Thursday, December 26, 2024
12/26/2024
BeWellUconn Suicide Prevention (SP) will leverage its JED Campus Initiative to prevent and reduce suicide and mental health (MH) and substance use (SU) disorders at University of Connecticut (CT) (UConn)'s five campuses to: 1) enhance access to evidence-based specialized suicide care to treat students at risk for suicide; 2) implement new strategies that promote help seeking and reduce stigma; and 3) improve identification of these disorders by educating and training staff and faculty. UConn, CT’s flagship higher education institution, has over 30,000 students across five campuses of whom 33% identify as racially or ethnically diverse and 14% are international students. BeWellUconnSP will use targeted strategies to reach its most vulnerable students, including members of the BIPOC, LGBTQIA, and Veteran populations. BeWellUconnSP will solidify its JED Campus and Mental Health Task Force infrastructure to ensure a sustainable network consisting of ongoing stakeholder feedback that provides necessary and effective outreach, assessment, and services to students and training to students, staff, and faculty to reduce and prevent suicide. BeWellUconnSP will: 1) Leverage Jed Campus infrastructure to implement a comprehensive SP plan; 2) Expand existing partnerships to conduct focus groups with students and other stakeholders; 3) Upgrade and expand access to valid and reliable MH/SU screening and assessment tools; 4) Train staff using virtual (Kognito) and in person (UConn Helps, an adaptation of "Question, Persuade, and Refer" -QPR) platforms; 5) Promote access to UConn’s 24/7/365 BeWell MH support line and other suicide resources by enhancing the Student Health and Wellness (SHaW) webpage; 6) Offer UConn Recovery Community (URC) to more cultural groups by expanding to the four regional campuses; 7) Create and disseminate translated informational resources to students, family and faculty/staff on SP MH/SU, and Wellness by creating and posting media content; 8) In partnership with other Student Life and Enrollment departments, offer seminars/activities to enhance life skills, resilience, and promote social connectedness in alignment with SHaW’s strategic plan; 9) Conduct a lethal means assessment and implement recommendations; 10) Assess MH/ SU needs by leveraging already existing student surveys and data; and 11) Support access to specialized suicide care through a referral process with a provider referral partnership. This will result in: 1) Train 30 staff annually and 90 staff through the life of the project; 2) Provide 15 students with Evidence-based specialized suicide care annually and 45 through the life of the project; 3) Expose 3000 students to MH awareness messages annually and 9000 over the life of the project; 4) Screen 500 students for suicidal ideation annually and 1500 over the life of the project; and 5) Refer 50 students to crisis or other MH related services for suicide risk, ideation or behavior annually and 150 over the life of the project.
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