- Title
- The #chatsafe project. Developing guidelines to help young people communicate safely about suicide on social media: A Delphi study
- Creator
- Robinson, Jo; Hill, Nicole T. M.; Thorn, Pinar; Battersby, Rikki; Teh, Zoe; Reavley, Nicola J.; Pirkis, Jane; Lamblin, Michelle; Rice, Simon; Skehan, Jaelea
- Relation
- PloS one Vol. 13, Issue 11
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0206584
- Publisher
- Public Library of Science
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2018
- Description
- Introduction: Many countries have developed guidelines advocating for responsible reporting of suicidal behaviour in traditional media. However, the increasing popularity of social media, particularly among young people, means that complementary guidelines designed to facilitate safe peer-peer communication are required. The aim of this study was to develop a set of evidence informed guidelines to assist young people to communicate about suicide via social media with the input of young people as active participants of the study. Methods: Systematic searches of the peer-reviewed and grey literature were conducted resulting in a 284-item questionnaire identifying strategies for safe communication about suicide online. The questionnaire was delivered over two rounds to two panels consisting of Australian youth advocates; and international suicide prevention researchers and media and communications specialists. Items were rerated if they were endorsed by 70-79.5% of both panels, or if 80% or more of one panel rated the item as essential or important. All items that were endorsed as essential or important by at least 80% of both panels were included in the final guidelines. Results: A total of 173 items were included in the final guidelines. These items were organised into the following five sections: 1) Before you post anything online about suicide; 2) Sharing your own thoughts, feelings, or experience with suicidal behaviour online; 3) Communicating about someone you know who is affected by suicidal thoughts, feelings or behaviours; 4) Responding to someone who may be suicidal; 5) Memorial websites, pages and closed groups to honour the deceased. Discussion: This is the first study to develop a set of evidence-informed guidelines to support young people to talk safely about suicide on social media. It is hoped that they will be a useful resource for young people and those who support them (e.g., parents, teachers, community workers and health professionals).
- Subject
- suicide prevention; media guidelines; WHO; youth
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1401693
- Identifier
- uon:34947
- Identifier
- ISSN:1932-6203
- Rights
- Copyright: © 2018 Robinson et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
- Language
- eng
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