Resource Tag: UNITED STATES. OKLAHOMA

The goal of this toolkit & training is to provide community advocates the necessary tools to develop & implement successful youth suicide prevention initiatives. Contents of the toolkit include: youth suicide prevention in Oklahoma; effective suicide prevention; youth suicide prevention strategies; getting organized; everyone has a role in youth suicide prevention; why youth participation?; community […]

There is substantial evidence of detrimental psychological sequelae following disasters, including terrorist attacks. The effect of these events on extreme responses such as suicide, however, is unclear. This study tested competing hypotheses about such effects by employing autoregressive integrated moving average techniques to model the impact of September 11 & the Oklahoma City bombing on […]

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This paper describes the implementation of a surveillance system in Oklahoma to define the epidemiology of fatal & nonfatal firearm-related injuries. The effectiveness of the system & the key surveillance findings are discussed. (9 refs)

For the complete Oklahoma State Youth Suicide Prevention Plan, please see SIEC #2004-0177

For the Executive Summary of this document, please see SIEC #2005-0682

To characterize mortality associated with injuries and other health problems in Oklahoma, the researchers examined data from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner of the State of Oklahoma for the years 1978 through 1984. Each year, approximately 1,500 and 800 deaths resulted from unintentional injury (UI) and intentional injury (suicide and homicide), respectively. The […]

Camp Fire, Inc. sponsors the Teens in Action program which has been addressing youth suicide in the USA on both a community & national level. More than 60 Teens in Action campaigns have used a variety of methods & activities to promote suicide awareness. This article highlights the “Self Acceptance is Life” (SAIL) peer support […]

This manual guides youth service agencies & school in early intervention with adolescents who engage in at-risk behaviour. The basics of contracting with schools, program structure, networking, program evaluation, staffing, staff development, & funding are included. Detailed policies & procedures that Youth Services of Tulsa found most useful when the program was initiated in 1972 […]

The Resource Center is a national clearinghouse which addresses the specific issues of adolescents as well as their families. This kit provides a number of pamphlets which outline the various services the Center offers.

This article examines the relationship between alcohol use & violent deaths (accidents, suicides & homicides) by analyzing the 1978-84 data from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, State of Oklahoma. Out of those who died on the same day they were injured, alcohol was involved for 52% of homicide victims, 40% of suicide victims, […]

173 adolescents, age 10-20 yrs, (n=104F, 59M) who had attempted suicide were identified. The 3 characteristics most often exhibited in the yr prior to the attempt were alcohol use, drug use & rebellion toward authority. Only 10% of the attempters were reported to have come from a harmonious family. Depression, impulsivity & anger were the […]

Investigation of the variables indicative of the presuicidal state which give rise to the completed act within city and country jails. Compilation of a brief lethality check-off list to be used by jail personnel during routine booking procedures. (KB)

Presented are some data and an alternative interpretation to Gibbs and Martin’s theory of Status Integration in relation to suicide.

Authors express doubt as to the applicability of the theory of status integration to the Tulsa data published by E. Powell (American Sociological Review, v.23, 1958, p.131-139), particularly as to how the original occupations have been classified, the “rho” association between the categories & “how in what way the original authors’ observations constitute an explanation […]