Topic: Suicide

Indigenous Injury Prevention – Addressing the Disparities

This presentation focused on the Indian Health Service (IHS) Injury Prevention Program, outlining the injury rates and disparities that are seen in the American Indian and Alaska Native communities. Using evidence-based strategies and innovative adaptations, participants learned more about how the IHS Injury Program is working to reduce disparities among indigenous populations.

 

Presenter:
LCDR Molly Madson, REHS, MPH
Injury Prevention Program Manager
Indian Health Service

 

 

Learn more by viewing the webinar HERE

 

Powerpoint slides HERE

 

If you encounter any technical difficulties with this training, please contact the Safe States Alliance at info@safestates.org.

What’s Working in Community-Led Suicide Prevention?

Overview:

Hear from two suicide prevention experts who are utilizing the Community-Led Suicide Prevention (CLSP) Toolkit. You’ll get a close-up look at how the CLSP Toolkit and CLSP Strategic Planning Worksheet supported efforts of the Franklin County Suicide Prevention Coalition in Ohio, which is hosted by Mental Health America of Ohio and funded by the Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Board of Franklin County.

 

Developed by EDC with funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in partnership with the Safe States Alliance, the CLSP Toolkit is inspired by The National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention’s Transforming Communities report and CDC’s Suicide Prevention Resource for Action.

 

The toolkit provides a step-by-step process to help communities create and reach suicide prevention goals. It focuses on seven key elements: 1) Unity, 2) Data, 3) Planning, 4) Fit, 5) Integration, 6) Communication, and 7) Sustainability.

 

Presenters:
Julie Ebin, Community-Led Suicide Prevention Project Director, EDC

 

Michelle Vargas, Director, Franklin County Suicide Prevention Coalition

 

Abby Boeckman, Epidemiology Supervisor, Franklin County Public Health; Franklin County Suicide Prevention Coalition’s Data and Research Action Team Chair

 

Learn more by viewing the webinar HERE

Powerpoint slides are HERE

 

If you encounter any technical difficulties related to this training, please contact the Safe States Alliance at info@safestates.org.

Leveraging a Systems Thinking Approach for ACEs and Suicide Prevention in a Remote Environment – Part 2

This webinar is brought to you by the UNC Injury Prevention Research Center and North Carolina Injury and Violence Prevention Branch

Description:

In Fall 2020, presenters introduced systems thinking as an effective approach for tackling complex issues such as adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and suicide, which have been exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Since the, the ACEs and Suicide Prevention in a Remote Environment (ASPIRE) team has hosted a 6-month Collaborative Learning Institute to provide multi-sector teams intensive training on two systems thinking tools that can be leveraged to build and strengthen partnerships to address shared risk and protective factors (SRPFs) for ACEs and suicide.

During this webinar, presenters will revisit the systems thinking tools introduced in webinar #1, and graduates of the Collaborative Learning Institute will share their experience and how their teams were able to leverage these tools to move forward or reimagine their ACEs and/or suicide prevention initiatives. Presenters will also highlight key considerations and lessons learned to real world application of these tools and facilitating systems thinking work in a virtual environment.

Presenters:

Becky Naumann, PhD Assistant Professor of Epidemiology UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health UNC Injury Prevention Research Center

Kristin Hassmiller Lich, PhD Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Allison Drain, MPA, MSW Prevention Coordinator NC DHHS/NC Problem Gambling Program

Sarah Trejo, MBA Suicide Prevention Coordinator Columbia Health Services

Claire Catt, Executive Director United Way of Columbia County

Moderator:

Siarra Scott, MPH, CHES Project Manager UNC Injury Prevention Research Center

 

Learning Objectives:

  1. Determine effective methods and tools for facilitating systems thinking in remote environments
  2. Understand why systems thinking approaches can be helpful for establishing or advancing collaborative partnerships
  3. Understand where to go for more resources on systems thinking approaches to strengthen injury prevention practice and research

Scaling Best Practices for Youth Suicide Prevention Using Virtual Role-Play

The panelists in this webinar will discuss how and why their state agencies have chosen online role-play simulation technology from Kognito to use with educators and students as part of their suicide prevention playbook. They will talk about how this novel component works within their suicide prevention programming and how it complements more traditional approaches and resources.

 

Presenters:

Betsy Cagle, Alabama Department of Public Health

Stephanie Downey, Minnesota Department of Public Health

Kim Myers, Utah Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health

 

Moderator:

Jennifer Spiegler, Kognito

 

Powerpoint slides: Safe States-Kognito presentation

 

Additional resources:

 

Mental Health & Suicide Prevention for School Staff – Stephanie Downey, Minnesota

 

​Postvention for School Staff – Kim Myers, Utah

 

​Student Mental Health and Suicide Prevention – Betsy Cagle, Alabama

 

If you encounter any technical difficulties related to this training, please contact the Safe States Alliance at info@safestates.org or (770) 690-9000.

Supporting Individuals and Communities Impacted by Suicide Loss – Peer Learning Call

Overview:

This Peer Learning Call is in partnership with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). It focuses on providing information about suicide loss and sharing ways to support individuals and communities that have been impacted. We will talk about resources available, including International Survivor of Suicide Loss day, AFSP Loss and Healing programs and materials and other resources. Following the presentation we will have a facilitated discussion around this topic.

Participants will:

1. Be able to identify how a suicide death can impact individuals and communities

2. Understand the unique aspects of suicide loss in terms of individual and community level impact.

3. Learn about AFSP resources that are available for suicide loss survivors.

Presenter:

Dr. Doreen Marshall, Vice President of Mission Engagement at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

Moderator:

Shelli Stephens-Stidham, Senior Program Consultant at Safe States Alliance

View Powerpoint slides & Additional Resources

If you encounter any technical difficulties related to this training, please contact the Safe States

CDC’s Comprehensive Public Health Approach to Suicide Prevention

Description:

Join Safe States for a conversation with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about comprehensive suicide prevention. CDC will share their new Suicide Prevention Strategic Plan, talk about their new Comprehensive Suicide Prevention Program, and share information about other key activities, including recently funded COVID-19 projects. The plan and program take a public health approach to suicide prevention—focusing on using data-driven decision-making and implementation and evaluation using the best available evidence to achieve the greatest impact. Following the presentation, participants will have the opportunity to ask questions and discuss suicide prevention.

 

Presenter:
Deborah M. Stone, ScD, MSW, MPH
Behavioral Scientist, Division of Injury Prevention
CDC

 

Moderator:
Richard Hamburg
Executive Director
Safe States Alliance

Leveraging a Systems Thinking Approach for ACEs & Suicide Prevention in a Remote Environment

This webinar is brought to you by the UNC Injury Prevention Research Center and North Carolina Injury and Violence Prevention Branch

 

Description:

When determining how to address some of the most pressing population health outcomes such as suicide and ACEs, there is an abundance of evidence that points to utilizing a Shared Risk and Protective Factors (SRPF) approach. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, several of the risk and protective factors for these health outcomes have been exacerbated and, moving forward, will likely require new and innovative approaches to mitigate or prevent worsened health outcomes. Systems Thinking is a well-known approach to tackling complex problems. A Systems Thinking approach can help us see connections between SRPF and a variety of outcomes that are of priority to our partners and stakeholders. During this webinar, systems thinking will be defined, and a variety of systems thinking tools will be introduced that can enable you to progress your prevention and/or response work to meet the evolving needs of your communities in times when we don’t have a blueprint. Presenters will also highlight key considerations when facilitating systems thinking work in a virtual format.

At the conclusion of the webinar, upcoming opportunities for technical assistance for those interested in applying the tools will be described.

 

Presenters:
Becky Naumann, UNC Injury Prevention Research Center

Kristen Hassmiller Lich, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

Jackie Campbell, ROC the Future

Vichi Jagannathan, Rural Opportunity Institute

 

Learning Objectives:

  • Describe the Shared Risk and Protective Factor approach
  • Describe a process for prioritizing SRPFs based on stakeholder priorities
  • Describe a method that can be used to examine the roles, relationships, and resources available to leverage within a system
  • Demonstrate principles for effect facilitating systems thinking application in a remotely

 

Implementation, Translation and Evaluation of Suicide Prevention Programs

Overview:

This webinar will provide a detailed discussion on the Counseling on Access to Lethal Means (CALM) approach and how lethal means reduction elements were integrated into broader suicide prevention programs in K-12 schools. Following this will be a presentation on the Garrett Lee Smith Suicide Prevention Program, the outcomes of the program, and implications of the findings.

 

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this webinar, participants will:

 1.    Describe the importance of integrating lethal means reduction elements into broader suicide prevention programs
2.    Describe the Garrett Lee Smith Memorial (GLSM) Suicide Prevention Program
3.    Examine implications of the GLSM program

Presenters:

1-Kurt Michael, Ph.D. Stanley R. Aeschleman Distinguished Professor of Psychology & Asst. Chairperson, Dept of Psychology, Appalachian State University

2-John Paul (JP) Jameson, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Psychology

Appalachian State University

3-David Goldston, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine

4-Christine Walrath, PhD Chief Science Officer in Public Health, ICF

 

Continuing Education:

This self-study training is designated for: Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1.5 total Category I continuing education contact hour, and for professionals with a Certificate of Public Health (CPH) to receive 1.0 CPH Recertification Credit. 

 

Continuing education credits are offered for this training for Safe States members. These include credits for individuals who are Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and Certified in Public Health (CPH). 

 

Training Instructions

To complete this training, you will need to:  

  1. Participate in the training by accessing the Recorded Webinar
  2. View Powerpoint slides
  3. Create your Certificate of Completion.          

 

If you encounter any technical difficulties related to this training, please contact the Safe States Alliance at info@safestates.org or (770) 690-9000.

Understanding and Leveraging the Power of Media for Suicide Prevention

Overview:

This webinar will begin with a detailed discussion on the influence of media (print, digital, and social media) on suicide ideation. Following this will be a presentation by the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline on their efforts to address suicidal individuals, and how others can help prevent suicide through intervening on social and digital media.

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Learning Objectives:

At the end of this webinar, participants will:

​1. Describe media’s reporting of suicide on suicide ideation

2. Describe the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline’s efforts to address suicidal individuals

3. Demonstrate how practitioners, researchers, and lay people can use the “Support for Suicidal Individuals on Social and Digital Media” toolkit

Presenters:

1. Thomas Niederkrotenthaler, MD, PhD, MMSc Associate Professor and Head, Suicide Research & Mental Health Promotion Center for Public Health Medical University of Vienna, Austria

 

2. Tom Shukis Network Engagement Coordinator for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

 

3. Frances Gonzalez Senior Director of Marketing and Communications for Vibrant Emotional Health

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Continuing Education:

This self-study training is designated for: (1) Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1.5 total Category I continuing education contact hour, and (2) for professionals with a Certificate of Public Health (CPH) to receive 1.0 CPH Recertification Credit. 

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Continuing education credits are offered for this training for Safe States members. These include credits for individuals who are Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and Certified in Public Health (CPH). 

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Training Instructions

To complete this training, you will need to:  

  1. Participate in the training by accessing the Recorded webinar
  2. View Powerpoint slides
  3. Create your Certificate of Completion.          

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If you encounter any technical difficulties related to this training, please contact the Safe States Alliance at info@safestates.org or (770) 690-9000.

You’ve Got a Friend in Media: How Public Health Partnerships with Media Professionals Can Transform Coverage of IVP and Trauma

Overview:

Unintentional injuries and violence are often highly newsworthy, and media coverage has a profound effect on how communities understand and address these issues. Media professionals have demonstrated strength in humanizing story subjects, elevating overlooked public health problems, and pushing elected officials to take action on headlining issues. However, the pressure of deadlines and limited access to/awareness of public health data or effective interventions can result in stories that leave people feeling hopeless, helpless or unaffected. Public health can assist the media in contextualizing injuries and violence and provide evidence-based prevention strategies. Compelling solutions-oriented stories can galvanize community- and systems-level change to address shared risk and protective factors for injury and violence.

 

The Louisiana Core State Violence and Injury Prevention Program (Core SVIPP) and Tulane University’s Violence Prevention Institute hosted a workshop for media professionals on reporting sensitive, complex topics related to violence and trauma. The workshop taught media professionals how to reframe their reporting to illuminate the driving forces behind injury and violence, highlight prevention strategies, and encourage productive public discourse. Preliminary evaluation results showed that the workshop was well-received, and revealed additional opportunities to build effective relationships between public health and media professionals.

 

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this webinar, participants will understand:

1. Explain how media coverage of injuries, violence and trauma can help or hurt public health efforts around these issues.


2. Understand how partnerships with media professionals can fit into a shared risk and protective factor approach to preventing and reducing injuries and violence.

 

3. Assess their agency’s capacity to plan and host a workshop for news media professionals in their community, region or state based on available resources, budget, and time.

 

Presenters:

  • Chloe Lake, Health Education & Communications Coordinator, Louisiana Department of Health
  • Kristen Sanderson, Prevention Initiatives Coordinator, Louisiana Department of Health

 

Continuing Education:

This self-study training is designated for: (1) Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1.0 total Category I continuing education contact hour, and (2) for professionals with a Certificate of Public Health (CPH) to receive 1.0 CPH Recertification Credit.

Continuing education credits are offered for this training for Safe States members. These include credits for individuals who are Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and Certified in Public Health (CPH). 

 

Training Instructions

To complete this training, you will need to:

  1. Participate in the training by accessing the Recorded Webinar
  2. View Powerpoint slides: You’ve Got a Friend in Media – SafeStates 2019
  3. Create your Certificate of Completion.

 

If you encounter any technical difficulties related to this training, please contact the Safe States Alliance at info@safestates.org or (770) 690-9000.

Suicide Prevention: Introduction To and Application of State and National Data

Overview:

 

Using state and national data, this webinar will: (1) provide an overview of recent trends in suicide, including populations disproportionately affected; (2) description of data collection processes, and available data for use; and (3) evidence-based approaches to suicide risk assessment, prevention, and safety-planning.

 

Learning Objectives:

 

At the end of this webinar, participants will understand: (1) recent trends in suicide deaths; (2) changes in trends over time; (3) non-fatal implications of completed suicides; and (4) how to develop and tailoring safety plans for those at risk for suicide.

 

Presenter information:

 

Alex Crosby, CDC

Janet Blair, CDC

Rana Bayakly, Georgia Department of Public Health

Dorian A. Lamis, Emory University School of Medicine

 

POWERPOINT PRESENTATION: Suicide Prevention Webinar 1

Applying a Shared Risk & Protective Factor Approach to Injury and Violence Prevention — Evaluating Shared Risk and Protective Factors to Address ACEs, Suicide, and Opioid Misuse – Examples from States

Overview

This is Webinar #2 in a two-part series showcasing examples from states on leveraging and evaluating shared risk and protective factors to address ACEs, suicide, and opioid misue. This interactive webinar features representatives from two states and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) who share stories and lessons they have learned in their approach to connect work across three priority areas: ACEs, Suicide Prevention, and Opioid Misuse. This webinar provides an introduction to evaluation principles for shared risk and protective factors utilized by states and the CDC.

 

Learning Objectives

As a result of participating in this self-study training, participants will:  

  • Participants will learn about how different communities approached evaluation to Shared Risk and Protective Factors.
  • Participants will better understand what challenges communities experienced when embarking on evaluation efforts with Shared Risk and Protective Factors and what they have learned in this process.

 

Presenters

 

  • Natalie Wilkens, CDC
  • Ali Maffey, Colorado
  • Deanna Ferrell, Utah
  • Allison Whitworth, Utah
  • Jennifer Woody Collins, Moderator

 

Continuing Education

 

Continuing education credits are offered for this training for Safe States members. These include credits for individuals who are Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and Certified in Public Health (CPH). This self-study training is designated for: (1) Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1.5 total Category I continuing education contact hour, and (2) for professionals with a Certificate of Public Health (CPH) to receive 1.5 CPH Recertification Credit. 


Training Instructions
 

To complete this training, you will need to:  

 

  1. Participate in the training by accessing the recorded webinar and additional resources:
    Recorded Webinar #2
    Webinar #2 Slides 
  2. Complete the online evaluation which includes questions for you to report CPH or CHES continuing education credits for this training. Please note, you must complete this online evaluation and its CPH and/or CHES questions in order for Safe States to submit your CPH and/or CHES credits to the respective CEU providers. 
  3. Create your certificate of completion.          

 

If you encounter any technical difficulties related to this training, please contact the Safe States Alliance at info@safestates.org or (770) 690-9000.

Applying a Shared Risk & Protective Factor Public Health Approach to Injury and Violence Prevention — Leveraging Injury Prevention Efforts to Address ACEs, Suicide, and Opioid Misuse – Examples from States

Overview

This is Webinar #1 in a two-part series showcasing examples from states on leveraging and evaluating shared risk and protective factors to address ACEs, suicide, and opioid misue. This interactive webinar features representatives from states and the CDC sharing stories and lessons they have learned in the in their approach to connect work across three priority areas: ACEs, Suicide Prevention, and Opioid Misuse. With a particular emphasis on efforts to address shared risk and protective factors, this webinar provides specific examples of how connections can be used to support work across multiple funding sources in the areas of programming, policy, data, surveillance, and partnerships.

 

Learning Objectives

As a result of participating in this self-study training, participants will:  

  • Participants will learn about Shared Risk & Protective Factors and how different communities applied and supported work in addressing them.
  • Participants will better understand what elements are needed to make working on Shared Risk & Protective Factors successful.

 

Presenters

 

  • Natalie Wilkens, CDC
  • Travis Vendetti, Rhode Island
  • Sarah Dinklage, Rhode Island
  • Michael Bauer, New York
  • Glynnis Hunt, New York
  • Ingrid Bou-Saada, North Carolina
  • Jane Herwehe, Louisiana
  • Mariana Garretson, Moderator

 

 

Continuing Education

 

Continuing education credits are offered for this training for Safe States members. These include credits for individuals who are Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and Certified in Public Health (CPH). This self-study training is designated for: (1) Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1.5 total Category I continuing education contact hour, and (2) for professionals with a Certificate of Public Health (CPH) to receive 1.5 CPH Recertification Credit. 


Training Instructions
 

To complete this training, you will need to:  

 

  1. Participate in the training by accessing the recorded webinar and additional resources:
    Recorded Webinar #1
    Webinar #1 Slides 
  2. Complete the online evaluation, which includes questions for you to report CPH or CHES continuing education credits for this training. Please note, you must complete this online evaluation and its CPH and/or CHES questions in order for Safe States to submit your CPH and/or CHES credits to the respective CEU providers. 
  3. Create your certificate of completion.          

 

If you encounter any technical difficulties related to this training, please contact the Safe States Alliance at info@safestates.org or (770) 690-9000.

Comprehensive Suicide Prevention – It’s More than a Mental Health Concern

Overview

In 2016, nearly 45,000 lives were lost to suicide. A recent report from CDC tells us that suicide rates have increased by more than 30% in half of US states between 1999 and 2016. The report also tells us that according to data from 27 states participating in the National Violent Death Reporting System (NVDRS, 2015), more than half of people who died by suicide were not known to have a mental health condition; but commonly reported relationship, substance misuse, physical health, job, money, legal or housing stress among other circumstances. To stem the tide of this growing public health problem, a national goal was set to reduce the annual suicide rate 20% by 2025. Meeting this goal will require implementation of comprehensive suicide prevention strategies which relies on a public health approach that goes beyond a focus on mental health conditions alone. Suicide prevention includes everyone in communities across the public and private sectors, from government agencies, to people with lived experience, to employers, to healthcare systems and beyond.

   

 

Learning Objectives

As a result of participating in this self-study training, participants will:  

  • Learn the latest findings on suicide from CDC scientists, State Health Department leaders in suicide prevention, and experts on suicide among U.S. Veterans.
  • Have a better understanding of how suicide is more than just a concern in mental health and that it spans across public health, substance abuse, and injury prevention fields as well.

 

Presenters

  • Jerry Reed, Education Development Center
  • Deborah Stone, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Sheryll Brown, Private Consultant/Oklahoma State Department of Health – retired
  • Kimberly Myers, Utah Department of Human Services
  • Jeffrey Hill, Rhode Island Department of Health

 

Continuing Education

Continuing education credits are offered for this training for Safe States members. These include credits for individuals who are Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and Certified in Public Health (CPH). This self-study training is designated for: (1) Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1.5 total Category I continuing education contact hour, and (2) for professionals with a Certificate of Public Health (CPH) to receive 1.0 CPH Recertification Credit. 


Training Instructions
 

To complete this training, you will need to:  

 

  1. Participate in the training by accessing the recorded webinar and additional resources:
    Recorded Webinar
    Webinar Slides
  2. Complete the online evaluation which includes questions for you to report CPH or CHES continuing education credits for this training. Please note, you must complete this online evaluation and its CPH and/or CHES questions in order for Safe States to submit your CPH and/or CHES credits to the respective CEU providers. 
  3. Create your certificate of completion.          

 

If you encounter any technical difficulties related to this training, please contact the Safe States Alliance at info@safestates.org or (770) 690-9000.

Evaluating Web-Based Public Health and Public Awareness Campaigns

The theme for the 2012 ASTHO, NACCHO, & Safe States Alliance webcast series is “Using Communication and Media to Prevent Injuries & Violence.”

This is the third webinar in the three-part series. Evaluating public health interventions is a necessary step in determining health improvement. Results from robust evaluations assist public health professionals in identifying the links between program inputs, activities, and outcomes to guide improvement and drive behavior change. The same is true for web-based and multimedia public health campaigns, especially as they are becoming increasingly more common. Evaluating the effects of exposure to public awareness campaigns helps understand how these programs can supplement evidence-based programs, or serve as a standalone strategy for engaging target audiences.

 

Highlighting examples from public awareness campaigns and web-based social media projects, this webcast will:

  • Describe methods for evaluation and measurement
  • Learn how public health agencies have engaged communities and stakeholders through web-based and social media platforms
  • Discuss the development and outcomes of public health campaigns in the context of promoting mental health, and preventing child abuse and neglect;
  • Review methods for collecting data during social media events (e.g., live Twitter chats)

 

The three webinars in this series are: Webinar 1: Making the Front Page: Using Media Strategies to Promote Injury and Violence Prevention Programs, Webinar 2: #Prevention: How State and Local Health Departments Can Capitalize on Social Media, Webinar 3: Evaluating Web-Based Public Health and Public Awareness Campaigns

 

Continuing education credits are offered for this training for Safe States members. These include credits for individuals who are Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and Certified in Public Health (CPH).