An Evaluation of 5-Year Web Analytics for HeadsUpGuys: A Men’s Depression E-Mental Health Resource

Ogrodniczuk, John S.; Beharry, Joshua; Oliffe, John L.

doi:10.1177/15579883211063322

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“…Participants in the current study rallied (and relied on) emotional support from friends and family, purposefully extended new psychosocial resources for objective help, and/or engaged professional care. Men’s widespread use of self-help relationship books affirms previous findings (Doss et al, 2009) and their uptake of peer and community-based group programs, e-relationship, and mental health resources (Entwistle et al, 2021; Ogrodniczuk et al, 2021; Oliffe et al, 2020) underscores the expansive nature of men’s help beyond the predominance of professional mental health care services. Pre-COVID-19 work by Best and colleagues (2016) indicated that young men’s mental health help-seeking relied on connecting with trusted friends online and offline, and these pathways facilitated emotional disclosure, while formal online help was accessed and deeply valued for its anonymity, confidentiality and content.…”

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Mapping Men’s Mental Health Help-Seeking After an Intimate Partner Relationship Break-Up

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Deleterious effects of separation and divorce on men’s mental health are well-documented; however, little is known about their help-seeking when adjusting to these all-too-common life transitions. Employing interpretive descriptive methods, interviews with 47 men exploring their mental health help-seeking after a relationship break-up were analyzed in deriving three themes: (1) Solitary work and tapping established connections, (2) Reaching out to make new connections, and (3) Engaging professional mental health care. Men relying on solitary work and established connections accessed relationship-focused self-help books, online resources, and confided in friends and/or family. Some participants supplemented solitary work by reaching out to make new connections including peer-based men’s groups and education and social activities. Comprising first-time, returning, and continuing users, many men responded to relationship break-up crises by engaging professional mental health care. The findings challenge longstanding commentaries that men actively avoid mental health promotion by illuminating wide-ranging help resources.

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“…The most visited section was the home page [ 22 ], followed by the Coping with Stress and Anxiety [ 37 ] section, which shares different coping ideas and strategies, and includes various self-assessment tests that help users understand/determine the stress levels and anxiety they are experiencing, such as the PSS and GAD-7. Other studies have similar findings that the home page was viewed most frequently [ 41 , 42 ], with the second being a “self-check page, on which users could complete a depression screening tool” [ 41 ].…”

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An e–Mental Health Resource for COVID-19–Associated Stress Reduction: Mixed Methods Study of Reach, Usability, and User Perceptions

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Background COVID-19 and its public health response are having a profound effect on people’s mental health. To provide support during these times, Canada’s largest mental health and addiction teaching hospital (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health [CAMH]) launched the Mental Health and COVID-19 Pandemic website on March 18, 2020. This website was designed to be a nonstigmatizing psychoeducational resource for people experiencing mild to moderate distress due to COVID-19 and the public health response to the pandemic. Objective The aim of this study was to examine the reach, usability, and user perceptions of the CAMH Mental Health and COVID-19 Pandemic website. Methods This study used a mixed methods sequential explanatory design approach, which consisted of the following 2 distinct phases: (1) quantitative data collection and analysis and (2) qualitative semistructured interviews. In phase 1, we analyzed Google Analytics data to understand how many people visited the website and which were the most visited pages. We conducted a survey to identify users’ sociodemographic backgrounds, and assess the usability of the website using the System Usability Scale and users’ subjective stress levels using the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-10). For phase 2, we conducted semistructured interviews to explore user experiences; user motivation, engagement, satisfaction, and perception of the stress reduction strategies; reflections of the website’s functionality, ease of use, navigation, and design; and recommendations for improvement. Results Google Analytics results showed 146,978 unique users from June 2020 to March 2021. Most users were from Canada (130,066, 88.5%). Between February 20, 2021, and June 4, 2021, 152 users completed the survey. Most users identified as white, female, and having at least a college degree. Based on the PSS-10 scores, most participants were experiencing moderate to high stress when they visited the website. Users rated the usability of the website as acceptable. Ten users completed in-depth interviews between May 2021 and June 2021. Positive feedback related to the content was that the website was a trustworthy source of mental health information with helpful evidence-based stress reduction strategies. Areas for improvement included the text heavy design of the website, wider dissemination/marketing, and greater accessibility of the website to meet the needs of diverse populations. Conclusions Adding stress reduction resources to a website from a well-respected institution may be a practical method to increase awareness and access to evidence-based stress reduction resources during times of crisis, where there is severe disruption to usual health care contacts. Efforts to ensure that these resources are more widely accessed, especially by diverse populations, are needed.

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“…Data were provided by 434 Canadian men who participated in a cross-sectional survey at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic: April 1 through May 30, 2020. Participants were recruited online via the HeadsUpGuys website ( https://headsupguys.org ), a leading global resource providing tips, tools, information about professional services, and recovery stories to help men fight depression and prevent suicide ( Ogrodniczuk, Beharry, et al, 2021 ). Men who expressed an interest in participating were taken to an independent survey site, which was hosted by Qualtrics, where they were presented with the informed consent page.…”

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Social Disconnection and Psychological Distress in Canadian Men During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly challenged many men’s mental health. Efforts to control the spread of the virus have led to increasing social disconnection, fueling concerns about its long-term effects on men’s mental health, and more specifically their experience of psychological distress. Social disconnection, psychological distress, and the relationship between them have yet to be formally explored in a Canadian male sample during the COVID-19 pandemic. The present study examined whether reduced social connection among men was associated with increased anxiety and depressive symptoms (psychological distress) and whether this association was moderated by living alone. The sample consisted of 434 help-seeking Canadian men who completed standardized measures. Analyses controlled for the potentially confounding effects of age and fear of COVID-19. Findings revealed that less social connection was associated with increased psychological distress. This association was not moderated by living alone, nor was living alone directly associated with psychological distress. Younger age and fear of COVID-19 were each independently associated with psychological distress. Socially disconnected men were more likely to experience anxiety and depressive symptoms, suggesting the need for interventions focussed on men’s social connectedness, social support, and belongingness to help reduce some COVID-19-induced mental health risks.

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An Evaluation of 5-Year Web Analytics for HeadsUpGuys: A Men’s Depression E-Mental Health Resource

Cited by 24 publications

References 64 publications

Mapping Men’s Mental Health Help-Seeking After an Intimate Partner Relationship Break-Up

Mapping Men’s Mental Health Help-Seeking After an Intimate Partner Relationship Break-Up

An e–Mental Health Resource for COVID-19–Associated Stress Reduction: Mixed Methods Study of Reach, Usability, and User Perceptions

Social Disconnection and Psychological Distress in Canadian Men During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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