Engaging stakeholders to develop a suicide prevention learning module for Louisiana firearm training courses.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Firearm suicide is a significant public health problem in the United States of America among the general and veteran populations. Broad-based preventive strategies, including lethal means safety, have been emphasized as a key approach to suicide prevention. Prior research has identified ways to improve the reach and uptake of lethal means safety messages. However, few resources have been created with these lessons in mind.

Methods

Louisiana firearm owners and instructors were recruited through a larger project, Veteran-Informed Safety Intervention and Outreach Network, as well as a publicly available database of firearm instructors to participate in focus groups to provide feedback on an existing suicide prevention learning module (developed in Utah) for use by fi

SUBMITTER: Houtsma C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9832758 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature