Empowering Youth to Build BRIDGES: Youth Leadership in Suicide Prevention

Kristen Haddad; Robin Lindquist-Grantz; Heather Vilvens; Alicia Boards; Farrah Jacquez; Lisa Vaughn

doi:10.33596/coll.41

Empowering Youth to Build BRIDGES: Youth Leadership in Suicide Prevention

Collaborations: A Journal of Community-Based Research and Practice

Volume 3 (2020): Issue 1

By: Kristen Haddad, Robin Lindquist-Grantz, Heather Vilvens, Alicia Boards, Farrah Jacquez and Lisa Vaughn

Open Access

|Jul 2020

Abstract

Suicide is a prevalent health issue for youth and understanding youth experiences is critical for the development of effective prevention strategies. Although youth perceptions regarding suicide are relatively well studied, there is a paucity of youth voices in the planning, design, facilitation, and implementation of suicide prevention research. This study examines youth perceptions of suicide prevention through a community-academic partnership with the Youth Council for Suicide Prevention (YCSP). Working together as co-researchers, the YCSP conducted a modified Group Level Assessment with over 200 youth to understand youth perspectives on suicide prevention. The findings were used by the council to inform outreach and prevention activities that directly affect YCSP members and their peers.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.33596/coll.41 | Journal eISSN: 2638-4396

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Published on: Jul 6, 2020

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Keywords:

Youth Participatory Action Research,

suicide prevention,

mental health,

community-academic partnership,

Community-Based Participatory Research

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