Supplemental Materials for the PREVENTS Roadmap Table of Contents Supplemental Materials for the PREVENTS Roadmap ............................................................. 1 Table of Contents ...........................................................................................................................2 Introduction ...................................................................................................................................9 What Causes Suicide?............................................................................................................................................ 9 Complexity of the Problem ................................................................................................................................. 10 Why Public Health? ............................................................................................................................................. 11 What Are Risk and Protective Factors? ............................................................................................................... 12 High Risk Groups and Subpopulations ................................................................................................................ 13 Evaluation ............................................................................................................................................................ 13 How Will Success Be Measured? ......................................................................................................................... 13 PREVENTS Roadmap and Supplemental Materials ............................................................................................. 14 Chapter 1 Communications ................................................................................................. 15 Importance of Communication in Preventing Suicide..................................................................... 16 A National Public Health Approach ..................................................................................................................... 17 The PREVENTS Public Health Campaign .............................................................................................................. 19 What Role Will Ambassadors Play? ..................................................................................................................... 20 How Will PREVENTS Office Support the Ambassadors? ..................................................................................... 21 Measuring the Effectiveness of Public Health Campaigns .................................................................................. 21 Conclusion ........................................................................................................................................................... 22 Chapter 2 Partnerships ........................................................................................................ 23 Background .................................................................................................................................. 24 Goals and Approach ..................................................................................................................... 25 Goals .................................................................................................................................................................... 25 PREVENTS Partnerships Approach ...................................................................................................................... 25 Findings ....................................................................................................................................... 26 2 Case Study: Employer Challenge ......................................................................................................................... 27 Barriers and Limitations ............................................................................................................... 29 Recommendations ....................................................................................................................... 30 What are future priority areas for partnerships? ............................................................................................... 30 Learn More .................................................................................................................................. 32 Supplemental Information ............................................................................................................ 40 Building a Partnership ......................................................................................................................................... 40 Chapter 3 National Research Strategy .................................................................................. 42 Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 43 A Public Health Approach ............................................................................................................. 44 PREVENTS NRS Mission, Vision, and Goals .................................................................................... 46 Goal 1: Promote individualized Approaches to Suicide Prevention and Intervention ....................................... 47 Goal 2: Enhance the Research Ecosystem........................................................................................................... 48 National Research Strategy: Sources of Information ...................................................................... 49 Request for Information (RFI) ............................................................................................................................. 50 White House Summit .......................................................................................................................................... 51 Subject Matter Experts and Writing the National Research Strategy ................................................................ 53 Current State of Science and Additional Findings ........................................................................... 53 Risk Identification ................................................................................................................................................ 53 Research Translation ........................................................................................................................................... 62 Research Ecosystem ............................................................................................................................................ 65 Data Sharing and Integration .............................................................................................................................. 67 Research Gaps and Recommendations .......................................................................................... 73 Risk Identification ................................................................................................................................................ 73 Prevention and Intervention ............................................................................................................................... 75 Research Translation ........................................................................................................................................... 77 3 Data Sharing and Integration .............................................................................................................................. 78 Research Ecosystem ............................................................................................................................................ 81 Conclusion ................................................................................................................................... 83 Learn More .................................................................................................................................. 84 Chapter 4 State, Local, and Community Action ..................................................................... 91 Mission and Vision ....................................................................................................................... 92 Approach and Objectives .............................................................................................................. 92 Grant Making and Legislation ............................................................................................................................. 92 Community Coalitions and Partnerships ............................................................................................................. 93 Current State................................................................................................................................ 94 Building Coalitions – Existing Guidance and Resources ...................................................................................... 95 Infrastructure, Programming, and Resources at the Federal, State, and Local Levels ....................................... 96 Findings ..................................................................................................................................... 103 Building Effective Coalitions for a Comprehensive Public Health Approach to Suicide Prevention................. 103 Engaging