Levels of Lived Experience Engagement in Suicide Prevention Projects

Insights from individuals with lived experience can contribute to positive messaging, enriched programming, enhanced safety, and the destigmatization of an array of issues that impact individuals’ lives and wellbeing. This document is intended to serve as a guide for organizations that engage, or plan to engage, people with lived experience in prevention projects in a variety of fields. We describe characteristics of projects that incorporate high, medium, and low levels of lived experience engagement to help organizations make informed decisions about meaningfully incorporating lived experience in their own projects.