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Received: 24 August 2017

Accepted: 12 October 2017

First Online: 23 October 2017

Ethics approval and consent to participate

: The ethical aspects of this study have been approved by The Australian National University Human Research Ethics Committee (protocol number 2017/004), Catholic Education Office of the Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn, and the ACT Education Directorate (reference RES-1719). Information and consent forms will be distributed to all participants prior to the completion of the pre-intervention survey, with participants aged 16 years and older being able to provide informed consent as a ‘mature minor’ [CitationRef removed]. If an insufficient number of participants can be drawn from this age group (16–18 years) then the sample will be extended to include males in Years 7 to 10 (12–16 years), and parental consent will be collected in addition to participant assent.

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: Martin Fisk is the Director of Menslink, which operates the Silence is Deadly program. All other authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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