Getting Started
Addressing suicide in Native communities can be a challenge. The recommended resources below will help you:
- Understand the suicide problem in your community
- Recognize and honor the resilience of American Indian and Alaska Native communities by identifying local resources
- Acknowledge the power of the community in developing the most appropriate response to suicide and related risk factors
Recommended Resources
This manual presents a process that AI/AN communities may use to address wellness, identify resources, and promote positive change.
This guide is designed to help AI/AN communities and those who serve them develop effective, culturally appropriate suicide prevention plans.
This resource provides a step-by-step framework to help First Nations communities assess their needs and develop a suicide prevention plan.
This model reflects the Native thought process and the concept of balance as the basis for health.
This manual will help communities and tribes understand and measure how ready they are to address a particular issue like suicide, and how to use that knowledge to stimulate change.
This website offers free educational modules and tools addressing community assessment, planning, intervention, evaluation, and advocacy.