Moving Suicide Prevention Upstream: From Concept to Action
This resource from the National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention is designed to support suicide prevention professionals and coalitions with practical tools, information, and guidance for implementing upstream suicide prevention strategies in their community.
Community-Based Suicide Prevention for Local Health Departments
This online course from the National Association of City and County Health Officials (NACCHO) aims to help local health departments implement community-based suicide prevention and advance the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention. Along with examples from local health departments, the course includes a focus on partnerships, upstream prevention, lethal means safety, and crisis response and […]
Suicide Prevention is Everyone’s Business: A Toolkit for Safe Firearm Storage in Your Community
This practical and action-oriented toolkit is from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and the National Shooting Sports Foundation. It covers topics such as effective firearm storage, developing a relevant coalition through various stages, firearms security messaging materials, evaluation worksheets, and more.
Engaging the Community and Assessing Their Mental Health Needs
This webpage from the Center for Mental Health Integration Services provides an overview and additional resources on engaging the community including as part of a mental health needs assessment.
Sustaining Service Delivery
This infographic from the Center for Mental Health Integration Services provides an overview of sustaining service delivery, its key components, and why it matters when implementing a new effective mental health practice. The infographic also contains resources you can use to incorporate sustainment of service delivery in your work.
Social Marketing in Communities
This info sheet from the Center for Mental Health Implementation Support describes social marketing, along with common opportunities, challenges, allies, and helpful tips.
Suicide Prevention Communication Playbook
This CDC playbook can help you develop suicide prevention communication campaigns that contribute to behavior change. It can also help you clarify your goals, define and understand your audience, and develop and evaluate your campaign.
CDC: Community Violence Prevention Resource for Action
This report presents the best available evidence for community violence prevention. Many of the strategies overlap with suicide prevention strategies.
SPRC: Recommendations for Local Suicide Prevention Infrastructure
These recommendations were developed to help local settings—such as municipalities, counties, and Tribal governments—establish, improve, and sustain a strong local suicide prevention infrastructure. The recommendations are adapted from SPRC’s Recommendations for State Suicide Prevention Infrastructure. Appendices include a glossary of suicide prevention terms and a list of resources related to each infrastructure area.
Creating and Sustaining Youth Advisory Boards (YABs): A Toolkit for Health and Human Services
This toolkit is designed to assist organizations in developing and sustaining Youth Advisory Boards (YABs) for youth and young adults (ages 14-30). Developed by UMass Chan Medical School, the toolkit is designed and tested to be adaptable to the unique population your organization serves. By incorporating young adult expertise into the design and delivery of […]
