Developing self-efficacy and ‘communities of practice’ between community and institutional partners to prevent suicide and increase mental health in under-resourced communities: expanding the research constructs for upstream prevention
The study widens the scope of suicide prevention. Promising approaches to suicide prevention in rural low-resourced communities include: (1) engaging people in community and institutional roles (2), developing communities of practice for suicide prevention among different sectors of a community, and (3) broadening the scope of suicide prevention to include wellness promotion as well as suicide prevention.
Authors
- Katie Schultz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9073-8759)
- Suzanne Rataj (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1840-5677)
- Joel Ginn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1313-4994)
- Lauren White (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2752-9743)
- Eleni A. Kapoulea (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7272-2246)
- Diane McEachern
- Caroline C. Wells
- Holly Laws (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0388-5687)
- Lisa Wexler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5471-2666)
- Tara Schmidt
- Patrick Habecker (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4435-1593)
Institutions
- Boston College (US)
- University of Nebraska–Lincoln (US)
- University of Alaska Fairbanks (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (US)
- Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corporation (US)
- Institute for Social Research (NO)
- McGill University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-04-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-22465-1
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.61
Funders
- National Institute of Mental Health