Suicide Prevention Videos Developed by and for                     Adolescents

Braun, Marlies; Till, Benedikt; Pirkis, Jane; Niederkrotenthaler, Thomas

doi:10.1027/0227-5910/a000696

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“…Therefore, involving young people in the development of suicide prevention PSAs may help craft suicide prevention messages that are safe, effective, and resonate with young people. Only two studies have incorporated the perspectives of young people into the development of suicide prevention media messages, and both these studies utilised high school students in the development of suicide prevention messages [36,37].…”

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Developing Public Service Announcements to Help Prevent Suicide among Young People

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Reavley

Robinson

et al. 2021

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Background: Suicide is the leading cause of death among young people in Australia. Media campaigns have the potential to reach a broad audience, change attitudes and behaviours, and, ultimately, help prevent suicide. Little is known about the type of content or format suicide prevention media message should take to help prevent suicide among young people. Objective: the objective of this study was to involve young people aged 18 to 24 years in developing three suicide prevention public service announcement (PSAs) targeting young people at risk of suicide appropriate for testing in a randomised controlled trial (RCT). Method: fifteen young people attended at least one of four workshops in Melbourne, Australia. The workshops focused on exploring the appropriateness of three key suicide prevention media PSAs: “Talk to someone”, “Find what works for you”, and “Life can get better”. Young people also provided input into message content, format, and design. Results: participants perceived that all three suicide prevention PSAs were useful and helpful. Participants were concerned that the PSAs may not be suitable for nonwestern cultural groups, could trivialise psychological suffering, and that the actions they promoted could seem distant or unattainable to young people at risk. The featuring of young people, especially young people with hopeful narratives of how they overcame a suicidal crisis, was considered to be an important characteristic of suicide prevention PSAs targeting young people. Conclusions: Developing suicide prevention PSAs with young people is rare but essential to better understand young people’s needs and improve the quality of suicide prevention media PSAs. Further research is needed to evaluate the impact of suicide prevention PSAs developed by young people, for young people.

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Developing Public Service Announcements to Help Prevent Suicide among Young People

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“…Of the final 16 papers included in the systematic review, there were seven qualitative [ 35 – 41 ], seven mixed-methods [ 42 – 48 ] and two quantitative studies [ 49 , 50 ]. The majority of the studies were conducted in HICs, including the United States [ 38 – 40 , 48 – 50 ] and Australia [ 36 , 41 , 44 – 46 ], with two papers originating from LMICs [ 37 , 47 ].…”

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A mixed-methods systematic review of suicide prevention interventions involving multisectoral collaborations

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Maple

Wayland

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Health Res Policy Sys

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Background Governments and third-sector organizations (TSOs) require support to reduce suicide mortality through funding of suicide prevention services and innovative research. One way is for researchers to engage individuals and services in multisectoral collaborations, to collaboratively design, develop and test suicide prevention services and programmes. However, despite widespread support, to date, it remains unclear as to the extent to which stakeholders are being included in the research process, or if they are, how these partnerships occur in practice. To address this gap, the authors conducted a systematic review with the aim of identifying evidence of multisectoral collaborations within the field of suicide prevention, the types of stakeholders involved and their level of involvement. Methods The authors conducted a strategic PRISMA-compliant search of five electronic databases to retrieve literature published between January 2008 and July 2021. Hand-searching of reference lists of key systematic reviews was also completed. Of the 7937 papers retrieved, 16 papers finally met the inclusion criteria. Because of data heterogeneity, no meta-analysis was performed; however, the methodological quality of the included studies was assessed. Results Only one paper included engagement of stakeholders across the research cycle (co-ideation, co-design, co-implementation and co-evaluation). Most stakeholders were represented by citizens or communities, with only a small number of TSOs involved in multisectoral collaborations. Stakeholder level of involvement focused on the co-design or co-evaluation stage. Conclusion This review revealed a lack of evidence of multisectoral collaborations being established between researchers and stakeholders in the field of suicide prevention research, even while such practice is being espoused in government policies and funding guidelines. Of the evidence that is available, there is a lack of quality studies documenting the collaborative research process. Also, results showed that the inclusion of co-researchers from communities or organizations is defined as co-creation, but further analysis revealed that collaboration was not consistent across the duration of projects. Researchers and practitioners should consider issues of power and equity in multisectoral collaborations and encourage increased engagement with TSOs, to rigorously research and evaluate suicide prevention services.

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“…We tested a suicide prevention video that was produced by students within a school project in 2018/2019, supervised by the lead researcher [ 24 ]. In this project, 18 high school students aged 15–19 years produced suicide prevention videos in teams.…”

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“…An international jury of suicide prevention experts selected the best video based on predefined quality criteria, and this video was the intervention video. For further details see Braun et al [ 24 ], https://econtent.hogrefe.com/doi/suppl/10.1027/0227-5910/a000696/suppl_file/0227-5910_a000696_esm2.mp4 .…”

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Effects of suicide prevention videos developed by and targeting adolescents: a randomized controlled trial

Braun

Till

Pirkis

et al. 2021

Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry

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Suicide prevention videos featuring young people’s personal narratives of hope and recovery are increasingly used in suicide prevention, but research on their effects is scarce. A double-blind randomized controlled trial was conducted to test the effects of a suicide prevention video featuring an adolescent mastering his suicidal ideation by getting help on 14 to 19-year-olds. N = 299 adolescents were randomly allocated to watch the intervention video (n = 148) or a control video unrelated to mental health (n = 151). Questionnaire data were collected before (T1) and immediately after exposure (T2), and 4 weeks later (T3). Data were analyzed with a repeated-measures ANCOVA. The primary outcome was suicidal ideation, assessed with the Reasons for Living Inventory for Adolescents. Secondary outcomes were help-seeking intentions, attitudes towards suicide, stigmatization of suicidality, and mood. There was an immediate beneficial effect of the intervention on suicidal ideation (T2 mean change from baseline within intervention group MChange = − 0.16 [95% CI − 0.20 to − 0.12], mean difference compared to control group MDiff = − 0.09 [95% CI − 0.15 to − 0.03], ηp2 = 0.03), which was not maintained at T3. Participants reported significantly higher help-seeking intentions, which was maintained at 4-week follow-up. They also reported a sustained reduction of favorable attitudes to suicide. Effects on suicidal ideation were mediated by identification with the featured protagonist. Adolescents appear to benefit from suicide prevention narratives featuring personal stories from peers on coping with suicidal ideation and help-seeking.Trial registration DRKS00017405; 24/09/19; retrospectively registered.

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Suicide Prevention Videos Developed by and for Adolescents

Cited by 5 publications

References 17 publications

Developing Public Service Announcements to Help Prevent Suicide among Young People

Developing Public Service Announcements to Help Prevent Suicide among Young People

A mixed-methods systematic review of suicide prevention interventions involving multisectoral collaborations

Effects of suicide prevention videos developed by and targeting adolescents: a randomized controlled trial

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