This report from the Vera Institute for Justice guides jail staff to utilize a sentinel event review to better understand suicide outcomes and use the information to improve policy and practice.
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Readings
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ReadingsThis issue brief from the Suicide Prevention Resource Center describes the disproportionate impact of suicide among correctional officers including barriers and opportunities for prevention.
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Tools
The Zero Suicide Readiness-Building Guide offers support for building readiness for Zero Suicide at your healthcare organization.
This resource is part of the Zero Suicide Readiness series.
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Tools
The Zero Suicide FAQs document provides suggested answers to some of the frequently asked questions about Zero Suicide.
This resource is part of the Zero Suicide Readiness series.
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Tools
This collection of Zero Suicide Mini-Articles offers messages intended to help Zero Suicide implementing teams communicate about Zero Suicide. The collection includes short articles on some suicide-related topics for use in newsletters, emails, or other forms of communication.
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Tools
The Zero Suicide Communications Planner is a downloadable Excel spreadsheet intended to help your Zero Suicide implementation team plan a communications strategy for your organization. The spreadsheet includes messaging topics and ways to organize your Zero Suicide communications.
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Tools
"Zero Suicide: A Commitment to Saving Lives" is a short, downloadable PowerPoint presentation introducing Zero Suicide.
The presentation is intended for you to use when presenting to staff, leadership, and other stakeholders at your healthcare organization.
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Videos
“Voices of Zero Suicide” is a short animated video that features voiceovers from healthcare leaders, practitioners, and lived experience experts. The video gives healthcare audiences real-world insight into Zero Suicide implementation.
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Videos
“Aspire to Zero” is a short animated video that introduces key aspects of Zero Suicide to a wide audience, primarily in healthcare. The video is intended to inform about safer suicide care and motivate a wider adoption of Zero Suicide.
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Tools
This guide provides resources for screening and assessment, treatment, training, primary prevention and suggestions for design of the physical environment, with case studies to highlight exemplars.