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Measuring Associations of the Department of Veterans Affairs' Suicide Prevention Campaign on the Use of Crisis Support Services
- Source :
- Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. 46:447-456
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2016.
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Abstract
- Campaigns have become popular in public health approaches to suicide prevention; however, limited empirical investigation of their impact on behavior has been conducted. To address this gap, utilization patterns of crisis support services associated with the Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Crisis Line (VCL) suicide prevention campaign were examined. Daily call data for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, VCL, and 1-800-SUICIDE were modeled using a novel semi-varying coefficient method. Analyses reveal significant increases in call volume to both targeted and broad resources during the campaign. Findings underscore the need for further research to refine measurement of the effects of these suicide prevention efforts.
- Subjects :
- Suicide Prevention
medicine.medical_specialty
Poison control
Suicide prevention
Occupational safety and health
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Call volume
Hotlines
Injury prevention
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Veterans Affairs
Veterans
business.industry
Public health
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Social Support
Human factors and ergonomics
Public relations
medicine.disease
United States
030227 psychiatry
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Psychiatry and Mental health
Clinical Psychology
Medical emergency
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 03630234
- Volume :
- 46
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....882e654b0e5e7be0efc11b7af7954387