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Module 4 > Next steps and resources Congratulations! You have completed Module 4: Developing strategies Now what? We hope that you will take what you learned and use it to build the case for suicide prevention with your colleagues and both existing and future partners. As an initial first step, download a PDF of the module activities to use in meetings or other settings. Also, be sure to check out our other suicide prevention modules and multimedia resources.
This blog is an excerpt from the new book, Community Resilience: Equitable Practices for an Uncertain Future , which is the fifth volume of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Culture of Health book series (co-published by Oxford University Press). You can order a free hard copy of the book here .
In this video interview, Sarah Brummett, Office of Suicide Prevention Director, shares how Colorado’s state infrastructure for suicide prevention has allowed for focused attention on addressing the issue, even during the COVID-19 pandemic. Key learnings Sarah shares include: - The CDC’s suicide prevention technical package can be used to cross-check local identified and prioritized strategies and make the case to partners that there is research backing specific prevention strategies. - State government has an important role to play in braiding and blending funds to invest in local communities
In February, a group of young changemakers partnered with CLASP, the Center for Law and Social Policy, to launch #WhyWeCantWait: A New Deal for Youth. A New Deal for Youth calls on leaders in the public and private sectors to support youth-led policy solutions to address the glaring economic and social injustices facing young people today, particularly young people of color. In this podcast, Prevention Institute's Ruben Cantu talks with Dr. Nia West-Bey, a senior policy analyst on CLASP’s youth team, and three New Deal for Youth changemakers—Isabel Coronado of Next100 in New Mexico; Kadesha
In this video interview Mego Lien, Prevention Services Division Manager, Behavioral Health Services Department of Santa Clara County, shares how Santa Clara County, California has used the technical package and how the suicide prevention program has adapted its strategies during the COVID-19 pandemic. Key learnings Mego shares include: Suicide and suicide prevention are complex and require us to work collaboratively on a wide range of strategies. - The CDC’s suicide prevention technical package helps communities understand best available research and apply fundamental public health models. -
In the wake of increasing violence against Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) in California and across the nation, the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network, ChangeLab Solutions, and Prevention Institute stand together to denounce the racism, violence, and hate crimes against our communities.