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Empowering Student Champions to Foster Suicide Awareness and Advocate for Adolescent Emotional Wellbeing

Contact Information:

Elizabeth Pulgaron
[email protected]
305-243-6857

Project Description:

Nearly 4 million adolescents seriously considered suicide within the past year. Youth from marginalized communities face a disproportionately high risk of suicide attempts due to intersecting systemic, social, and cultural factors. Peer led, school-based suicide prevention interventions have potential for great reach and impact because young people spend most of their time at school and peers are especially influential during this developmental period. The current proposal aims to develop, implement, and evaluate a pilot peer-led prevention program on suicide awareness and emotional wellness. The prevention program will be co designed with students ("Student Champions") using a community based participatory research (CBPR) approach, through their involvement with the CHAMPIONS (Creating Health Advocates, Maximizing Potential in Our Neighborhood Schools) program at their school-based health center. The overarching goal of this proposal is to educate and empower marginalized youth on suicide prevention and facilitate a climate of emotional wellness in our local school community.

Keyword(s):

Adolescent Health, Mental/Behavioral Health – General

Core Function(s):

Training Trainees, Developing & Disseminating Information

Area of Emphasis

Health-Related Activities

Target Audience:

Students/Trainees (long or intermediate trainees)

Unserved or Under-served Populations:

Other

Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:

Single-County