@article{ref1,
title="Veteran Perspectives of Barriers and Facilitators to Campaigns Promoting Help Seeking During Crisis",
journal="Community mental health journal",
year="2021",
author="Karras, Elizabeth and Arriola, Nora and McCarten, Janet M. and Britton, Peter C. and Besterman-Dahan, Karen and Stecker, Tracy A.",
volume="57",
number="6",
pages="1045-1051",
abstract="The objective of this paper is to characterize barriers and facilitators reported by U.S. military veterans related to campaigns promoting help seeking during suicidal crisis. Individual telephone interviews (N = 40) were conducted from August 2018-April 2019 with a sample of veterans who had a recent non-fatal suicide attempt. Interview transcripts were analyzed using a constant comparison analytic strategy. Participants reported the four facilitators to message effectiveness: (a) potential reach of specific channels; (b) interruption of suicidal thoughts; (c) normalizing the suicidal experience and help seeking; and (d) modeling desired behavior change. Barriers that hindered campaigns were also identified and include (a) broad messages, (b) challenges in cognitive processing, (c) media avoidance and (d) a boomerang effect. This study underscores the significance of involving those with lived experience to identify factors that may improve or hinder message effectiveness.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0010-3853",
doi="10.1007/s10597-020-00729-x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-020-00729-x"
}