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A ‘Vocal Locals’ social network campaign is associated with increased frequency of conversations about mental health and improved engagement in wellbeing-promoting activities in an Australian farming community

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18193-7

Published Online: 2024-03-02

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Authors

Fletcher, Chloe M. E.

Woolford, Dale

Gladigau, John

Gunn, Kate M.
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (PG108706, PG108706, PG108706, PG108706)
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Article History

Received: 29 August 2023

Accepted: 23 February 2024

First Online: 2 March 2024

Declarations

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: This study was conducted in accordance with the 1964 Helsinki declaration. Ethics approval was granted by the University of South Australia’s Human Research Ethics Committee (protocol number 204624). Vocal Locals provided written informed consent prior to participation. As per ethical approval, community members indicated informed consent by completion of the online questionnaire.

: Vocal Locals were made aware of the necessarily public nature of their role (i.e., that their participation in the project as a Vocal Local, and the associated research, would be public knowledge) prior to agreeing to participate. All Vocal Locals provided written informed consent for their image (including their likeness, voice, testimonial, name and/or any other representation recorded or captured as part of the research activities) to be included in written publications.

: The authors declare no competing interests.

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