Evaluation of A Suicide Prevention Program in Switzerland: Protocol of A Cluster Non-Randomized Controlled Trial

Stéphanie Baggio, Abbas Kanani, Neslie Nsingi, Marlène Sapin and Raphaël Thélin
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Stéphanie Baggio: Division of Prison Health, Geneva University Hospitals & University of Geneva, Geneva 1205, Switzerland
Abbas Kanani: Association Stop Suicide, Geneva 1205, Switzerland
Neslie Nsingi: Association Stop Suicide, Geneva 1205, Switzerland
Marlène Sapin: Swiss Center of Expertise in Social Sciences (FORS) & Swiss National Centre of Competence in Research “LIVES–overcoming vulnerability: life course perspectives”, University of Lausanne, Lausanne 1015, Switzerland
Raphaël Thélin: Association Stop Suicide, Geneva 1205, Switzerland

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 11, 1-6

Abstract: Suicide is a major public health concern, which disproportionally affects young people. Therefore, effective prevention strategies are needed, but there is a dearth of controlled trials on this topic. Our study will evaluate the effectiveness of a suicide prevention program in Switzerland, where data are scarce. It will test whether the prevention program (1) increases knowledge of suicide and awareness of suicidal risks, (2) provides resources to seek/offer help, (3) increases communication skills related to suicide, (4) increases coping skills, (5) is acceptable, and (6) reduces suicidal ideation and psychological distress. The project will be a single-center cluster non-randomized controlled trial designed to compare an intervention group benefitting from the suicide prevention program with a control group. The potential benefits include a better understanding and evaluation of suicide prevention programs, which may lead to improved primary and secondary prevention practices.

Keywords: evaluation; primary prevention; suicide (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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