By 2024, GBHWC’s ability to address the seven core elements of suicide-safer care in its approach to behavioral health services, based on the Zero-Suicide Framework (ZSF), will reach at least a target rating of “4=Near Comprehensive Practices are in Place.”
The ZSF Workforce Development Survey was completed. The survey was available to respondents from February 9-28 with incentives for completing the survey. During this period, 114 respondents (44% of eligible staff members) accessed the survey.
To accomplish GBHWC’s Zero Suicide goal, the GFOL Project Director along with the Manager of GBHWC Healing Hearts Program, Maria Teresa Aguon, completed the Assessing and Managing Suicide Risk (AMSR) Training of Trainers for Outpatient and Direct Care on March 26, 2021.
By 2024, GBHWC will have tracked a 4-year implementation record of its Zero Suicide Plan.
To work towards the GBHWC’s Zero Suicide goal, a GBHWC implementation team was identified. The team completed the 2-day Zero Suicide Academy on September 28-29, 2021 and developed a post-Academy action plan that includes updating the organizational self-study, announcing the Zero Suicide initiative, revising the workforce survey, providing feedback on the Zero Suicide survey, and recruiting members for the implementation team. The Zero Suicide Initiative and framework will be introduced to the implementation team in March 2022.
By 2024, GBHWC, as a member of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (NSPL) network, will operate a local suicide prevention lifeline that will receive at least 70% of NSPL calls from the island.
The NSPL received a total of 281 calls from January to October 2021. Data specific to the Lifeline was unavailable for November and December. The number of calls received with the Lifeline is included in the overall call log for the Crisis Hotline which received a total of 1107 calls from October 1-December 31, 2021.
On July 30, 2021, 9 Agang staff affiliated with NSPL completed ASIST training.
During Year 2, GFOL utilized social media marketing to promote the NSPL. These campaigns had a total reach of 12,628 people and the social media posts received 881 interactions from viewers (including likes, comments, shares and saves).
RESULTS FROM YEAR 2