The Jed Foundation and Education Development Center, Inc. offered this series of four webinars in 2008-09, featuring suicide prevention experts and campus prevention staff as presenters.
Resources for Developing a Campus Program
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Campus Mental Health Action Planning (CampusMHAP) Webinar Series
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CampusMHAP Webinar II: Identifying Priorities
The second webinar in the Campus Mental Health Action Planning series describes how to develop a clear and specific definition of campus problems that will help drive program planning. This session focuses on examining data relating to student mental health and wellness; prioritizing problems and choosing which to address; and setting goals for health behavior and systems change.
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Development and successful implementation of campus postvention
This article describes the development and successful implementation of campus postvention services in the aftermath of college student deaths by suicide as well as by natural and accidental causes.
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Experiences in Effective Prevention: The U.S. Department of Education’s Alcohol and Other Drug Prevention Models on College Campuses Grants
This publication reviews and synthesizes information gained from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools’ model programs to identify the characteristics that are common to model programs that can be adapted for other campuses. Lessons are applicable to the prevention of any health problem on campus. Campus collaborations, including task forces and coalitions, are addressed on pages 35-44 and 65-68.
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Getting to Outcomes™ 2004: Promoting Accountability through Methods and Tools for Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation (Pages 79-92)
Pages 79-92 address selecting or developing strategies as part of the strategic planning process.
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Health Education Resource Exchange: Behavior Change Theories and Models
This website contains information about various health behavior change theories.
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Preventing Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders Among Young People: Progress and Possibilities
This book updates a 1994 Institute of Medicine book, Reducing Risks for Mental Disorders, focusing special attention on the research base and program experience with younger populations that have emerged since that time.
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Promoting Individual, Family, and Community Connectedness to Prevent Suicidal Behavior
This document describes a five-year vision for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s work to prevent fatal and nonfatal suicidal behavior by building and strengthening connectedness within and among persons, families, and communities.
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Promoting Mental Health and Preventing Suicide in College and University Settings
This 2004 white paper summarizes available data on suicidal behavior among college students and recommends strategies to promote mental health and prevent suicide on campuses.
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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.
