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Shifting Beliefs about Suicide: Pre-Post Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Program for Workers in the Construction Industry King, T, Gullestrup, J, Batterham, P, Kelly, B, Lockwood, C, Lingard, H, Harvey, S, LaMontagne. A and Milner, A 2018, 'Shifting Beliefs about Suicide: Pre-Post Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Program for Workers in the Construction Industry', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, vol. 15, no. 10, 2106, pp. 1-13. Document type: Journal Article Collection: Journal Articles Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size n2006087219.pdf Published Version application/pdf 707.83KB Title Shifting Beliefs about Suicide: Pre-Post Evaluation of the Effectiveness of a Program for Workers in the Construction Industry Author(s) King, T Gullestrup, J Batterham, P Kelly, B Lockwood, C Lingard, H Harvey, S LaMontagne. A Milner, A Year 2018 Journal name International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Volume number 15 Issue number 10 Article Number 2106 Start page 1 End page 13 Total pages 13 Publisher M D P I AG Abstract Suicide is a significant health problem that is known to disproportionately affect those employed in manual occupations, including construction workers and tradespeople. Universal General Awareness Training (GAT) was part of a multi-component suicide prevention program in the Australian construction industry. The program's aims were to increase awareness of mental health and suicide, reduce stigma, and encourage help-seeking and help-offering behaviours. This paper sought to examine the effectiveness of the GAT program in shifting suicide beliefs. Pre- and post-training survey data of 20,125 respondents was obtained from a database of GAT evaluation results between 2016 and 2018. Generalized estimating equation (GEE) models were fitted to examine belief changes, and predictive margins and their SEs were computed. Mean differences in belief change were obtained for the overall sample, and by occupation. Modest but significant favourable shifts in thre of the four beliefs assessed were observed following GAT. Managers and professionals showed greater propensity to shift beliefs, and Labourers and Machinery Operators and Drivers showed least. Results suggest that GAT can successfully shift some beliefs regarding suicide and mental health at least in the short term, but highlight the need to tailor communication to vulnerable occupational groups. Subject Mental Health Building Construction Management and Project Planning Keyword(s) Mental health Suicide Occupation Construction workers Beliefs Intervention DOI - identifier 10.3390/ijerph15102106 Copyright notice © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). ISSN 1660-4601 NHMRC Grant ID 1134499 Related Links Link Description https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15102106 Link to Published Version   Versions Version Filter Type Thu, 31 Jan 2019, 13:19:17 EST Tue, 14 May 2019, 15:44:39 EST Wed, 10 Jul 2019, 12:31:54 EST Wed, 10 Jul 2019, 12:33:12 EST Mon, 12 Aug 2019, 10:06:38 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 4 times in Thomson Reuters Web of Science Article | Citations Cited 0 times in Scopus Article Altmetric details: Access Statistics: 72 Abstract Views, 43 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Thu, 31 Jan 2019, 11:26:00 EST by Catalyst Administrator