Suicide Prevention in Delaware County: an Action Plan for 2009-2011

This document presents an action plan for suicide prevention & postvention in Delaware County, Pennsylvania. The plan will develop broad-based county-wide support for suicide prevention; promote awareness & education that suicide is a preventable community health problem; reduce stigma; develop & implement community programs; promote community efforts to reduce access to lethal means; & improve & expand suicide surveillance systems. In all, 28 high priority actions are targeted for achievement over the three-year scope of the plan.