A Call for Preventing Suicide by Hanging from Ceiling Fans: An Interdisciplinary Research Agenda

Kishan Kariippanon, Coralie J. Wilson, Timothy J. McCarthy and Kairi Kõlves
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Kishan Kariippanon: School of Health & Society, University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW 2522, Australia
Coralie J. Wilson: School of Graduate Medicine, University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW 2522, Australia
Timothy J. McCarthy: School of Civil, Mining, & Environmental Engineering, University of Wollongong, Wollongong NSW 2522, Australia
Kairi Kõlves: Australian Institute for Suicide Research & Prevention, WHO Collaborating Centre for Research and Training in Suicide Prevention, Griffith University, Nathan QLD 4222, Australia

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 16, issue 15, 1-5

Abstract: Hanging is a common method of suicide in several countries. Even as global suicide rates decrease, there is no evidence of suicides by hanging declining. There is limited research by type of hanging, and only a few papers present suicide by hanging from ceiling fans. Our paper proposes a research agenda that will: specify the size of the problem of hanging by ceiling fan (Stage 1: Surveillance), use standard engineering product development processes to modify ceiling fans for reducing their lethal capacity (Stage 2: Design Testing and Redevelopment), and examine the resulting beta- and release-build fans for safety and potential to reduce suicide in community samples (Stage 3: Evaluation).

Keywords: means restriction; hanging; ceiling fan; engineering innovation; 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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