Colleges and Universities

Resources for 3. Consult the science and identify strategies.

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  • CampusMHAP Webinar III: Developing Programs

    The third Campus Mental Health Action Planning webinar focuses on selecting and developing campus practices that are most likely to decrease mental health problems, suicidal behavior, and suicide and promote mental health and wellness. Topics covered include how to: develop a comprehensive, multi-strategy approach; choose “best practices”; and use a logic model in program planning.

  • Getting to Outcomes™ 2004: Promoting Accountability through Methods and Tools for Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation (Pages 43-62)

    Pages 43-62 address the step in strategic planning related to consulting research literature to identify possible strategies.

  • Health Education Resource Exchange: Behavior Change Theories and Models

    This website contains information about various health behavior change theories.

  • SPRC/AFSP Best Practices Registry

    The Best Practices Registry (BPR) is a joint effort of the Suicide Prevention Resource Center (SPRC) and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). The purpose of the BPR is to identify, review, and disseminate information about best practices that address specific objectives of the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention.

  • The Community Tool Box (Chapters 8 and 19: Sections 1-3)

    This website provides practical, step-by-step guidance in community-building and strategic planning skills. Chapter 8 describes how to develop a strategic plan. See also Chapter 19, sections 1, 2, and 3.


This section supports Objective 4.3 of the NSSP: Increase the proportion of colleges and universities with evidence-based programs designed to address serious young adult distress and prevent suicide.