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Toolkit for Reducing the Incidence of Suicide in Indigenous Groups

For more information, go to:
http://www.mhinnovation.net/collaborations/rising-sun


Reducing the Incidence of Suicide in Indigenous Groups - Strengths United through Networks (RISING SUN) announces the release of their suicide prevention toolkit.

Under the 2015-2017 U.S. Arctic Council Chairmanship, the RISING SUN initiative used a community-based and consensus-building process to identify common outcomes for evaluating suicide prevention efforts across the circumpolar North. Specifically, RISING SUN was designed to develop a web-based toolkit comprising the key correlates associated with successful suicide prevention interventions across Arctic states. This toolkit includes resources for individuals, families, communities, clinics, and national and/or regional organizations, such as donors, policymakers, and youth organizations.

The RISING SUN toolkit includes:

  • Information on the determinants of suicide across the Arctic,
  • A general introduction to suicide prevention efforts in circumpolar Indigenous communities,
  • Information on what can be done to alleviate this public health threat and practices from communities that have successfully implemented effective suicide prevention interventions,
  • A collection of prioritized outcomes and measures to assess the impact and effectiveness of suicide prevention interventions being implemented across the circumpolar Arctic, and
  • A strategy with good practices for using the toolkit.

For more information, go to:
http://www.mhinnovation.net/collaborations/rising-sun