BETTER MAN: A healthy relationship tool to encourage help seeking for men who use violence in their intimate relationships

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Domestic violence; Public Health - Health promotion/education

• Registration Number: ACTRN12622000786796
• Lead Sponsor: Kelsey Hegarty

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2022-06-02
• Last Update Posted: 6 June 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 360

Inclusion Criteria

To be included in the study, a person must:
·Identify as a male
·Live in Australia
·Be aged from 18 to 50 years
·Report concerns about his behaviours towards any partner or concerns by others about his behaviour in the last twelve months
·Have safe access to a computer or similar device and an internet connection
·Provide a current valid email address and mobile number

All men who fulfil the eligibility criteria (and give informed consent) will be included in the study.

As part of the evaluation, 15% of female or male partners of men will be surveyed if they are English speaking and the male participant provides partner contact details for them to be invited to receive study information.

Exclusion Criteria

Those people who cannot read in English, or have cognitive ability to answer the surveys will be excluded.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Percentage of men who self-report undertaking help seeking behaviours for relationship issues in the last six months (as measured by an audit of records to men's self reported use of Men’s Referral Service, MensLine, Men's Behaviour Change Programs and other counselling services for relationships) .[ baseline, 6 months after baseline.]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Awareness of behaviours in relationships as abusive as measured by the Understanding Violence against Women scale from The National Community Attitudes Survey, (Webster et al, 2014) [baseline, immediately post-use of website.];Mean score on Readiness to Change scale as measured by 10 items adapted from The Contemplation Ladder (Biener & Abrams, 1991; Slavet et al, 2006).<br>[baseline, immediately post-use of website, and 3 months after baseline]