Jackson, Joni
Farr, Michelle
Birnie, Kate
Davies, Philippa
Mamluk, Loubaba
O’Brien, Marina
Spencer, Jez
Morgan, Rebecca
Costello, Christian
Smith, John
Banks, Jonathan
Redaniel, Maria Theresa
Article History
Received: 14 December 2021
Accepted: 12 April 2022
First Online: 13 May 2022
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the University of Bristol Faculty Research Ethics Committee (ref: 88262 (quantitative component) and 99982 (qualitative component), which ensures that all procedures contributing to this work comply with the Helsinki Declaration on research involving human participants. Men participating in the Hope Project were asked to give written informed consent for their anonymised information to be shared with the University of Bristol for the quantitative evaluation. Verbal informed consent was audio-recorded for the qualitative interviews and participants were asked for consent to publish their anonymised quotes. Participants were informed that their participation was voluntary and that they could withdraw consent for their information to be used. The quantitative component of the study was conducted in accordance with STROBE guidelines and the qualitative component in accordance with the COREQ guidelines.
: Not applicable.
: MO<i>,</i> RM and JS work or worked for Second Step which runs the Hope service but were not involved in the data analysis which was undertaken by NIHR ARC West. JJ, MF, KB, PD, LM, CC, JS, JB and MTR have no competing interests.