The intersection of suicide research and public health practice: Youth suicide prevention

This webinar took place on March 13, 2013. The webinar is designed for researchers and state or local practitioners in injury or suicide prevention. It examines what the research shows regarding effective strategies for youth suicide prevention and highlights successful projects, key partnerships, relevant outcomes, and barriers experienced by Colorado’s Office of Suicide Prevention, particularly related to its prevention efforts for LGBTQ and Hispanic/Latino youth and youth in the juvenile justice and child welfare systems.

Presenters for this webinar are Peter Wyman, Phd., a professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, and Jarrod Hindman, M., the director of the Office of Suicide Prevention in the Injury, Suicide and Violence Prevention Branch at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. The webinar was moderated by Adam Chu, MPH, a prevention specialist with Suicide Prevention Resource Center.