Suicide Concern Reporting among Utah Youths Served by a School-Based Peer-to-Peer Prevention Program

Autor/inn/en	Wright-Berryman, Jennifer; Hudnall, Greg; Bledsoe, Cathy; Lloyd, Mary
Titel	Suicide Concern Reporting among Utah Youths Served by a School-Based Peer-to-Peer Prevention Program
Quelle	In: Children & Schools, 41 (2019) 1, S.35-44 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1532-8759
DOI	10.1093/cs/cdy026
Schlagwörter	Suicide; Help Seeking; Peer Influence; Gender Differences; Age Differences; School Counseling; Prevention; Intervention; Student Behavior; Referral; Program Effectiveness; Utah + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Selbstmord; Help-seeking behavior; Help-seeking behaviour; Hilfe suchendes Verhalten; Geschlechterkonflikt; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; School counselling; Pädagogische Beratung; Prävention; Vorbeugung; Student behaviour; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	To date, no suicide behavior data related to school-based peer suicide prevention programs have been published. The Hope Squad program uses trained students to intentionally facilitate help-seeking with distressed peers. Suicide concern contact data (SCCD) from school counseling centers were collected from 2013 to 2017 as part of routine outcome-based program evaluation. Hope Squad school SCCD were organized by student gender, grade, and Hope Squad referral and were cross-tabulated with types of suicide concerns and hospitalizations. Over 1,100 contacts (N = 1,174) across 65 schools in 41 school districts were included in the analysis. The highest rates of all suicide-related contacts were among girls and students in the eighth and ninth grades. Reported attempts peaked in the ninth and tenth grades, then reduced through the 12th grade. Nearly a quarter of all contacts were Hope Squad referrals. These descriptive data provide a general overview of the types and frequencies of Hope Squad school suicide concerns that present in school counseling centers and are not indicative of program effectiveness. Next steps will include a research study comparing outcomes between Hope Squad schools and non-Hope Squad schools, and a study examining implementation adherence using fidelity measures. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01