The Zuni Life Skills Development Program: a School/Community-Based Suicide Prevention Intervention

The Zuni Life Skills Development Program, a community-initiated & high school-based suicide prevention intervention is discussed. Development & evaluation of this intervention are followed by note of the specific challenges associated with stabilizing the program. A more tribally diverse, culturally-informed model, “American Indian Life Skills Development Curriculum”, is then presented to illustrate a hybrid approach to the cultural tailoring of interventions. Finally, the authors reflect upon issues in community-based research that emerged during this collaboration. (34 refs.)