Prevention Institute: Suicide Prevention Module 2: Collaboration
This section of Module 2 has information and links to resources on collaboration.
Assessing Community Suicide Prevention Needs: A Workbook for State Coordinators
This workbook helps state suicide prevention coordinators determine whether to conduct Community Needs Assessment (CNAs) in local communities, and if so, how to prepare to conduct one. It also provides links to additional resources that can help with CNA design, implementation, and next steps since these processes are not covered in this workbook.
Toolkit for Communities Using Health Data
This toolkit provides an introduction to the management and oversight of an organization’s health data for use by community-level organizations.
CDC Community Health Improvement (CHI) Navigator
This navigator provides a suite of resources to support community leaders in collaborating to address health issues to create community health improvement.
SPRC: Partnerships and Collaboration
This webpage has six worksheets on how to run an initial collaboration meeting; identify new partners; determine readiness for collaboration; develop partnerships and write MOUs; identify expertise and resources needed; and retain members over time.
Promoting Emotional Health and Preventing Suicide: A Toolkit for Senior Living Communities
This toolkit equips senior living staff with resources to promote mental health and suicide prevention, and encourages active participation among residents. It includes guidelines for integrating suicide prevention into ongoing programs, hands-on tools, and training manuals.
Model School District Policy on Suicide Prevention: Model Language, Commentary, and Resources
This document outlines model policy language and best practices for school districts to follow to protect the health and safety of all students. The language and concepts covered by this policy are applicable for education levels K-12.
SPRC: Substance Abuse and Suicide Prevention Collaboration Continuum
This framework provides different levels of collaboration with descriptions and examples for each, as well as worksheets and action steps for moving to the next level of collaboration. It is specific to collaboration between suicide prevention and substance misuse prevention and treatment partners, but the framework and resources can easily be applied to other partnerships.
SPRC: Statewide Partnerships Virtual Learning Lab
This learning lab module provides answers to common questions about partnerships for state suicide prevention efforts, including how to select and engage partners, address institutional challenges, and sustain collaborative programming. It links to nine worksheets that cover finding and prioritizing partners, working with partners, addressing obstacles to accessing data, overcoming time and resource barriers, and […]
Community Tool Box
This resource contains 16 toolkits on topics that help build healthier communities and bring about social change. Each toolkit has an outline of key tasks, examples, and links to more detailed instructional sections. Topics covered include coalition and leadership building; asessing needs and analyzing problems; developing, implementing, and evaluating action plans; enahncing cultural comptence; applying […]
