Suicide Intervention and Prevention: Evaluation of Community-Based Programs inThree American Indian Communities

摘要

Suicide is the second leading cause of death for Native Americans aged 15 to 24.American Indian/Alaska Native young people are more likely to attempt suicide, to choose a highly lethal method, such as firearms or hanging, and to be successful at committing suicide. The report evaluates the local community-based suicide intervention and prevention programs of three geographically diverse American Indian tribes (the Jicarilla Apache Tribe, the Western Athabaskan Tribe, and the Northern Woodlaws Tribe). In two tribes, suicide intervention efforts had been in place since 1989 and 1990, respectively; in the third, a suicide crisis in late 1992 precipitated community response.