Thursday, April 25, 2024
4/25/2024
The goal of the project is to prevent and reduce suicidal behavior and substance abuse among Port Gamble S’Klallam tribal member youth ages 24 and younger. The project will take a multi-dimensional approach that includes selective, indicated and universal targeting utilizing a range of interventions across a variety of settings including individual, family, school and community. Over 300 youth will participate in a variety of educational programs including suicide prevention, healthy living, life skills, and self-esteem building. Activities will connect youth to the Tribe’s history and culture, help them develop positive beliefs about themselves and learn healthy behaviors in their relationships with others. The project will also train 100 community members as gatekeepers to learn how to recognize suicidal behavior, how to respond and where to find help. Specific goals and objectives that will be achieved include: 1) Increase the capacity of tribal health programs to track, prevent, and treat suicide. a) Complete a comprehensive Community Needs Assessment that addresses suicide and substance abuse prevention and mental health disorders by the end of year 1. b) Develop a minimum of 4 protocols or procedures for suicide prevention, intervention and postvention crisis planning by the end of year 3. 2) Increase the Tribal capacity to develop and implement community-based suicide prevention programs targeted at youth and young adults. a) By the end of the project 300 youth will have participated in selected evidence-based programs. 3) Increase knowledge and awareness about suicide among tribal community members. 1. By the end of the project 100 community members will have received gatekeeper training in identifying and responding to suicide risk and behaviors.
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