Adapting PC Cares to Continue Suicide Prevention in Rural Alaska During the Covid-19 Pandemic
Narrative Overview of an In-Person Community-Based Suicide Prevention Program Moving Online
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4687397 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Caroline Wells (0000-0002-1126-9799), Lauren White (0000-0002-2752-9743), Tara Schmidt (0000-0001-9302-1000), Suzanne Rataj (0000-0002-1840-5677), Diane Mceachern, Diane Wisnieski, Josie Garnie, Tanya Kirk, Roberta Moto (0000-0002-8307-8473), L Wexler (0000-0002-5471-2666) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 126-154 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0893-5394 • E-ISSN: 1533-7731 |
| Publisher | Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.5820/aian.2902.2022.126 |
| PMID | 35881985 |
| OpenAlex | W4288071458 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 16 |
This paper presents how a community mobilization program to prevent suicide was adapted to an online format to accommodate the impossibility of in-person delivery in Alaska Native communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The intervention, Promoting Community Conversations About Research to End Suicide (PC CARES), was created collaboratively by researchers and Alaska Native communities with the goal of bringing community members together to create research-informed and community-led suicide prevention activities in their communities. To continue our work during the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions, we adapted the PC CARES model to a synchronous remote delivery format. This shift included moving from predominantly Alaska Native participants to one of a mainly non-Native school staff audience. This required a pivot from Alaska Native self-determination toward cultural humility and community collaboration for school-based staff, with multilevel youth suicide prevention remaining the primary aim. This reorientation can offer important insight into how to build more responsive programs for those who are not from the communities they serve. Here, we provide a narrative overview of our collaborative adaptation process, illustrated by data collected during synchronous remote facilitation of the program, and reflect on how the shift in format and audience impacted program delivery and content. The adaptation process strove to maintain the core animating features of self-determination for Alaska Native communities and people as well as the translation of scientific knowledge to practice for greater impact
Medical education · Medical emergency · Narrative · Outreach · Poison control · Political science · Public relations · Suicide prevention · Community Health and Development · Medicine · Psychology · Resilience and Mental Health
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 1,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |