Summary
Colorado’s Office of Suicide Prevention is engaged in health systems transformation efforts to integrate suicide attempt and mortality prevention as a core component of patient care. This presentation will explore how the Office is working with behavioral health care providers to institutionalize health workforce competence and confidence around evidence-based practices in suicide prevention. Some examples of this work include administration of population health grants as part of Colorado’s State Innovation Model (SIM) initiative, implementation of a statewide Zero Suicide framework, a post-crisis telephone follow-up project, and partnerships with health care educators and trainers. Providers who are interested in an evolving, state-level approach to violence and injury prevention by bridging public health efforts and health care reform and quality improvement initiatives will find this presentation engaging and a valuable insight into the future of integrated suicide prevention.
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Objectives
- Understand Colorado’s public health approach to suicide prevention in health care systems.
- Question state public health leaders about challenges and opportunities in implementing health systems change.
- Envision opportunities for suicide prevention in their own systems of care.
References
- Colorado Vital Statistics Program, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.
- Cruz D, Pearson A, Saini P, et al. Emergency department contact prior to suicide in mental health patients. Emerg Med J. 2010; 28:467-471; Caring for Adult Patients with Suicide Risk, A Consensus Guide for Emergency Departments. Newton, MA: Suicide Prevention Resource Center; Betz E, Boudreaux E. Managing Suicidal Patients in the Emergency Department. Annals of Emergency Medicine, 2015.
- Knesper, D. J. (2010). Continuity of care for suicide prevention and research: Suicide attempts and suicide deaths subsequent to discharge from the emergency department or psychiatry inpatient unit. Newton, MA: Suicide Prevention Resource Center.
- Preventing Suicide: A Technical Package of Policy, Programs, and Practices. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Division of Violence Prevention, 2017.
- Beth S. Brodsky, Aliza Spruch-Feiner, & Barbara Stanley. (2018). The Zero Suicide Model: Applying Evidence-Based Suicide Prevention Practices to Clinical Care. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 9, 33.