A public health approach: Documenting the risk and protective factors of suicide ideation in one American Indian community.

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 325-331 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allyson Kelley ◽  
Desiree Restad ◽  
Jace Killsback
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Protective Factors ◽  
American Indian ◽  
Suicide Ideation ◽  
Risk And Protective Factors ◽  
Public Health Approach ◽  
Indian Community ◽  
American Indian Community

scholarly journals Community-Based Assessment to Inform a Chlamydia Screening Program for Women in a Rural American Indian Community

2016 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 390-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lucy Smartlowit-Briggs ◽  
Cynthia Pearson ◽  
Patricia Whitefoot ◽  
Bianca N. Altamirano ◽  
Michelle Womack ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
American Indian ◽  
Screening Program ◽  
Chlamydia Screening ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Indian Community ◽  
American Indian Community

scholarly journals Elderly suicide rates: the importance of a non-linear relationship with distal risk and protective factors

2012 ◽  
Vol 24 (9) ◽  
pp. 1363-1367 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ajit Shah ◽  
Ravi Bhat ◽  
Sofia Zarate-Escudero
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Protective Factors ◽  
Population Level ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Risk And Protective Factors ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
National Study ◽  
Detailed Knowledge ◽  
Suicide Rates

The elderly population size is increasing worldwide due to prolonged life expectancy and falling birth rates. Traditionally, suicide rates increase with age. For example, a recent cross-national study of 62 developing and developed countries reported an increase in suicide rates with aging in males and females in 25 and 27 countries respectively (Shah, 2007a). Thus, suicides in the elderly are an important public health concern. While much is known about proximal (individual level) risk and protective factors for elderly suicides (e.g. Conwell et al., 1991; Cattell and Jolley, 1995; Harwood et al., 2001), less is known about more distal (societal or population level) risk and protective factors (Rehkopf and Buka, 2006). Moreover, detailed knowledge of these distal factors may have greater public health relevance for the development of comprehensive prevention strategies (Knox et al., 2004).

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