Decreases in Suicide Deaths and Attempts Linked to the White Mountain Apache Suicide Surveillance and Prevention System, 2001–2012
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mary F. Cwik
Lauren Tingey
Alexandra Maschino
Novalene Goklish
Francene Larzelere-Hinton … [et al.]
American Journal of Public Health, vol. 106, no. 12, December 2016, pp. 2183-2189
Description
Describes unique system created by the tribe to track and triage deaths, attempts, and ideation, and the community programming developed to identify at-risk youth and increase coping skills and resiliency. Analysis of the data collected showed that the age-adjusted suicide rates had decreased from 40 to 24.7 per 100,000.