 Spring St, Melbourne, 3000, Australia.
Frank P DeaneIllawarra Institute for Mental Health, School of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Wollongong, Northfields Avenue, Wollongong, 2522, Australia.
University of Wollongong · AUAustralian Catholic University · AUBlack Dog Institute · AUHunter Water · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThere is a recognised need for targeted community-wide mental health strategies and interventions aimed specifically at prevention and early intervention in promoting mental health. Young males are a high need group who hold particularly negative attitudes towards mental health services, and these views are detrimental for early intervention and help-seeking. Organised sports provide a promising context to deliver community-wide mental health strategies and interventions to adolescent males. The aim of the Ahead of the Game program is to test the effectiveness of a multi-component, community-sport based program targeting prevention, promotion and early intervention for mental health among adolescent males.

methodsThe Ahead of the Game program will be implemented within a sample drawn from community sporting clubs and evaluated using a sample drawn from a matched control community. Four programs are proposed, including two targeting adolescents, one for parents, and one for sports coaches. One adolescent program aims to increase mental health literacy, intentions to seek and/or provide help for mental health, and to decrease stigmatising attitudes. The second adolescent program aims to increase resilience. The goal of the parent program is to increase parental mental health literacy and confidence to provide help. The coach program is intended to increase coaches' supportive behaviours (e.g., autonomy supportive behaviours), and in turn facilitate high-quality motivation and wellbeing among adolescents. Programs will be complemented by a messaging campaign aimed at adolescents to enhance mental health literacy. The effects of the program on adolescent males' psychological distress and wellbeing will also be explored. DISCUSSION: Organised sports represent a potentially engaging avenue to promote mental health and prevent the onset of mental health problems among adolescent males. The community-based design, with samples drawn from an intervention and a matched control community, enables evaluation of adolescent males' incremental mental health literacy, help-seeking intentions, stigmatising attitudes, motivation, and resilience impacts from the multi-level, multi-component Ahead of the Game program. Notable risks to the study include self-selection bias, the non-randomised design, and the translational nature of the program. However, strengths include extensive community input, as well as the multi-level and multi-component design.

trial registrationAustralian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry ACTRN12617000709347 . Date registered 17 May 2017. Retrospectively registered.

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SportsAdolescentAustraliaCommunity Mental Health ServicesHealth LiteracyHealth PromotionHelp-Seeking BehaviorHumansMaleMental DisordersMotivationProgram EvaluationResilience, PsychologicalHelp-seekingMental health literacyResilienceSelf-determined motivationWellbeing

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PMID29562883
PMCPMC5863482
OpenAlexW2793931579

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