Barriers to and Facilitators of Implementing Suicide Risk Screening in Pediatric Primary Care: A Qualitative Study
Overall, clinicians and support staff reported seeing value in implementing suicide risk screening in pediatric primary care. Our findings underscore the importance of reducing barriers and enhancing facilitators associated with implementing suicide risk screening, risk assessment, and disposition planning to expand suicide prevention efforts to more youths.
Authors
- Alice A. Gaughan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9109-3473)
- S.M. Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8703-6995)
- Shilpa Sangvai
- Erin R. Orlins (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7270-4136)
- Katherine Winner
- Amanda J. Thompson
- Xiaodan Hu
- Cynthia A. Fontanella
- Delaney Marsalek
- Jeffrey A. Bridge
Institutions
- Nationwide Children's Hospital (US)
- Wright State University (US)
- Dayton Children's Hospital (US)
- The Ohio State University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Academic Pediatrics
- Published
- 2026-02-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2026.103252
- Primary Topic
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00