Trends in suicide-related research in Australia

Table 4 Research priorities by research setting

Research settings	Articles^a						Grants/fellowships^a
	1999–2006		2010–2017		2 sample prop. test		1999–2006		2010–2017		2 sample prop. test
	#	%	#	%	z-value	p(z)	#	%	#	%	z-value	p(z)
Communities	22.5	17.0	20.0	10.1	− 1.83	0.067	3.0	18.8	11.0	35.5	1.19	0.236
Schools	10.5	8.0	7.0	3.5	− 1.79	0.074	3.0	18.8	5.0	16.1	− 0.23	0.815
Tertiary institutions	5.0	3.8	6.0	3.0	− 0.40	0.691	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.2		1.0^b
Prisons	11.0	8.3	6.0	3.0	− 2.14	0.032	1.0	6.3	0.0	0.0		0.340^b
Workplaces	0.0	0.0	33.0	16.7		< 0.001^b	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.2		1.0^b
Primary care settings (e.g. general practice)	9.5	7.2	8.0	4.0	− 1.27	0.203	1.0	6.3	1.0	3.2	− 0.50	0.618
Emergency departments	15.0	11.4	15.0	7.6	− 1.18	0.240	1.0	6.3	0.5	1.6	− 0.87	0.386
Mental health service settings	16.0	12.1	32.0	16.2	1.04	0.301	3.0	18.8	4.0	12.9	− 0.54	0.590
Other health services	41.5	31.4	32.0	16.2	− 3.25	0.001	4.0	25.0	0.0	0.0		0.019^b
Other settings	1.0	0.8	39.0	19.7	5.15	< 0.001	0.0	0.0	7.5	24.2		0.089^b
Total	132.0	100.0	198.0	100.0			16.0	100.0	31.0	100.0

Test results highlighted in italics mean a significant in the variable of relevance change over time
^aThe number of grants/fellowships and articles may not be integer due to the weighting applied in the coding
^bFisher’s exact test

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