Whole of community suicide prevention forums for Aboriginal Australians: “As a country facing this growing tragedy, we still have no nationally accepted evidence-based programmes across the spectrum of early intervention and prevention activities.” 1/9 #AusUPR20 #Auspol 
“In the face of all this distress, communities, and families are often left to respond to these critical events in the absence of adequate support both in terms of culturally and clinically impactful counselling and therapy” 2/9
“as well as intervention programmes that are able to successfully target at-risk individuals. A qualitative study was undertaken by Nasir et al. (2017) who consulted both Indigenous and non-Indigenous community members and organisations in Queensland” 3/9
“on their perceptions of existing suicide prevention training programmes. Results highlighted a lack of Indigenous-appropriate training programmes, echoing findings of a review of international literature that this research team had conducted earlier (Nasir et al., 2016).” 4/9
“Nasir et al.'s (2016) work also pointed to a need for culturally appropriate suicide prevention programme, as well as evaluations of both the cultural appropriateness and effectiveness of any programme.” 5/9
“Similarly, Shahtahmasebi (2014) argues that it is not sufficient to train Indigenous persons to deliver a dominant culture's suicide prevention strategy. Shahtahmasebi instead advocates for a grassroots approach that compliments the target culture (Shahtahmasebi, 2013).” 6/9
“Ridani et al.'s (2015) review of 72 Indigenous Australian preven- tion programmes revealed that outcome evaluations were uncommon. The review nevertheless indicated the whole of community investment and involvement is fundamen- tal to success.” 7/9
“Furthermore, Ridani et al. suggest that a focus on belongingness, connectedness, and cultural heritage may yield benefits.” 8/9
Source: Westerman T, Sheridan L. Whole of community suicide prevention forums for Aboriginal Australians. Aust Psychol. 2020;55:363–374. doi.org/10.1111/ ap.12470 @TracyWesterman
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