Reducing the Incidence of Suicide in Indigenous Groups - Strengths United through Networks (RISING SUN) announces the release of their suicide prevention toolkit.
Under the 2015-2017 U.S. Arctic Council Chairmanship, the RISING SUN initiative used a community-based and consensus-building process to identify common outcomes for evaluating suicide prevention efforts across the circumpolar north. Specifically, RISING SUN was designed to develop a web-based toolkit comprising the key correlates associated with successful suicide prevention interventions across Arctic states. This toolkit includes resources for individuals, families, communities, clinics, and national and/or regional organizations, such as donors, policymakers, and youth organizations.
The RISING SUN toolkit includes:
- Information on the determinants of suicide across the Arctic,
- A general introduction to suicide prevention efforts in circumpolar Indigenous communities,
- Information on what can be done to alleviate this public health threat and practices from communities that have successfully implemented effective suicide prevention interventions,
- A collection of prioritized outcomes and measures to assess the impact and effectiveness of suicide prevention interventions being implemented across the circumpolar Arctic, and
- A strategy with good practices for using the toolkit.
For more information, go to:
RISING SUN webpage