TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Steering Straight: adapting suicide risk safety planning as a prevention-focused self-management resource for the Australian farming community
JO  - Australian journal of rural health
A1  - Duke, Sonya
A1  - Macdonald, Joanna
A1  - Kennedy, Alison J.
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - OBJECTIVE: This paper draws on the principles of suicide risk safety planning to co-design a farming community resource for preventing and managing risks to mental health. SETTING: This project was undertaken in the Great South Coast Region of Victoria, Australia. PARTICIPANTS: A working group (n = 6-8) from the Victorian farming community contributed to the iterative co-design and co-production of Steering Straight: My plan to keep on track. Twenty-four members of the farming community pilot tested Steering Straight. <br><br>DESIGN: Co-design to develop, pilot and refine the resource with working group and target farming community. <br><br>RESULTS: Steering Straight was viewed positively by the farming community as a tool that prompts prioritising well-being; encourages reflection, planning and concrete steps towards taking action; helps set and meet personal goals; is simple and practical; and identifies pathways to support. Most participants (94%) completed Steering Straight on their own, taking approximately 15-30 min to create their personalised plan. Questions most likely to be filled in related to recognising personal signs of deteriorating well-being and listing and planning enjoyable activities. A majority of participants (67%) kept a hard copy of their Steering Straight plan on hand to refer back to, while 78% expressed a preference for a digital version. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The co-design and co-production process resulted in a tailored prevention-focused resource that was accepted and valued by the farming community.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1038-5282
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajr.12968
ID  - ref1
ER  -