Suicide intervention among aging network providers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21537275 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mary Chase Mize (0000-0001-8755-3772, Georgia State University, corresponding author), Laura Shannonhouse (0000-0001-6822-8763, Georgia State University), Matthew C Fullen (0000-0002-6534-6622, Virginia Tech), Dennis D Gilbride (Georgia State University), Dennis Gilbride (Georgia State University), Casey A Barrio Minton (0000-0002-1257-7937, Tennessee Department of Education), Casey Barrio Minton (Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, University of Tennessee Knoxville) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 273-284 |
| Publication date | 2022-06-03 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Educational Gerontology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0360-1277 • E-ISSN: 1521-0472 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03601277.2022.2034105 |
| OpenAlex | W4210925726 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 27 |
Older adults are at risk for mental health concerns, such as social isolation and suicide. Risk factors to suicide among older adults, such as loneliness and social isolation, may be impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Gatekeepers in the community are a significant source of identification and referral of older adults at risk of mental and physical health concerns. In this study, we sought to discover whether natural helpers in the Aging Service Network (ASN), including volunteers and providers (n = 93) obtain and utilize suicide-intervention skills with older adults who receive home-delivered meals (HDM) after being trained in a 14-hour evidenced based training. Paired-sample t-tests yielded significant results at pre- and post-test measures of suicide intervention response skill acquisition, and over 19% of trained participants reported using suicide intervention skills over six months. Implications for future training and research are discussed
Family medicine · Loneliness · Medical emergency · Mental health · Poison control · Psychiatry · Referral · Social isolation · Suicide prevention · Clinical Psychology · COVID-19 and Mental Health · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies · Gerontology
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Randomized trial of a gatekeeper program for suicide prevention
Suicide trends in the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic
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Risk factors for suicide in later life
Depression in Late Life
A Practical, Robust Implementation and Sustainability Model (PRISM) for Integrating Research Findings into Practice
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More Than A Meal? A Randomized Control Trial Comparing the Effects of Home-Delivered Meals Programs on Participants’ Feelings of Loneliness
The Suicide Intervention Response Inventory
Evaluating the public health impact of health promotion interventions
Suicide Intervention Training for Counselor Trainees
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |