Jorgen Gullestrup|Belinda Lequertier|Graham Martin
MATES in Construction: Impact of a Multimodal, Community-Based Program for Suicide Prevention in the Construction Industry
University of Queensland|Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital|University of Queensland|Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital
largescale workplacebased suicide prevention early intervention program delivered 9000 construction workers building sites across queenslandintervention components included universal general awareness training gat general mental health focus suicide prevention gatekeeper training provided construction worker volunteer connectors suicide first aid asist training offered key workers outreach support provided trained supervised mic staff statewide suicide prevention hotline case management service postvention support provided event suicidefindings 7000 workers april 2008 november 2010 reported indicating strong construction industry support 67 building sites employers approached agreeing participate micgat participants demonstrated significantly increased suicide prevention awareness compared comparison groupconnector training participants rated mic helpful effective felt prepared intervene suicidal person knew seek help suicidal individual following trainingworkers engaged positively afterhours crisis support phone line case managementmic provided postvention support 10 open access nonmic sites sites engaged mic yet miccompliantcurrent findings support potential effectiveness social validity mic preventing suicide construction workers