TY - JOUR T1 - Public awareness of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline following the release of a hip-hop song JF - BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine JO - BMJ EBM SP - 191 LP - 191 DO - 10.1136/bmjebm-2020-111509 VL - 26 IS - 4 AU - Trevor Torgerson AU - Cole Swayze AU - Sara Sanghera AU - Craig Cooper AU - Jason Beaman AU - Micah Hartwell AU - Matt Vassar Y1 - 2021/08/01 UR - http://ebm.bmj.com/content/26/4/191.abstract N2 - Objective In light of the current national mental health crisis, we use Google Trends, Twitter and data obtained from the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline to evaluate the effect of ‘1-800-273-8255’ on public awareness for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.Design Cross-sectional analysis.Main outcome measures We extracted data from Google Trends and Twitter for terms related to suicide following the release of Logic’s song, ‘1-800-273-8255’. We then used a forecasting autoregressive integrated moving algorithm model to determine the greater than expected search interest.Results Google searches for ‘Suicide Hotline’ increased 49% more than expected the day after Logic’s song was released and sustained increase of queries resulted in an average relative search volume of 59.5%–9.1% higher than the mean forecasted value of 50.4% for the 28 days following the release. Tweets that engaged with the account ‘@800 273talk’ on Twitter increased by 10 450% more than expected the day after the song was released and increased by a mean of 1497% greater than expected the week after the songs released.Conclusion Findings from our study suggest that the entertainment industry can play an important role in increasing awareness of hotline numbers. Logic’s song provides an example of a positive influence on public health and provides support for further development and standards for proper awareness of suicide in the public view.Data are available upon reasonable request. ER -