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Open AccessA blended face-to-face and smartphone intervention to improve suicide prevention literacy and help-seeking intentions among construction workers: a randomised controlled trial
In Australia and elsewhere, suicide rates among construction workers remain high. Construction workplaces are thus an important setting for targeted suicide prevention programs. This study aimed to compare sui...
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Open AccessUse of Parental Disability Trajectories to Identify Adolescents Who are Young Carers
Being a young carer can have significant impacts on the lives of children and adolescents. Identifying young carers is difficult, making the provision of support challenging for service providers. This sample ...
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Gendered associations between household labour force participation and mental health using 17 waves of Australian cohort data
There is some evidence that employed women report more time pressure and work-life penalties than employed men and other women; however little is known about whether this exerts a mental health effect. This an...
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The double burden of poverty and marital loss on the mental health of older Australian women; a longitudinal regression analysis using 17 annual waves of the HILDA cohort
Compared to men, older women have poorer mental health and are more vulnerable to poverty, especially when living alone. However, few studies have examined how gender, marital status and poverty are inter-rela...
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The effect of gender on mental health service use: an examination of mediation through material, social and health-related pathways
We aimed to understand how much of the gender difference in mental health service use could be due to the joint mediation of employment, behavioural and material factors, social support and mental health need.
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Open AccessExpressions of masculinity and associations with suicidal ideation among young males
Adolescent boys and young men are at particular risk of suicide. Suicidal ideation is an important risk factor for suicide, but is poorly understood among adolescent males. Some masculine behaviors have been a...
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Open AccessMethods for accounting for neighbourhood self-selection in physical activity and dietary behaviour research: a systematic review
Self-selection into residential neighbourhoods is a widely acknowledged, but under-studied problem in research investigating neighbourhood influences on physical activity and diet. Failure to handle neighbourh...
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Mental health of adolescents: variations by borderline intellectual functioning and disability
Adolescence is a period of elevated stress for many young people, and it is possible that the challenges of adolescence are different for vulnerable groups. We aimed to document the depressive and anxiety symp...
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Open AccessDoes parkland influence walking? The relationship between area of parkland and walking trips in Melbourne, Australia
Using two different measures of park area, at three buffer distances, we sought to investigate the ways in which park area and proximity to parks, are related to the frequency of walking (for all purposes) in ...
