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Suicide Prevention: Problem Solving Seminar

Location
Internet
Term
3rd Term
Department
Mental Health
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2024 - 2025
Instruction Method
Asynchronous Online
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Prerequisite
Description
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:
  1. Describe patterns, trends, and contributors to suicide within the United States and globally.
  2. Critically assess available programs and policies for addressing suicide in the United States and globally.
  3. Explain the limitations of surveillance data and national surveys in assessing, monitoring, and evaluating policies and programs to prevent suicide.
  4. 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.
  5. Develop a strategic plan for suicide prevention.
  6. 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