Facilitators and Barriers to Implementing a Community Suicide Database and Prevention Program in Diverse Tribal Communities.

ABSTRACT: Suicide is the second leading cause of death for American Indian youth, far surpassing the rates of suicide experienced by other races. The White Mountain Apache Tribe has made significant impacts on suicide risk by implementing a robust suicide prevention program which includes a community-led database and case management follow-ups. Due to the success of the program in preventing suicides, the White Mountain Apache team has worked with other tribal communities to adapt the program. We wanted to understand the factors that are most important to implementing and sustaining this model and how these factors compare with existing implementation science frameworks. We employed an adapted nominal group technique to compile facilitators and barriers to implementation of the suicide prevention mo

SUBMITTER: Stifter M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11675467 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature