What will you be asked to do?

If you agree to be involved, we will ask you to provide your full name and your residential address (street name and postcode only). We will not use your details for any purpose other than to verify your details against the Australian Electoral Roll, which is publicly available.

Once we have confirmed that you are a real person, your details will be removed from the database. We will also ask you to provide a valid email address to send you information related to the Better Man project (e.g., survey links and gift vouchers). All your information will remain confidential and private.

After enrolled in the project, a computer will randomly assign you to one of two groups: the ‘Resource’ group or the ‘Resource and Intervention group’. This means you will be assigned to a group by chance. You will receive an email with a link to one of two healthy relationships websites. Whether you are in the ‘Resource’ group or the ‘Resource and Intervention’ group, you will be invited to complete a set of questions about your relationship, health and help seeking before and after accessing the website. At the end of 6 months, men in the 'Resource' group will have access to the ‘Resource and Intervention website’.

We expect it might take you up to 60 minutes to complete everything, but you don’t have to do it all at once. After you have finished, you will receive a $30 Coles/Myer gift card. Three months later, you will be asked to do a short survey online, and you will receive a $40 Coles/Myer gift card. Six months after you accessed the website, you will be asked to complete a final short survey, and you will receive a $50 Woolworths gift card. On request, we can acknowledge that you have participated in the project.
 

If you have a partner, we would like to ask you to provide their contact details (first name and email address). If you agree, your partner will be invited to respond to a brief survey three and six months after you accessed the website. We will not advise you if your partner is participating or not in this project, neither will we share your partner’s answers with you or share your answers with them. If you do not want to provide us with your partners’ details, you can still participate in the study.