The research behind #chatsafe

Learn more about the research behind #chatsafe

Here are the links to our research papers:

• Can #chatsafe support parents and carers beyond Australia? A qualitative study National Library of Medicine, 2024 June 11

• Online Safety When Considering Self-Harm and Suicide-Related Content: Qualitative Focus Group Study With Young People, Policy Makers, and Social Media Industry Professionals, JMIR Publications, 2025 March 10

• The steps that young people and suicide prevention professionals think the social media industry and policymakers should take to improve online safety. A nested cross-sectional study within a Delphi consensus approach. FRONTIERS, 2023 December 15 

• #chatsafe 2.0. updated guidelines to support young people to communicate safely online about self-harm and suicide: A Delphi expert consensus study. PLOS ONE. 2023 August 2;18(8): e0289494.

• Motivations and perceived harms and benefits of online communication about self-harm: An interview study with young people. DIGITAL HEALTH. 2023 May 23;9:20552076231176689.

• Acceptability and Potential Impact of the #chatsafe Suicide Postvention Response Among Young People Who Have Been Exposed to Suicide: Pilot Study. JMIR Hum Factors 2023 May 19;10:e44535.

• Testing the Impact of the #chatsafe Intervention on Young People’s Ability to Communicate Safely About Suicide on Social Media: Protocol for a Randomised Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc 2023 Feb 2;12:e44300.

• Can a social media intervention improve online communication about suicide? A feasibility study examining the acceptability and potential impact of the #chatsafe campaign. PLoS one. 2021 Jun 15;16(6):e0253278.

• Globalisation of the #chatsafe guidelines: using social media for youth suicide prevention. Early Intervention in Psychiatry. 2020 Sep 15.

• Developing a suicide prevention social media campaign with young people (The #chatsafe project): co-design approach. JMIR mental health. 2020 May 11;7(5):e17520.

• The #chatsafe project. Developing guidelines to help young people communicate safely about suicide on social media: A Delphi study. PLoS One. 2018 Nov 15;13(11):e0206584.