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Well@Work

Movember Funding to Date

AUD 3,400,000

What we seek to achieve

Using the best available research evidence, develop and test an innovative e-mental health program for men and their managers in the workplace, to improve the mental health of working men.

Country
Australia
Implemented by
beyondblue and University of NSW's (UNSW) Black Dog Institute (BDI)
Project start date
October 2014
Project Status
Completed July 2016

About the project

Well@Work has four closely integrated components: 

  1. A new smartphone application which will provide Australian working men with a simple and engaging way to screen and monitor themselves both for symptoms of, and risk factors for, anxiety and depression.
  2. A linked e-health intervention (provided via the same smartphone application) that provides men with: (a) a personalised mental health action plan based on the results obtained from the new screening smartphone application (as described above); (b) the option of a brief personalised psychological intervention that will aim to address the most important risk factors and symptoms identified in each man’s personalised mental health plan; (c) when appropriate, links to other already established e-health interventions.
  3. An e-health training program for managers in workplaces with a high proportion of males, that will aim to enhance their mental health literacy, increase their confidence and skills in discussing mental health matters and provide them with tools for creating more mentally healthy workplaces.
  4. An industry dissemination and uptake plan, with the Mentally Health Workplace Alliance’s Heads Up website, managed by beyondblue, being integral to the strategy.  
The program will be tested with a significant population of 60,000 men nationally, recruited through the project’s partner organisations: ACTU and its affiliates, Comcare, NSW Police, the Australasian Fire and Emergency Service Authorities Council and Dairy Australia. 

Ultimately the success of Well@Work will be judged by whether it is taken up within industries with a high proportion of males and whether it is able to contribute to a reduction in mental ill health amongst workers.  UNSW/BDI aim to evaluate the effectiveness of each component of Well@Work program via a series of intervention trials within industry partner organisations.

The project's research team consists of academics from seven universities, who are joined by representatives from the partner organisations listed above, in the project's governance.

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