Prototyping the implementation of a suicide prevention protocol in primary care settings using PDSA cycles: a mixed method study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In Canada, approximately 4,500 individuals die by suicide annually. Approximately 45% of suicide decedents had contact with their primary care provider within the month prior to their death. Current versus never smokers have an 81% increased risk of death by suicide. Those who smoke have additional risks for suicide such as depression, chronic pain, alcohol, and other substance use. They are more likely to experience adverse social determinants of health. Taken together, this suggests that smoking cessation programs in primary care could be facilitators of suicide prevention, but this has not been studied.

Study objectives

The objectives of the study are to understand barriers/facilitators to implementing a suicide prevention protocol within a smoking cessation

SUBMITTER: Minian N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10850298 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature