Using football cultures as a vehicle to improve mental health in men: the case of the Redcar and cleveland boot room

Dixon, Kevin; Belshaw, Dave; Johnson, Paul; Flynn, Darren

doi:10.1080/17430437.2018.1514014

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“…In a more applied sense, sport settings provide men with the opportunity to socially connect in with community ( Chamravi et al, 2020 ), and can be utilized as men-friendly community settings for health promotion messaging and mental health programs ( Oliffe et al, 2019b ). Programs of this nature that have been developed internationally ( Dixon et al, 2019 ; Wilcock et al, 2021 ), and in Australia have aimed to promote early intervention and help-seeking ( Vella et al, 2018 ; Vella et al, 2021 ), increase parental awareness of mental health ( Hurley et al, 2020 ) and increase men’s self-efficacy, social connectedness, and leadership skills ( Chamravi et al, 2020 ). The implementation of evidence-based programs like this into regional sporting organisations may be a key step forward to increasing belonging and connectedness for many men, and reducing stigma surrounding mental health help-seeking.…”

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Promoting Healthier Masculinities as a Suicide Prevention Intervention in a Regional Australian Community: A Qualitative Study of Stakeholder Perspectives

Trail

Oliffe

Patel³

et al. 2021

Front. Sociol.

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Regionally-based Australian men have a higher risk of suicide than those in urban centers, with similar trends observed internationally. Adopting a place-based approach to understanding men’s suicide and harm prevention provides contextual insights to guide localised opportunities for the development of tailored gender-specific interventions. Men in rural Australia are typically portrayed as embodying idealized masculinity–dominant and tough, upholding strength and stoicism in the face of hardship. Such values can increase suicide risk in men by reducing help-seeking. The Macedon Ranges Shire is an inner regional municipality with a population of approximately 50,000 people spanning across 10 regional towns and surrounding farming areas in Victoria, Australia. Understanding the influence of masculinities on men’s wellbeing and help seeking behaviours in a regional context is vital in order to inform effective local suicide prevention efforts. The present research involved in-depth qualitative interviews with 19 community stakeholders (M = 49.89 years, SD = 11.82) predominantly working in healthcare and community services including emergency services and education. Using thematic analysis, interview transcripts were coded and themes inductively derived. Stakeholders identified three key areas for understanding suicide risk and wellbeing for local men; 1) localizing masculinities, 2) belonging in community, and 3) engaging men. Findings illustrate that addressing men’s wellbeing in regional areas requires a multifaceted whole-of-community approach. While diverse, local expressions of masculinities were seen as contributors to men’s challenges understanding their emotional worlds and reticence for help-seeking. Of vital need is to provide diverse opportunities for men to connect with others in the region, and offer inclusive spaces where men feel accepted, welcomed and able to meaningfully contribute to the community. Not only will this assist by bolstering men’s sense of self, identity, and mental wellbeing, it may also provide valuable informal inroads to normalizing healthy communication around mental health and seeking mental health care. These findings offer important suggestions for the promotion of healthier masculinities in regionally-based Australian men, which may help to improve wellbeing of these men and their entire communities.

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Promoting Healthier Masculinities as a Suicide Prevention Intervention in a Regional Australian Community: A Qualitative Study of Stakeholder Perspectives

Trail

Oliffe

Patel³

et al. 2021

Front. Sociol.

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“…Dixon et al. () found that sourcing support from a social group or team may enhance mental health, as groups or teams provide a shared identity, language, and structure of accountability for member engagement. In a study of drag performers in the U.S. Southeast, Rogers () found that seeking support from a shared cultural community allows performers to locate information about access to services that are often hidden from dominant view or unavailable to the general public and demonstrates the responsibility that marginalized people often feel to offer support, in its many forms, to those struggling in their communities.…”

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“We're the Normal Ones Here”: Community Involvement, Peer Support, and Transgender Mental Health

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Rogers

2019

Sociological Inquiry

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This article uses ethnographic methods to explore how peer support and community involvement influence the mental health and well-being of transgender (or, trans) people in the southeastern United States. The study builds on existing research that suggests that trans community involvement and peer support among trans people enhance mental health experiences and moderate the effects of stigma and discrimination on health outcomes. Through qualitative analysis of 158 hours of participant observation and 33 indepth interviews with members of a trans community organization in the U.S. Southeast, this paper identifies three key processes through which peer support and community involvement enhance the mental health and well-being of trans people: (1) the normalization of trans identities and experiences; (2) the creation of a social support network; and (3) the empowerment of trans people.

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“…We found two studies describing implementation of (public) awareness raising intervention. One of them was focused on youth (Wasserman et al, 2012 ), and the other targeted male population (Dixon et al, 2019 ).…”

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“…The other frequent facilitator was engaging with target group in a way, which is natural and convenient for the target group, i.e. via You Tube, Facebook and other social media, which are used among UK football fans (Dixon et al, 2019).…”

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Facilitators and barriers to implementation of suicide prevention interventions: Scoping review

Kasal¹,

Táborská²,

Juríková³

et al. 2023

Camb. prisms Glob. ment. health

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We know that suicide is preventable, yet hundreds of thousands of people still die due to suicide every year. Many interventions were proven to be effective, and dozens of others showed promising results. However, translating these interventions into new settings brings several challenges. One of the crucial obstacles to success is not anticipating possible barriers to implementation nor enhancing possible benefits of factors facilitating the implementation. While we witnessed great support for suicide prevention activities globally in the past years, implementation barriers and facilitating factors are yet to be comprehensively mapped to help implementation activities worldwide. This scoping review maps current knowledge on facilitators and barriers to the implementation of suicide prevention interventions while using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR) for classification. We included 64 studies. Barriers and facilitators were most commonly identified in the outer setting CFIR domain, namely in the sub-domain of patient needs and resources, which refers to the way in which these needs and resources are reflected by the reviewed interventions. The second most saturated CFIR domain for facilitators was intervention characteristics, where relative advantage, adaptability and cost of intervention sub-domains were equally represented. These sub-domains refer mostly to how the intervention is perceived by key stakeholders, to what extent it can be tailored to the implementation context and how much it costs. While intervention characteristics domain was the second most common also for barriers, the complexity sub-domain referring to high perceived difficulty of implementation was the most frequently represented. With reference to the results, we recommend adapting interventions to the needs of the target groups. Furthermore, carefully selecting the intervention to suit the target context concerning their adaptability, costs and complexity is vital for a successful implementation. Further implications for practice and research are discussed.

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Using football cultures as a vehicle to improve mental health in men: the case of the Redcar and cleveland boot room

Cited by 10 publications

References 45 publications

Promoting Healthier Masculinities as a Suicide Prevention Intervention in a Regional Australian Community: A Qualitative Study of Stakeholder Perspectives

Promoting Healthier Masculinities as a Suicide Prevention Intervention in a Regional Australian Community: A Qualitative Study of Stakeholder Perspectives

“We're the Normal Ones Here”: Community Involvement, Peer Support, and Transgender Mental Health

Facilitators and barriers to implementation of suicide prevention interventions: Scoping review

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