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Suicide Awareness Event Resource Kit

Suicide Awareness Event Resource Kit

Produced as a collaborative effort between SPRC and the Suicide Prevention Action Network USA (SPAN USA).
This resource kit provides a guide and materials to help you organize, plan and conduct a successful event to raise awareness about suicide and suicide prevention.

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I. General Information
  1. Reference Materials
  2. Sample Materials
  3. Materials to Distribute
    1. Fact Sheets
    2. Statistics
      1. General
      2. State-specifics
      3. Visual aids
II. Media
  1. Reference Materials
  2. Sample Materials
III. Legislation
  1. Reference Materials
  2. Sample Materials
  3. Materials to Distibute

I. GENERAL INFORMATION

1) REFERENCE MATERIALS
  1. Staging a Suicide Awareness Event: A 10-Step Logistics Planning Guide
 2) SAMPLE MATERIALS
  1. "Day at the Capitol" Flyer 1
 3) MATERIALS TO DISTRIBUTE
  1. Fact Sheets
    1. In Harm's Way: Suicide in America 2
    2. Suicide: Cost to the Nation 3
    3. Risk and Protective Factors for Suicide 4

  2. Statistics
    1. General
      1. Suicide Facts: Suicide Deaths, US, 2001 5
      2. U.S.A. Suicide: 2001 Official Final Data 6
      3. Rate, Number and Ranking of Suicide for Each U.S.A. State, 2001 7
      4. Number of deaths, death rates, and age-adjusted death rates for major causes of death for the United States (Pages 92-93: These pages are from the National Vital Statistics Reports, Vol. 53, No. 5, October 12, 2004) 8
      5. Costs of Completed and Medically Treated Youth Suicide Acts by State, 1996 9
      6. 11 Leading Causes of Death, United States -- 2002 12

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    2. State-specifics
      1. Alabama Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

      2. Alaska Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

      3. Arizona Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

      4. Arkansas Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

      5. California Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

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      6. Colorado Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

      7. Connecticut Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

      8. Delaware Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

      9. District of Columbia Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

      10. Florida Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

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      11. Georgia Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

      12. Hawaii Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

      13. Idaho Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

      14. Illinois Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

      15. Indiana Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

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      16. Iowa Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

      17. Kansas Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

      18. Kentucky Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

      19. Louisiana Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

      20. Maine Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

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      21. Maryland Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

      22. Massachusetts Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

      23. Michigan Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

      24. Minnesota Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

      25. Mississippi Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

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      26. Missouri Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

      27. Montana Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

      28. Nebraska Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

      29. Nevada Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

      30. New Hampshire Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

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      31. New Jersey Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

      32. New Mexico Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

      33. New York Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

      34. North Carolina Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

      35. North Dakota Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

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      36. Ohio Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

      37. Oklahoma Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

      38. Oregon Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

      39. Pennsylvania Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

      40. Rhode Island Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

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      41. South Carolina Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

      42. South Dakota Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

      43. Tennessee Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

      44. Texas Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

      45. Utah Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

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      46. Vermont Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

      47. Virginia Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

      48. Washington Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

      49. West Virginia Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

      50. Wisconsin Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet

      51. Wyoming Suicide Prevention Fact Sheet


    3. Visual aids
      1. U.S. Suicide Death Rates by State (Map) 13
      2. Suicide Rate by Gender & Race 17
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II. MEDIA

1) REFERENCE MATERIALS
  1. How to Prepare a Press Packet
  2. Press Release Template
SAMPLE MATERIALS
  1. Sample Press Release 14
  2. Sample Media Advisory 15

III. LEGISLATION

1) REFERENCE MATERIALS
  1. Contact Information about State Legislation
  2. State Budget Cycles
  3. State Legislative Sessions
  4. Initiating Body of Appropriations Bills
2) SAMPLE MATERIALS
  1. Sample Letter to a Legislator
3) MATERIALS TO DISTRIBUTE
  1. SPAN USA Advocacy Letter 16
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REFERENCES

  1. Florida Suicide Prevention Coalition, "Flyer," accessed on April 14, 2004: http://www.floridasuicideprevention.org/PDF/DAC%20Flyer04.pdf.


  2. National Institute of Mental Health, "In Harm's Way: Suicide in America" accessed on March 11, 2004: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/NIMHharmsway.pdf.


  3. National Strategy for Suicide Prevention, "Suicide: Cost to the Nation," accessed on October 29, 2003: http://www.mentalhealth.samhsa.gov/suicideprevention/costtonation.asp.


  4. Suicide Prevention Resource Center, "Risk and Protective Factors for Suicide," accessed on October 29, 2003: http://www.sprc.org/library/srisk.pdf.


  5. National Institute of Mental Health, "Suicide Facts," accessed on October 20, 2003: http://www.nimh.nih.gov/research/suifact.cfm.


  6. American Association of Suicidology, "U.S.A. Suicide: 2001 Official Final Data," accessed on October 29, 2003: http://www.suicidology.org/associations/1045/files/2001datapg.pdf.


  7. American Association of Suicidology, "Rate, Number and Ranking of Suicide for Each U.S.A. State, 2001," accessed on October 29, 2003: http://www.suicidology.org/associations/1045/files/2001statepg.pdf.


  8. National Center for Health Statistics, "National Vital Statistics Report, Vol. 52, No. 3, Table 30," accessed on October 29, 2003: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr52/nvsr52_03.pdf.


  9. National Strategy for Suicide Prevention, "Costs of Completed and Medically Treated Youth Suicide Acts by State, 1996," accessed on March 11, 2004: http://www.edarc.org/pubs/tables/youthsui.htm.


  10. National Center for Health Statistics, 1989-1998; 2000.


  11. Suicide Prevention Resource Center, 2003.


  12. National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, "11 Leading Causes of Death, United States," accessed on October 29, 2003: http://www.sprc.org/library/event_kit/11causes_death2002.pdf.


  13. Suicide Prevention Action Network, "Suicide Death Rates, United States 2001," accessed on October 29, 2003: http://www.sprc.org/library/event_kit/suicide_rates_usmap.pdf.


  14. The National Mental Health Association. Advocacy Primer: Influencing Your State Legislature.


  15. Florida Suicide Prevention Coalition, 2004.


    16. Suicide Prevention Action Network, "What is an advocacy letter?" accessed on April 14, 2004: http://www.spanusa.org/pdf/Adult_Advocacy_Ltr.pdf.
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