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Suicide Prevention: Problem Solving Seminar
Location
Internet
Term
3rd Term
Department
Mental Health
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2023 - 2024
Instruction Method
Asynchronous Online
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Course Instructor(s)
Diana Clarke
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Prerequisite
Suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States and around the world. Globally, more than 700,000 people die by suicide each year - and for every single person who dies by suicide, it is likely that more than 20 others attempt suicide. While suicide is often thought of as a personal rather than a population issue, suicide is a complex public health problem that can have profound and long-lasting consequences for individuals, families, and communities. Given this complexity, coordinated and multi-faceted prevention approaches are needed in order to decrease the global burden of suicide.
Explores suicide from a public health perspective, with a particular focus on addressing suicide through comprehensive prevention strategies. Includes specific topics such as the history of suicide prevention efforts; relevant theories and models of suicide; the epidemiology of suicide, including risk and protective factors; high-risk populations; preventive interventions and policy solutions; and common barriers to implementing and sustaining suicide prevention efforts. Emphasizes systems-level methods and considers how interprofessional team approaches can be used in strategic planning for suicide prevention.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Describe patterns, trends, and contributors to suicide within the United States and globally.
- Critically assess available programs and policies for addressing suicide in the United States and globally.
- Explain the limitations of surveillance data and national surveys in assessing, monitoring, and evaluating policies and programs to prevent suicide.
- Propose an interprofessional approach for addressing the substantial barriers to suicide prevention that stem from infrastructure challenges, resource limitations, political obstacles, widespread stigma, and access to services.
- Develop a strategic plan for suicide prevention.
- Design a systems-level intervention for suicide prevention.
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
- 20% Participation
- 80% Assignments
Enrollment Restriction
DrPH students and Bloomberg fellows in the violence focus area in the MPH program