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Monday, 18 November 2013: 1:45 PM
Learning Objective 1: Identify at least one element of a school-based suicide prevention program designed to increase emotionally troubled youths’ help-seeking behaviors.
Learning Objective 2: Determine the relationship between help-seeking behaviors and suicide ideation.
The increasing rate of youth suicide in the United States has prompted the implementation of a number of suicide prevention programs in schools across the nation. Unfortunately, most school-based suicide prevention program evaluations do not show a positive impact on help-seeking behaviors among the particularly vulnerable group of emotional troubled youth despite their being at high risk for completed suicide. This study is a secondary analysis of the Surviving the Teens® program evaluation to determine its effect on help-seeking behaviors among troubled youth. Results showed significant increases in mean scores of the Behavioral Intent to Communicate with Important Others Regarding Emotional Health Issues subscale (n = 47) from pre-test to 3-month follow-up. A significant increase in mean scores of the Behavioral Intent Regarding Help-Seeking Behaviors when Suicidal subscale occurred from pre-test to post-test (n = 63), but not at 3-month follow-up. A significant increase in mean scores in the item “I would tell an adult if I was suicidal” occurred from pre-test to 3-month follow-up. These findings suggest that the Surviving the Teens® program has a positive effect on help-seeking behaviors in troubled youth. It is imperative that nurses, especially school nurses, become informed about school-based suicide prevention programs so they can guide schools in the development, implementation, and/or selection of evidence-based suicide prevention programs.
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