@article{ref1,
title="Change in attitudes after a suicide prevention media campaign in the Mid-Norway region",
journal="BMC psychiatry",
year="2024",
author="Haga, Egil and Mehlum, Lars and Mohn, Christine and Pirkis, Jane and Nilsson, Hanne Sofie Wernoe",
volume="24",
number="1",
pages="e444-e444",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Suicide prevention media campaigns are one way of reaching people at increased suicide risk who would otherwise not seek help. This is the first study of a Norwegian campaign directed both at individuals at risk for suicide and at their social network. <br><br>METHODS: We evaluated a media campaign consisting of outdoor posters, feature articles, film clips, and online banners in print, digital, and social media spread across the Mid-Norway region in late autumn 2022. This campaign material consisted of information about how to seek help for suicide thoughts and mental health problems and how to help a friend in similar situations. Before and after this campaign, 1149 adult individuals living in Mid-Norway participated in a survey on attitudes to suicide, mental ill health, and help-seeking. <br><br>RESULTS: There were only marginal changes in attitudes and help-seeking literacy after the campaign. This result was sustained when controlling for age, sex, and campaign visibility. For males, there were a few changes in the negative direction, i.e. lack of willingness to seek help from family and friends, after the campaign. <br><br>CONCLUSION: We conclude that the campaign did not seem to have the desired effect and suggest ways of improving future regional Norwegian media campaigns.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1471-244X",
doi="10.1186/s12888-024-05905-x",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12888-024-05905-x"
}