Regional suicide prevention planning: a dynamic simulation modelling analysis

ABSTRACT:

Background

Regional planning may help to ensure that the specific measures implemented as part of a national suicide prevention strategy are aligned with the varying needs of local services and communities; however, there are concerns that the reliability of local programme development may be limited in practice.

Aims

The potential impacts of independent regional planning on the effectiveness of suicide prevention programmes in the Australian state of New South Wales were quantified using a system dynamics model of mental health services provision and suicidal behaviour in each of the state's ten Primary Health Network (PHN) catchments.

Method

Reductions in projected suicide mortality over the period 2021–2031 were calculated for scenarios in which combinations o

SUBMITTER: Skinner A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8444054 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature