ArticleScientific reports2022
Suicide trends among Australian construction workers during years 2001-2019.
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- Effectiveness of the Australian MATES in Construction Suicide Prevention Program: a systematic review.Health promotion international · 2023Pooled it
- MATES in Manufacturing: A Cluster RCT Evaluation of a Workplace Suicide Prevention Program.American journal of industrial medicine · 2025Trial
- A blended face-to-face and smartphone intervention to improve suicide prevention literacy and help-seeking intentions among construction workers: a randomised controlled trial.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2023Trial
- Rationale for Accreditation Criteria for the MATES in Construction Workplace Suicide Prevention Program.New solutions : a journal of environmental and occupational health policy : NS · 2026Article
- The Influence of Relationships on Engagement in an Australian Construction Industry Suicide Prevention Programme.American journal of industrial medicine · 2026Article
- Suicide across occupational groups in Australia, 2001-2022: a retrospective mortality study.BMJ public health · 2026Article
- A Qualitative Analysis of Stakeholders and Workers' Views of the Impact of a Suicide Prevention Program for the Australian Construction Industry.Health promotion journal of Australia : official journal of Australian Association of Health Promotion Professionals · 2025Article
- What Is the Role of Industry-Based Intermediary Organisations in Supporting Workplace Mental Health in Australia? A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Occupational groups and risk of suicidal behavior in men: a Swedish national cohort study during 2002-2019.BMC public health · 2024Article
- The role of social identity in a suicide prevention programme for construction workers in Australia.Health promotion international · 2024Article
- Variations in suicide rates among Australian male construction workers by country of birth.The Lancet regional health. Western Pacific · 2024Article
- Psychosocial Hazards in the Northern Territory Building and Construction Industry: A Profile of Job Demands and Job Resources in a Jurisdiction and Industry with High Rates of Suicide.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- A Review on the Prevalence of Poor Mental Health in the Construction Industry.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Perceptions of mental health, suicide and working conditions in the construction industry-A qualitative study.PloS one · 2024Article
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- Why Do We Agree to Disagree? Agreement and Reasons for Disagreement in Judgements of Intentional Self-Harm from Coroners and a Suicide Register in Queensland, Australia, from 2001 to 2015.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Suicide rates in the Slovak Republic in 2011-2020.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2023Article
- Suicide in the Australian Mining Industry: Assessment of Rates among Male Workers Using 19 Years of Coronial Data.Safety and health at work · 2023Article
- "And you feel like you're suffocating … how the fuck am I going to get out of all this?" Drivers and experiences of suicidal ideation in the Australian construction industry.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Examining burnout in the electrical sector in Ontario, Canada: A cross-sectional study.AIMS public health · 2023Article
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Abstract
In many Western countries, including Australia, construction workers have been identified as being at elevated risk of suicide compared to other workers. A variety of suicide prevention initiatives have been implemented and expanded to reduce suicide in this occupational group; however, the net effect of these is unknown. Using 19 years of national suicide data, this study examined the suicide mortality of Australian male construction workers relative to all other working males, and compared suicide rates over time between the two groups. Age-standardized suicide rates were calculated for construction workers and those employed in other occupations. 2001-2019 trends in age-standardized rates of suicide mortality were analyzed by joinpoint regression analysis. The annual average percentage change (AAPC) measure was calculated for both groups to quantify change over time within each group, complemented by a pair-wise AAPC comparison of changes in trends between the two groups over the 2001-2019 period. Australian male construction workers' overall age-standardized suicide rate was 26.6 per 100,000 persons compared to 13.2 per 100,000 for male workers employed in other occupations (pooled over the entire 2001-2019 period). Over time, the suicide mortality rate declined in both construction workers and those working in other occupations; however, the decline in suicide mortality was greater in construction workers (AAPC: -3.0; 95%CI -4.0, -2.0) compared to other workers (AAPC: 1.5; 95%CI -2.1, -1.0). The AAPC pair-wise comparison showed a significant difference between the rate of decline among construction versus other workers over the 19-year study period (AAPC: -1.4; 95%CI 0.4, 2.5), confirming a rapid decline among construction versus other male workers. This study provides evidence of a decline in suicide rates among Australian construction workers over the last two decades. This decline may be attributable to the combined effects of population-wide, male-specific, and sector-specific suicide prevention efforts over this same period, suggesting that the continuation or expansion of such efforts may lead to further declines.
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