Resource Tag: NEEDS ASSESSMENT

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For related information about the USAF Suicide Prevention Program, please see SIEC #2005-0404 to 2005-0409

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The theme of this Conference was “Injuries, Suicide & Violence: Building Knowledge, Policies & Practices to Promote a Safer World”

The theme of this Conference was “Injuries, Suicide & Violence: Building Knowledge, Policies & Practices to Promote a Safer World”

Published in “Back to the Future: Refocusing the Image of Suicide,” ed. by J L McIntosh

Published in “Back to the Future: Refocusing the Image of Suicide,” ed. by J L McIntosh

This report intends to provide a comprehensive profile of the health needs of federal inmates in Canada, bringing together information from a variety of sources to describe the range of health issues experienced by inmates & to begin to identify their health needs. Suicide is discussed in terms of inmate mortality & mental health. (141 […]

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Published in “Suicide Risk & Protective Factors in the New Millennium,” ed. by O T Grad

This manuscript presents a five-year local strategy developed by the Ottawa Suicide Prevention Coalition to promote the importance of continued activities needed to prevent death by suicide in the Ottawa area. Strategies for promoting awareness, suicide prevention, intervention & postvention are included. Contributing factors to suicide & information about suicide in Ottawa are cited. (SC)

This presentation gave a description of the ‘Closing the Net’ project. The project combined an approach of skilling professional & nonprofessional people in contact with youth in risk assessment & suicide intervention with a more preventative approach of working with schools & communities in increasing resilience factors for young people. Specific aspects of the project, […]

This document presents the national priorities & strategies for developing mental health information in Australia during 1998-2003. It outlines a proposed work program agreed to by the Commonwealth, State, & Territory governments. Progress in information development 1993-1998 under the First National Mental Health Plan is summarized. Areas of significant gain are identified as well as […]

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All school districts in Washington State were surveyed for information on the prevalence of suicide programs & on major roadblocks to implementing programs. With 163 districts responding, it was found that the majority did not have suicide programs or policies & procedures. The largest perceived roadblock was insufficient staff & the greatest perceived need was […]

This column concerns research into attitudes toward suicide, help seeking behaviours & volunteering in five black & coloured communities in South Africa as well as the application of the results to the setting up of a volunteer-based crisis service.

This report provides a comprehensive audit of available mental health services specific to men 18+ in Calgary, Alberta. 69% of community workers feel that men are not as well supported as women, & that there are holes in service delivery including a lack of outreach services & education, & most significantly, a complete deficit in […]

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