SPRC and the State and Territorial Injury Prevention Directors Association formed a workgroup to generate recommendations to prevent suicide among rural youth. This report details the recommendations for state-level agencies to address promoting help-seeking behaviors, data and surveillance, services, screening and identification, gatekeeper training, bereavement, and survivor issues.
SPRC Library & Resources
Preventing youth suicide in rural America: Recommendations to states
File
Creator
Rural Youth Suicide Prevention Workgroup
Publisher
State and Territorial Injury Prevention Directors Association, Suicide Prevention Resource Center
Date published
2008
Full Text Online
Yes
Formats
Reports/Papers
Topics
Rural
Primary Care
Health Care
Screening
Postvention and Crisis Response
Gatekeeper Training
Prevention Strategies
Funding
Adolescent (13-17)
Younger Children (12 and under)
Youth
Survivors of Suicide Loss
Surveillance Systems
Data and Statistics
The SPRC is supported by a grant (1 U79 SM059945) from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). No official endorsement by SAMHSA or DHHS for the information on this web site is intended or should be inferred.
The Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) is a project in EDC's Health and Human Development Division
43 Foundry Avenue, Waltham, MA 02453-8313. 877-GET-SPRC (438-7772), info@sprc.org
Copyright © 1994-2012 Education Development Center, Inc. All Rights Reserved.