Note We respectfully refer to Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander people as Indigenous in this study.
OBJECTIVE:
To design and develop an Indigenous specific
suicide intervention skills program that focuses on
education and intervention
training as an effective
suicide prevention strategy.
METHOD:
Using a co-designed wrap-around framework, we developed a program in collaboration with >90
communities, stakeholders and service providers across
Australia to understand
knowledge,
awareness and sense of connectedness between
at-risk groups and
health services or
support groups.
RESULTS:
The I-ASIST
training provides participants with the necessary skills and
knowledge to apply a
suicide intervention model. The framework behind the intervention model provides
caregivers the
awareness to recognise when someone may be at
risk of
suicide. It then gives them the skills to connect with a
person at
risk of
suicide and to understand and clarify that
risk, steps to keep that
person safe for a specific period and then provide them with the
resources or links required for further help. The program enables the development of
knowledge through interactive
strategies through cultural recognition and
empowerment of participants. Based on a social-enterprise model, I-ASIST has been translated into a certified program supported by LivingWorks
Australia.
CONCLUSION:
Based on a strengths-based and
self-
determination model of co-design, this
grass roots innovative framework creates
suicide safer
communities.
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