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Scope Note: Public health practices for comprehensive prevention efforts; Articles about how to do planning/development, implementation, and evaluation.

Advocate for change
URL: http://ctb.ku.edu/tools/advocateforchange/index.jsp
Part of the University of Kansas's Community Toolbox. This part of the toolbox provides a framework and support for advocating change. There are outlines, how-to materials, and links to other resources about advocacy.
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Assessing and planning toolkit for suicide prevention in First Nations communities
URL: http://www.naho.ca/firstnations/english/documents/FNC-SuicidePreventionToolkit-Eng.pdf
This publication has been developed to help individuals and groups interested in addressing the issue of suicide in their communities. It is a framework to guide First Nations in assessing and planning a suicide prevention plan. Communities are encouraged to adapt the tool to meet their own needs. The tool kit also provides information and research on suicide prevention to increase awareness and encourage discussion.
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Best Practices Registry (BPR) For Suicide Prevention
URL: http://www.sprc.org/featured_resources/bpr/index.asp
The purpose of the BPR is to identify, review, and disseminate information about best practices that address specific objectives of the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention.
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Blueprints for violence prevention
URL: http://www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org/publications/PubAbstract.asp?pubi=11721
Describes the Blueprints for Violence Prevention initiative, presents lessons learned about program implementation, and provides recommendations for program designers, funders, and implementing agencies and organizations. The Blueprints project was developed by the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence at the University of Colorado–Boulder and is supported by OJJDP. It has evolved into a large-scale prevention initiative, both identifying model programs and providing technical support to help sites choose and implement programs with a high degree of integrity. After reviewing more than 600 violence prevention programs, the Blueprints initiative has identified 11 model programs and 21 promising programs that prevent violence and drug use and treat youth with problem behaviors. Available online only.(Description from OFFDP web site)
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Building bridges between residential and nonresidential services in systems of care: Summary of the Special Forum held at the 2006 Georgetown University Training Institutes
URL: http://gucchd.georgetown.edu/programs/ta_center/TrainingInstitutes/SpecialForums/Building%20Bridges%20Between%20Residential%20and%20Nonresidential%20Services%20in.pdf
Describes Building Bridges Summit (Omaha,NE, June 2006) and service delivery strategies.
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Building capacity to meet the demand for services: Beyond the therapist’s office
URL: http://www.sprc.org/grantees/campus/PDF/Silverman_BuildingCapacity.pdf
Campus Suicide Prevention Grantee Technical Assistance Meeting. January 17-19, 2007, Gaithersburg, MD. Discusses psychological needs of suicidal patients and how prevention programs can use understanding of those needs.
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CDC Recommendations for a Community Plan for the Prevention and Containment of Suicide Clusters
URL: http://wonder.cdc.gov/wonder/PrevGuid/p0000214/p0000214.asp
Published as: MMWR 37(S-6);1-12. Recommendations in this report were developed to assist community leaders in public health, mental health, education, and other fields to develop a community response plan for suicide clusters or for situations that might develop into suicide clusters. A workshop for developing these recommendations was jointly sponsored by the New Jersey State Department of Health and CDC on November 16-17, 1987, in Newark New Jersey.
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Coming Together to Care: A Suicide Prevention Toolkit for Texas Communities
URL: http://www.mhatexas.org/SuicidePreventToolkit8_04.htm
This suicide prevention toolkit for Texas communities is organized in two parts. The first covers the basic knowledge that people need to have in order to act effectively on this issue, and the second covers actions they can take once they have that basic knowledge. The authors’ goal is to make this a very practical resource that community leaders can easily use in efforts to prevent suicide deaths in Texas. Updates to the toolkit will be posted periodically on the Mental Health Association in Texas Web site at http://www.mhatexas.org/ and portions on the Texas State Strategic Health Partnership Web site at http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/sshp/sshp.htm/. (Description from the document introduction)
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Core Competencies for Injury and Violence Prevention
URL: http://www.injuryed.org/competencies.htm
These competencies and their related learning objectives were developed through the conduct of needs assessment exercises, a review of existing competencies in other disciplines, and the input of several existing professionals in the injury and violence prevention field. (Description from the injuryed.org web site.)
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Cultural and linguistic competence
URL: http://www.promoteprevent.org/Resources/clc/
This toolkit is based on a model of three interconnected arches: organizational structure, engagement, and services/activities/interventions. Together, the arches provide the support to create a solid foundation for the Safe Schools/Healthy Students (SS/HS) initiative.
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Cultural and linguistic competence policy assessment (CLCPA)
URL: http://www.clcpa.info/document.html
The CLCPA is designed to examine cultural and linguistic competence at an agency or organization. This website contains the tool itself and a guide to using the tool.
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Data-Driven prevention planning model
URL: http://www.sprc.org/library/datadriven.pdf
A suicide prevention planning model by Richard Catalano and David Hawkins is outlined in five steps. The model assumes that a broad-based coalition has been formed and is sufficiently organized to support the infrastructure necessary for this plan.
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Developing community capacity
URL: http://www.wkkf.org/pubs/Health/Pub656.pdf
Module one of "Sustaining Community-Based Initiatives". The module is designed to improve the community’s capacity for positive change by promoting citizen participation, action and leadership.
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Early childhood mental health consultation: An evaluation tool kit
URL: http://gucchd.georgetown.edu/files/products_publications/TACenter/ecmhc_toolkit.pdf
Combines a brief review of the literature and current research addressing the effectiveness of early childhood mental health consultation with guidance for designing and implementing program evaluation. It will help states, communities, and programs increase their capacity for high-quality evaluation of early childhood mental health consultation in community-based settings.
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Elder suicide prevention: A review of best practices and recommendations for state initiatives in Maine
URL: http://www.sprc.org/library/elderSPmaine.pdf
This manual describes: evidence based practices of elder suicide prevention; screening tools for assessing elder suicide risk; best practices in elder suicide prevention across the U.S.; current training programs for direct care staff in other states; public awareness education campaigns; and funding sources that could support Maine in pursuing this issue further. Prepared for the Joint Advisory Committee on Select Services for Older Persons (JAC) and the Maine Department of Health and Human Services.
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Essential tips for successful collaboration
URL: http://www.neahin.org/programs/reproductive/Essential%20Tips%20Collaboration.BW.pdf
This document represents a synthesis of the key lessons learned throughout a five-year initiative driven by a successful, national-level collaborative around school-based teen pregnancy prevention. It describes the key elements that contribute to the development and sustainability of successful collaborations around complex issues.
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Feasibility tool for the implementation of prevention programs
URL: http://www.sprc.org/library/feasibility_tool.pdf
6 pages. Each page contains a chart to fill in to determine the feasibility of different elements of a prevention program, including: Resources, Target Populations, Organizational Climate, Community Climate, Evaluability, and Future Sustainability
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Finding data on suicidal behavior
URL: http://www.sprc.org/library/datasources.pdf
Sources for collecting suicide and suicidal behavior data at both the local and national level are listed.
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Getting to outcomes 2004: Promoting Accountability Through Methods and Tools for Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation
URL: http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR101/
Incorporating traditional evaluation, empowerment evaluation, results-based accountability, and continuous quality improvement, this manual's ten-step process enhances practitioners' substance abuse prevention skills while empowering them to plan, implement, and evaluate their own programs. The manual's text and worksheets address needs and resources assessment; goals and objectives; choosing programs; ensuring program "fit"; capacity, planning, process, and outcome evaluation; continuous quality improvement; and sustainability.
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Ideas for Suicide Prevention Week
URL: http://www.sprc.org/library/spweek.pdf
A list of 14 program and activity ideas to perform for suicide prevention week or anytime throughout the year.
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Impact and value: Telling your program's story
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/Oralhealth/publications/library/pdf/success_story_workbook.pdf
The purpose of this workbook is to help public health program administrators understand what a “success story” is, why it is important to tell success stories, and how to develop success stories.
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Incorporating suicide attempt survivors in state & local suicide prevention efforts (SPRC Discussion Series)
URL: http://www.sprc.org/traininginstitute/disc_series/disc_8.asp
A presentation on incorporating suicide attempt survivors in prevention efforts. The Research to Practice Webinar webpage contains an author biography, PowerPoint slides, and an audio file of the discussion.
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Instructions for Conducting a SWOT Analysis
URL: http://www.sprc.org/library/swot.pdf
A tool to identify Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) of critical aspects of suicide prevention efforts. A bibliography is included.
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Involving students as allies in suicide prevention
URL: http://www.sprc.org/grantees/campus/PDF/Malmon_ActiveMinds.pdf
Campus Suicide Prevention Grantee Technical Assistance Meeting. January 17-19, 2007, Gaithersburg, MD. Describes Active Minds, a program that involves students in mental health programming.
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Leaving a legacy: Sustaining change in your community
URL: http://www.sprc.org/grantees/pdf/2006/legacywheel2.pdf
State/Tribal/Adolescents at Risk Suicide Prevention Grantee Technical Assistance Meeting. December 12–14, 2006, North Bethesda, MD. Explains the "Legacy Wheel" model of program planning, implementation and evaluation.
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Legacy Wheel
URL: http://www.promoteprevent.org/Resources/legacy_wheel/
This online manual educates the Center grantees on eight key program development areas: relationships among community entities (agencies, coalitions, schools, and parent groups), and between individuals; community awareness of mental health or youth violence issues; leadership across and within systems; policies and procedures; the use of evaluation data in decision making; staff competencies and other program capacities; strategic planning approaches; and funding streams.
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Mood disorders and substance use disorder: A complex comorbidity
URL: http://www.drugabuse.gov/PDF/Perspectives/vol3no1/MoodDis.pdf
NIDA Science and Practice Perspectives, 2005 Dec. This article explores the prevalence and relationship of co-occurring mood disorders and substance use disorders, describes a methodical approach to assessment, and reviews evidence based psychotherapeutic and pharmacotherapeutic treatments.
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National Patient Safety Goals
URL: http://www.jointcommission.org/PatientSafety/NationalPatientSafetyGoals/
The Joint Commission evaluates and accredits nearly 15,000 health care organizations and programs in the United States. From 2002, The Joint Commission approves annual sets of National Patient Safety Goals (NPSGs) with related specific requirements.
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No longer alone: A resource manual for rural sexual minority youth and the adults who serve them
URL: http://www.nyacyouth.org/docs/ruralyouth/NoLongerAlone.pdf
This resource manual assists concerned adults in creating safe environments for rural gay youth. Includes information for students, teachers, and social service providers. Offers a comprehensive list of resources.
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Oregon Older Adult Suicide Prevention Advisory Work Group Plan
URL: http://oregon.gov/DHS/ph/ipe/esp/docs/plan.pdf
In 2003, Oregon had the fourth highest suicide rate among older adults in the US. This plan identifies three primary strategies to prevent suicide in older adults: clinically based suicide prevention; community-based suicide prevention; and public health surveillance, program evaluation, and research.
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Preventing youth suicide in rural America: Recommendations to states
URL: http://www.sprc.org/library/ruralyouth.pdf
SPRC and the State and Territorial Injury Prevention Directors Association formed a workgroup to generate recommendations to prevent suicide among rural youth. This report details the recommendations for state-level agencies to address promoting help-seeking behaviors, data and surveillance, services, screening and identification, gatekeeper training, bereavement, and survivor issues.
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Restoring balance: Community owned wellness
URL: http://www.sprc.org/library/RestoringBalance.pdf
This manual provides a process for use by American Indian/Alaska Native communities to address wellness, identify their own resources, and use the knowledge and ability of community members to promote change to improve the physical, social, and spiritual environment of the community.
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Risk of suicide and related adverse outcomes after exposure to a suicide prevention programme in the US Air Force: cohort study
URL: http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/reprint/327/7428/1376
[Journal article]. Published in: BMJ. 2003 Dec 13;327(7428):1376. In 1996 the US Air Force implemented a programme that focused on removing the shame associated with mental health problems and on increasing social support, coping skills, and help seeking; Knox and colleagues analysed its impact on more than five million soldiers. The number of suicides was reduced by a third, and adverse events associated with similar risk factors—homicides, severe family violence, and accidental deaths—were reduced by up to 54%.
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State suicide prevention planning: A CDC research brief
URL: http://www.sprc.org/library/Lubell State Suicide Prevention Planning - Research Brief.pdf
This report summarizes the results of a CDC research study conducted to document the key processes involved in developing successful state suicide prevention plans. The results of this study do not provide a universal blueprint for suicide prevention, but the insights garnered provide states with valuable information for effective planning, implementation, and evaluation.
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Successful Program Implementation: Lessons From Blueprints
URL: http://www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org/publications/PubAbstract.asp?pubi=11719
July 2004 Juvenile Justice Bulletin. Presents results of the process evaluation of Blueprints programs, identifying critical components of program implementation. The Blueprints for Violence Prevention initiative, developed by the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence at the University of Colorado–Boulder and supported by OJJDP, is a leader in identifying exemplary violence prevention and drug prevention programs that have been evaluated in rigorous, controlled trials. A major goal of the Blueprints initiative has been to enhance the understanding of program implementation by studying the factors that hinder the successful implementation of programs. This was accomplished by conducting process evaluations at each of the Blueprints replication sites. (Description form OJJDP site)
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Suicide awareness event resource kit
URL: http://www.sprc.org/library/event_kit/index.asp
A logistics planning guide and general and state specific materials to help you organize, plan and conduct a successful event to raise awareness about suicide and suicide prevention. The kit contains sample publicity materials, state and national data sheets, and legislative information.
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Suicide prevention community assessment tool
URL: http://www.sprc.org/library/catool.pdf
Adapted from: Community Assessment Tool developed by the Suicide Prevention Program at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. This assessment tool is targeted for "prevention networks," coalitions of change-oriented organizations and individuals working together to promote suicide prevention. It is comprised of four sections intended to gather information on: a) each community addressed; b) all agencies and individuals within the prevention network; c) target populations; and d) community suicide risk factors and prevention resources.
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Suicide prevention: Prevention effectiveness and evaluation
URL: http://www.sprc.org/library/prevtoolkit.pdf
This booklet explains important prevention and evaluation concepts in the context of suicide prevention. It is designed for prevention program managers and staff to facilitate a common understanding and language with prevention and evaluation specialists.
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Suicide prevention: The public health approach
URL: http://www.sprc.org/library/phasp.pdf
Defines the five main steps of the public health approach and applies it toward suicide prevention.
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Tips for funding your program, determining your needs and developing a plan
URL: http://www.sprc.org/library/fundingtips.pdf
Contains tips, as well as websites for government grants, foundations, and statement research.
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USAF Suicide Prevention Program: Lessons for public health prevention in non-military ("normal") communities (SPRC Discussion Series)
URL: http://www.sprc.org/traininginstitute/disc_series/disc_1.asp
A presentation on lessons learned from the implementation of the US Air Force Suicide Prevention Program. The Research to Practice Webinar webpage contains an author biography, PowerPoint slides, and an audio file of the discussion.
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