scholarly journals What Works in Community-Led Suicide Prevention: Perspectives of Wesley LifeForce Network Coordinators

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 6084
Author(s):  
Lennart Reifels ◽  
Amy Morgan ◽  
Lay San Too ◽  
Marisa Schlichthorst ◽  
Michelle Williamson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Network Member ◽  
Local Health ◽  
Community Coalitions ◽  
National Cohort ◽  
Community Outcomes ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Effective Network

Community coalitions have been recognised as an important vehicle to advance health promotion and address relevant local health issues in communities, yet little is known about their effectiveness in the field of suicide prevention. The Wesley Lifeforce Suicide Prevention Networks program consists of a national cohort of local community-led suicide prevention networks. This study drew on a nationally representative survey and the perspectives of coordinators of these networks to identify the key factors underpinning positive perceived network member and community outcomes. Survey data were analysed through descriptive statistics and linear regression analyses. Networks typically reported better outcomes for network members and communities if they had been in existence for longer, had a focus on the general community, and had conducted more network meetings and internal processes, as well as specific community-focused activities. Study findings strengthen the evidence base for effective network operations and lend further support to the merit of community coalitions in the field of suicide prevention, with implications for similar initiatives, policymakers, and wider sector stakeholders seeking to address suicide prevention issues at a local community level.

Strengthening the Evidence Base in Suicide Prevention

Crisis ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-81
Author(s):  
Jane Pirkis
Keyword(s):  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Evidence Base

Integrated care: learning from East London

2018 ◽  
Vol 68 (suppl 1) ◽  
pp. bjgp18X697265
Author(s):  
Sonia Bussu
Keyword(s):  
Integrated Care ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Community Health Services ◽  
Health Economy ◽  
Local Health ◽  
Frontline Staff ◽  
Care Community ◽  
Organisation Development ◽  
Integrated Care Pathways ◽  
Local Health System

BackgroundDespite a growing body of literature on integrated, there remains a relatively small evidence base to suggest which elements of integrated care are most effective and how to implement them successfully. This might also be due to the fact that policy thinking around integrated care is struggling to translate into organisation change at the point of delivery. Better understanding of patterns of collaborations and integrated pathways is crucial to understand frontline staff’s OD needs and provide adequate support.AimThis paper focuses on the frontline level to assess progress towards integrated care in East London.MethodWe use admission avoidance (Rapid Response service) and discharge services (Discharge to Assess) as a lens to examine how frontline staff from secondary care, community health services and social service work together to deliver more integrated care. The study uses the Researcher in Residence (RiR), where the researcher is embedded in the in the organisations she is evaluating, as a key member of the delivery team.ResultsInitial findings suggest that while work on integrated care has enabled some level of collaborative working at strategic levels in partner organisations, on the frontline professionals are grappling with issues such as professional identity, professional boundaries, mutual trust and accountability, as new services and roles struggle to be fully embedded within the local health system.ConclusionThe paper sheds light on to the complexity on integrated care at the point of delivery. Better understanding of integrated care pathways is crucial to evidence patterns of collaboration across organisations; assess how these new roles and teams are embedding themselves within the local health economy; identify organisation development needs; and provide adequate support to frontline staff.

Medicine between Cultures in the Hellenistic Fayum

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel King
Keyword(s):  
Local Community ◽  
Religious Practice ◽  
Local Health ◽  
Medical Culture ◽  
Greek Culture ◽  
The Status ◽  
Local Health Care ◽  
Egyptian Culture ◽  
Medical Documents ◽  
Medical Treatises

This paper looks into the relationship between Greek medicine and Egyptian culture in Tebtynis. Cultural interaction in this context has often been interpreted from a perspective that privileges the status of Greek culture: Hellenistic medical treatises (and other texts) were imported to Tebtynis to ‘improve’ the local community and local health-care. This paper looks at two aspects of Greek medical culture at the site: theoretical Hippokratic treatises and pharmaceutical recipes. These medical documents were associated with the Egyptian community in the village, especially the famous sanctuary of Soknebtynis. Analysis suggests that these documents were part of a medical culture that transcended cultural or ethnic divides; there is, this paper argues, considerable evidence for the co-existence of Greek medicine and Egyptian religious practice and ritual life.

scholarly journals Local community intervention through depression screening and group activity for elderly suicide prevention

2006 ◽  
Vol 60 (1) ◽  
pp. 110-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
HIROFUMI OYAMA ◽  
YUTAKA ONO ◽  
NAOKI WATANABE ◽  
ERIKO TANAKA ◽  
SEIJIRO KUDOH ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Community Intervention ◽  
Group Activity ◽  
Depression Screening ◽  
Elderly Suicide

scholarly journals Australia's National Suicide Prevention Strategy: the next chapter

2006 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jo Robinson ◽  
Patrick McGorry ◽  
Meredith G Harris ◽  
Jane Pirkis ◽  
Philip Burgess ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Illness ◽  
High Risk ◽  
Suicide Prevention ◽  
Risk Groups ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Prevention Strategy ◽  
People With Mental Illness ◽  
Prevention Activities ◽  
The Impact

Australia?s National Suicide Prevention Strategy (NSPS) is about to move into a new funding phase. In this context this paper considers the emphasis of the NSPS since its inception in 1999. Certain high-risk groups (particularly people with mental illness and people who have selfharmed) have been relatively neglected, and some promising approaches (particularly selective and indicated interventions) have been under-emphasised. This balance should be redressed and the opportunity should be taken to build the evidence-base regarding suicide prevention. Such steps have the potential to maximise the impact of suicide prevention activities in Australia.

scholarly journals A Coproduction Community Based Approach to Reducing Smoking Prevalence in a Local Community Setting

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. J. McGeechan ◽  
D. Woodall ◽  
L. Anderson ◽  
L. Wilson ◽  
G. O’Neill ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Smoking Prevalence ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Community Setting ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Service Development ◽  
Local Health ◽  
Small Community ◽  
Prevalence Survey ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
Health And Well Being

Research highlights that asset-based community development where local residents become equal partners in service development may help promote health and well-being. This paper outlines baseline results of a coproduction evaluation of an asset-based approach to improving health and well-being within a small community through promoting tobacco control. Local residents were recruited and trained as community researchers to deliver a smoking prevalence survey within their local community and became local health champions, promoting health and well-being. The results of the survey will be used to inform health promotion activities within the community. The local smoking prevalence was higher than the regional and national averages. Half of the households surveyed had at least one smoker, and 63.1% of children lived in a smoking household. Nonsmokers reported higher well-being than smokers; however, the differences were not significant. Whilst the community has a high smoking prevalence, more than half of the smokers surveyed would consider quitting. Providing smoking cessation advice in GP surgeries may help reduce smoking prevalence in this community. Work in the area could be done to reduce children’s exposure to smoking in the home.

Best practice relief supply for emergency services in a developed economy

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 107-132 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark M.J. Wilson ◽  
Peter Tatham ◽  
John Payne ◽  
Cécile L’Hermitte ◽  
Michael Shapland
Keyword(s):  
Disaster Response ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Emergency Services ◽  
Developed Country ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Emergency Relief ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Emergency Logistics ◽  
Community Outcomes

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discuss the challenges inherent in planning and responding to disaster events in a multi-agency context where numerous governmental and non-governmental actors and agencies are involved in the planning and response phases. In particular, the authors examine a situation where a lead agency has recently been delegated the responsibility for emergency relief logistics and how it might determine and implement best practice. Design/methodology/approach Adopting an iterative inductive approach, the authors gather data and insights from academic literature, emergency management policies, frameworks and documents and exploratory in-depth interviews with 12 key informants who have considerable experience with the challenges of logistic preparation and response to disasters in a developed country context. The data and context are limited to developed counties, especially the state of Queensland, Australia. Findings The authors discuss the challenge of achieving coordinated supply chain management where mandated/lead response agencies are required to meet stakeholder and local community expectations and outcomes. From these findings, the authors offer 11 practical recommendations to assist the delivery of best practice in emergency logistics. Originality/value Humanitarian logistics is usually examined from a low/middle-income country perspective, yet an efficient and effective disaster response is no less important for developed economies. In this respect, the authors offer a fresh examination of the challenges of delivering best practice for emergency logistics in order to achieve expected community outcomes.

Childhood Sexual Violence in Indonesia: A Systematic Review

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 284-299 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lauren Rumble ◽  
Ryan Fajar Febrianto ◽  
Melania Niken Larasati ◽  
Carolyn Hamilton ◽  
Ben Mathews ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Protective Factors ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Survey Methods ◽  
Significant Risk ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
Childhood Experiences ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Prevalence Studies ◽  
Nationally Representative

There has been relatively little research into the prevalence of childhood sexual violence (CSV) as well as the risk and protective factors for CSV in low- and middle-income countries including Indonesia. Systematic searches conducted in English and Bahasa Indonesia in this review identified 594 records published between 2006 and 2016 in peer-reviewed journals and other literature including 299 Indonesian records. Fifteen studies, including nine prevalence studies, met the quality appraisal criteria developed for this review. The review found that CSV research is scarce: Only one study included nationally representative prevalence estimates. Varying definitions for CSV, survey methods, and sample characteristics limited the generalizability of the data. The available evidence points to significant risk of sexual violence affecting both girls and boys across many geographical and institutional settings. Married adolescent girls are vulnerable to sexual violence by partners in their homes. Children in schools are vulnerable to CSV by peers and adults. Victims seldom disclose incidents and rarely seek support. In addition, early childhood experiences of trauma were strongly associated with later perpetration of sexual violence and revictimization. Limited information is available about protective factors. This review synthesizes evidence about what is currently known about CSV in Indonesia and identifies the strengths and weaknesses of the existing research. A more robust evidence base regarding CSV is required to better inform policy and justify investment into prevention programs.

Removing Barriers

2015 ◽  
pp. 157-174
Author(s):  
S. Michael Putman ◽  
Jerrell C. Cassady ◽  
Lawrence L. Smith ◽  
Monica L. Heller
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Teacher Education Program ◽  
Academic Support ◽  
At Risk Students ◽  
School Failure ◽  
Support Program ◽  
Students At Risk ◽  
Local Schools ◽  
Community Outcomes

The purpose of this chapter is to articulate the success of a partnership facilitated by a PDS relationship in serving at-risk students in a collection of schools proximal to a university in the Midwest. The authors begin by describing characteristics of community partnerships, including professional development schools, which both enable and hinder schools and stakeholders when they attempt to build innovative partnerships promoting positive school and community outcomes. They then discuss how they leveraged the resources of the local community, a teacher education program, and the local schools to develop and implement an afterschool academic support program targeting students at-risk for school failure. In addition to explaining the procedural elements that were found to be useful in breaking down traditional barriers to effective partnerships (e.g., space, finance, staff, quality curriculum support), the authors present the results of their study that demonstrate student gains in both math and reading.

scholarly journals Collaborative Relationships for Mass Gathering Events

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (s1) ◽  
pp. s109-s109
Author(s):  
Tracie Jones
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Acute Care ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
Collaborative Planning ◽  
Local Health ◽  
Mass Gathering ◽  
Local Hospital ◽  
Medical Response ◽  
The Impact

Introduction:Electronic Dance Music events (EDMs) are complex mass gatherings and given published rates of illnesses, injuries, and hospitalizations, these events can place an additional burden on local health care services. Accordingly, during the planning process for EDMs many stakeholders are involved; however, local hospitals, a key part of the medical safety plan, are often excluded. In this case report, it is posited that the involvement of local hospital(s) and the resulting integration of on-site and acute-care service provision during an event, ultimately reduces the burden placed on local hospitals.Methods:Case report; synthesis of published literature.Results:A 25,000 person per day, two-day mass gathering EDM event trialed a model of collaborative planning with a local community hospital. Planning included the identification of a hospital liaison, pre-event teleconferences between event staff, contracted and public medical response teams, emergency management teams, harm reduction practitioners, public health, and hospital personnel. Throughout the collaborative planning process, vital information was shared in order to optimize patient continuity of care and streamline the transition of care from site medical response to an acute care setting. Outcomes included the prevention of unnecessary transfers to the hospital; however, those patients who required transfer had their initial treatment started prior to leaving the venue. Further, collaborative planning also contributed to improved bidirectional data sharing to better understand the impact on the local hospital of the event, including transfers from the onsite medical team as well as transports from the community and self-presentations for care.Discussion:The collaboration of onsite medical and hospital teams improved the delivery of essential medical care to the patrons of the event and added a layer to the safety planning process essential to mass gathering events.

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