University of Pennsylvania
Every unit in the Connecticut Army National Guard has a Suicide Intervention Officer to provide suicide intervention education awareness for their unit, monitor for soldiers in crisis and connect soldiers with helping resources and agencies. Suicide Intervention Officers need support in this difficult role, yet there is limited guidance on how to help them. This study will shed light on how to support Suicide Intervention Officers and whether this support results in reduced suicide risk in their units.
Attachment 4: Lay Abstract Objective 1: The first objective is to spend 6 months collecting feedback from Army National Guard Soldiers and their family, the religious affairs team, and leadership on how best to reduce risk for suicide. We will also collect feedback from Suicide Intervention Officers, who are appointed to reduce risk for suicide in their unit, about how to support these officers in their important work. Objective 2: The second objective is to compare two strategies to support Suicide Intervention Officers as they work closely with soldiers to reduce their risk for suicide. The…
Inclusion Criteria: * Serving as an SIO or chaplain/religious affairs specialist for a unit of the CTARNG * Willing to provide informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: * None
Army-SPRING includes a package of implementation options to support implementation of suicide prevention duties
Risk Reduction Group is a mandated training from National Guard Service members
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