biostudies-literatureUnknown60(8)Sinyor M<h4>Purpose</h4>To contrast changes in suicide-related media reporting quality during parallel initiatives to engage national media in Canada and Israel.<h4>Methods</h4>We coded media articles in Canada's and Israel's highest circulating newspapers (major broadsheet and tabloid newspapers, respectively) for putatively harmful and putatively protective suicide-related content. A sample of 150 articles (30/year) from each country was randomly selected for three time points: 2012 (T1; prior to media engagement), 2016-2017 (T2; early media engagement), and 2018-2019 (T3; late media engagement). Chi-square tests and binary logistic regression investigated overall between-country differences in reporting quality over time.<h4>Results</h4>Following media engagement, adherence to guidelines improvSocial psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology1871-1882https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC12325504biostudies-literatureInvestigating the impact of parallel media engagement initiatives on suicide reporting in Canada and Israel.PMC12325504Men YVSteinberg REkstein DMalonek RSMitchell RTaylor PHeisel MJGoldstein BISchaffer ASinyor MLevi-Belz YNiederkrotenthaler TRedelmeier DAMing Chan PPfalseInvestigating the impact of parallel media engagement initiatives on suicide reporting in Canada and Israel.<h4>Purpose</h4>To contrast changes in suicide-related media reporting quality during parallel initiatives to engage national media in Canada and Israel.<h4>Methods</h4>We coded media articles in Canada's and Israel's highest circulating newspapers (major broadsheet and tabloid newspapers, respectively) for putatively harmful and putatively protective suicide-related content. A sample of 150 articles (30/year) from each country was randomly selected for three time points: 2012 (T1; prior to media engagement), 2016-2017 (T2; early media engagement), and 2018-2019 (T3; late media engagement). Chi-square tests and binary logistic regression investigated overall between-country differences in reporting quality over time.<h4>Results</h4>Following media engagement, adherence to guidelines improv2025-01-01T00:00:00Z2025 Aug2026-04-12T15:20:15.063Z2026-04-07T13:17:51.867ZS-EPMC123255044019515910.1007/s00127-025-02886-4