Suicide surveillance strategies for American Indian and Alaska Native communities.
Authors: SPRC
Publication Year: 2018
Last Updated: 2019-10-03 09:58:46
Journal: Education Development Center, Suicide Prevention Resource Center
Keywords: Surveillance systems, Garrett Lee Smith grantees,stigma and cultural taboos, Indigenous Self-harm, Risk and protective factors
Short Abstract:
This report’s in-depth inquiry looks at an array of challenges, successes, and innovative ways that AI/AN communities are engaging the sensitive topic of suicide data collection with an understanding of the uniqueness of each American Indian and Alaska Native community. It is our hope that we have captured a unique and foundational base of information that can be useful in the conceptualization, design, and implementation of current and future suicide data collection, prevention, and evaluation efforts.
This report briefly summarizes findings and recommendations from SPRC’s exploration of suicide surveillance among AI/AN communities across the country. Each section describes challenges, provides strategies, lists resources, and highlights community examples as available.
One of the roles of SPRC is to provide technical assistance to Garrett Lee Smith grantees, including support for suicide data surveillance and monitoring systems, by identifying resources, strategies, and success stories that can help grantees overcome common barriers and implement effective prevention programs. State and tribal Garrett Lee Smith grantees are required to demonstrate their impact in reducing suicide deaths and attempts in the populations they 8 SUICIDE SURVEILLANCE STRATEGIES FOR AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE COMMUNITIES are working with. Tribal Garrett Lee Smith grantees include federally recognized tribes, tribal organizations (as defined in the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act), Alaska Native entities, and urban Indian organizations (as defined in the Indian Health Care Improvement Act) that are actively involved in the development and continuation of a tribal youth suicide early intervention and prevention strategy
Abstract:
This report briefly summarizes findings and recommendations from SPRC’s exploration of suicide surveillance among AI/AN communities across the country. Each section describes challenges, provides strategies, lists resources, and highlights community examples as available.
Surveillance systems that gather data on AI/AN populations may be housed within tribal or non-tribal government agencies, clinics, schools, and/ or nonprofit organizations. These systems may cover individual communities, tribal consortiums or networks, counties, or regions
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Funding: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), under Grant No. 5U79SM062297.
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