Supporting a public health approach to suicide prevention: Recommendations for state infrastructure

2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (2) ◽  
pp. 352-357
Author(s):  
Kristen Quinlan ◽  
Kerri Nickerson ◽  
Julie Ebin ◽  
Terresa Humphries‐Wadsworth ◽  
Ellyson Stout ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Public Health Approach ◽  
State Infrastructure

The public health approach to suicide prevention in Ireland

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
S. Rochford ◽  
P. Dodd ◽  
C. Austin
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Population Level ◽  
Prevention Strategy ◽  
Public Health Approach ◽  
National Strategy ◽  
Extended Phase ◽  
The Public ◽  
National Implementation

Abstract This article provides an overview of the public health approach to suicide in Ireland. The authors provide detail on the current suicide prevention strategy in Ireland, Connecting for Life, which is a whole-of-government, systemic, multicomponent national strategy. As the strategy enters its final extended phase of implementation over the period 2020–2024, the public health elements of Connecting for Life are presented, including the population level and more targeted approaches. The findings of an interim review of the strategy are discussed, in addition to the local and national implementation structures which are in place to assist implementation and monitoring of the strategy.

scholarly journals Public Health Law Strategies for Suicide Prevention Using the Socioecological Model

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (S2) ◽  
pp. 31-35 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine Cerulli ◽  
Amy Winterfeld ◽  
Monica Younger ◽  
Jill Krueger
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Ecological Model ◽  
Public Awareness ◽  
Public Health Problem ◽  
Linkage To Care ◽  
Community Level ◽  
Public Health Approach ◽  
Awareness Campaigns ◽  
The Individual

Suicide is a public health problem which will require an integrated cross-sector approach to help reduce prevalence rates. One strategy is to include the legal system in a more integrated way with suicide prevention efforts. Caine (2013) explored a public health approach to suicide prevention, depicting risk factors across the socio-ecological model. The purpose of this paper is to examine laws that impact suicide prevention at the individual, relational, community, and societal levels. These levels are fluid, and some interventions will fall between two, such as a community-level approach to training that enhances provider-patient relationships. At the individual level, we will review laws to improve screening requirements across systems. At the relational level, we note interventions with couples having conflict, such as protection orders and access to attorney consultations, which have been known to be injury prevention mechanisms. At the community level, we discuss legislation that recommends suicide prevention efforts for key individuals working as frontline providers in the medical and educational systems. At the societal level, we explore public awareness campaigns that target stigma reduction for those suffering from mental health burden and enhance linkage to care. The article closes with the discussion that laws are good, but their implementation is essential.

Awareness in nine countries: A public health approach to suicide prevention

2009 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. S13-S17 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina W. Hoven ◽  
Danuta Wasserman ◽  
Camilla Wasserman ◽  
Donald J. Mandell
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Public Health Approach

scholarly journals Advancing Public Mental Health in Canada through a National Suicide Prevention Service: Setting an Agenda for Canadian Standards of Excellence: Promouvoir la santé mentale publique au Canada par un service de prévention nationale du suicide : Établir un programme de normes canadiennes d’excellence

2021 ◽  
pp. 070674372198915
Author(s):  
Allison Crawford
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Best Practices ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Public Mental Health ◽  
Health Agency ◽  
Public Health Approach ◽  
The Public ◽  
Service Setting ◽  
Prevention Service

The Public Health Agency of Canada is funding a new Canada Suicide Prevention Service (CSPS), timely both in recognition of the need for a public health approach to suicide prevention, and also in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is causing concern about the potential for increases in suicide. This editorial reviews priorities for suicide prevention in Canada, in relation to the evidence for crisis line services, and current international best practices in the implementation of crisis lines; in particular, the CSPS recognizes the importance of being guided by existing evidence as well as the opportunity to contribute to evidence, to lead innovation in suicide prevention, and to involve communities and people with lived experience in suicide prevention efforts.

scholarly journals Traumatic Brain Injury–Related Deaths From Firearm Suicide: United States, 2008–2017

2020 ◽  
Vol 110 (6) ◽  
pp. 897-899
Author(s):  
Gabrielle F. Miller ◽  
Scott R. Kegler ◽  
Deborah M. Stone
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Health Approach ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Firearm Suicide

Objectives. To document the increasing influence of firearm suicide on the incidence of traumatic brain injury (TBI)–related death in the United States. Methods. We used national vital statistics data from 2008 to 2017 to identify TBI-related deaths, overall and by cause, among US residents. National counts stratified by year, sex, and age group (to facilitate age adjustment) were merged with corresponding population estimates to calculate incidence rates. Results. During the 10-year period beginning in 2008, when it became the leading cause of TBI-related death in the United States, firearm suicide accounted for nearly half (48.3%) of the increase in the absolute incidence of TBI-related death when combining all injury categories showing absolute increases. Rates of TBI-related firearm suicide increased among both males and females. Conclusions. Safe storage of firearms among people at risk and training of health care providers and community members to identify and support people who may be thinking of suicide are part of a comprehensive public health approach to suicide prevention. Public Health Implications. States, communities, and health care systems can save lives by prioritizing comprehensive suicide prevention.

scholarly journals Critical Foundations for Implementing the VA’s Public Health Approach to Suicide Prevention

2020 ◽  
Vol 71 (12) ◽  
pp. 1306-1307
Author(s):  
Lisa K. Kearney ◽  
Clifford A. Smith ◽  
Matthew A. Miller
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Public Health Approach

The Public Health Approach to Campus Suicide Prevention

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 (141) ◽  
pp. 15-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth C. Jodoin ◽  
Jason Robertson
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Public Health Approach ◽  
The Public
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