Analysis of a National Toll Free Suicide Crisis Line in South Africa

Autor/inn/en	Meehan, Sue-Ann; Broom, Yvonne
Titel	Analysis of a National Toll Free Suicide Crisis Line in South Africa
Quelle	In: Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 37 (2007) 1, S.66-78 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0363-0234
DOI	10.1521/suli.2007.37.1.66
Schlagwörter	Intervention; Prevention; Suicide; Foreign Countries; Community Information Services; Demography; Individual Characteristics; Gender Differences; Females; Age Differences; Adolescents; Place of Residence; Rural Urban Differences; Unemployment; Postsecondary Education; Psychological Patterns; Crisis Intervention; Data Collection; At Risk Persons; South Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Prävention; Vorbeugung; Selbstmord; Ausland; Demografie; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Geschlechterkonflikt; Weibliches Geschlecht; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Wohnort; Stadt-Land-Beziehung; Arbeitslosigkeit; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Krisenintervention; Data capture; Datensammlung; Risikogruppe; Südafrika; Süd-Afrika; Republik Südafrika; Südafrikanische Republik
Abstract	The first national toll free suicide crisis line for South Africa was launched in October 2003 with the aim of providing a service dedicated to the prevention of suicide in this country. The intervention was motivated by South Africa's suicide rate which had risen higher than the global suicide rate, with the majority of attempted suicides occurring among people younger than 35 years of age (WHO, 2002). Demographic characteristics of callers were identified to evaluate the perceived helpfulness of this crisis line, so as to inform planning and implementation of future suicide prevention programs. Results showed that the majority of callers were female; between the ages of 16 and 18 years; and lived in the provinces of Gauteng, North West, or KwaZulu Natal. Callers were more likely to be from urban than rural areas; were still at school, unemployed, or studying at a tertiary institution; and had not previously attempted suicide. The majority of participants did perceive the crisis line as helpful. The continued collection of demographic data from the crisis line is recommended so that South Africa can create an updated database of areas and sectors of the population that require suicide intervention, and for planning and implementing suicide prevention programs in this country. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10