On March 24th, 2025, 13 PM. Prof. Doreen Reifegerste will present an evaluation study on the formative evaluation of suicide prevention websites for men: Interviews with men at risk of suicide and focus groups with potential gatekeepers. As part of an interdisciplinary project on suicide prevention for men, two specific digital communication prevention measures were developed: a) a website to inform men at risk about suicide prevention and b) a website to educate potential gatekeepers who are in contact with men at risk of suicide about appropriate life-saving measures. Both websites were evaluated to explore how they are perceived by a) men and by b) potential gatekeepers of men at risk of suicide as (1) comprehensible and engaging, (2) authentic and trustworthy, as well as (3) useful by (potential) users. Furthermore, we examined (4) additional ideas for effective communication about suicide prevention. We conducted a) individual online interviews with 24 men to evaluate the website and b) four focus groups with eight gatekeepers in each group (32 participants) to evaluate the online education program.
The lecture will occur at the Faculty of Philosophy, room 306 (Universiteto str. 9, Vilnius).