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Staff Perspectives of Safety Planning as a Suicide Prevention Intervention for People of Refugee and Asylum-Seeker Background: A Qualitative Investigation

Abstract.Background: Safety planning involves the co-development of a personalized list of coping strategies to prevent a suicide crisis. Aims: We explored the perspectives of workers regarding safety planning as a suicide prevention strategy for people of refugee background and those seeking asylum...

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Autores principales: Ferguson, Monika, Posselt, Miriam, McIntyre, Heather, Loughhead, Mark, Kenny, Mary-Anne, Mau, Vicki, Procter, Nicholas
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hogrefe Publishing 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9353668/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33944610
http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000781
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author Ferguson, Monika
Posselt, Miriam
McIntyre, Heather
Loughhead, Mark
Kenny, Mary-Anne
Mau, Vicki
Procter, Nicholas
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McIntyre, Heather
Loughhead, Mark
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description Abstract.Background: Safety planning involves the co-development of a personalized list of coping strategies to prevent a suicide crisis. Aims: We explored the perspectives of workers regarding safety planning as a suicide prevention strategy for people of refugee background and those seeking asylum in Australia. Method: Participants attended suicide prevention training, specific to refugees and asylum seekers, at which safety planning was a key component. Semistructured, posttraining interviews (n = 12) were analyzed thematically. Results: Four key themes were identified: safety planning as a co-created, personalized activity for the client; therapeutic benefits of developing a safety plan; barriers to engaging in safety planning; strategies to enhance safety planning engagement. Limitations: First-hand refugee and asylum-seeker experiences were not included. Conclusion: As a relatively low-cost, flexible intervention, safety planning may be valuable and effective for these groups.
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spelling pubmed-93536682022-08-09 Staff Perspectives of Safety Planning as a Suicide Prevention Intervention for People of Refugee and Asylum-Seeker Background: A Qualitative Investigation Ferguson, Monika Posselt, Miriam McIntyre, Heather Loughhead, Mark Kenny, Mary-Anne Mau, Vicki Procter, Nicholas Crisis Research Trends Abstract.Background: Safety planning involves the co-development of a personalized list of coping strategies to prevent a suicide crisis. Aims: We explored the perspectives of workers regarding safety planning as a suicide prevention strategy for people of refugee background and those seeking asylum in Australia. Method: Participants attended suicide prevention training, specific to refugees and asylum seekers, at which safety planning was a key component. Semistructured, posttraining interviews (n = 12) were analyzed thematically. Results: Four key themes were identified: safety planning as a co-created, personalized activity for the client; therapeutic benefits of developing a safety plan; barriers to engaging in safety planning; strategies to enhance safety planning engagement. Limitations: First-hand refugee and asylum-seeker experiences were not included. Conclusion: As a relatively low-cost, flexible intervention, safety planning may be valuable and effective for these groups. Hogrefe Publishing 2021-05-04 2022-07 /pmc/articles/PMC9353668/ /pubmed/33944610 http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000781 Text en © 2021 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/Distributed as a Hogrefe OpenMind article under the license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) )
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Loughhead, Mark
Kenny, Mary-Anne
Mau, Vicki
Procter, Nicholas
Staff Perspectives of Safety Planning as a Suicide Prevention Intervention for People of Refugee and Asylum-Seeker Background: A Qualitative Investigation
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title_fullStr Staff Perspectives of Safety Planning as a Suicide Prevention Intervention for People of Refugee and Asylum-Seeker Background: A Qualitative Investigation
title_full_unstemmed Staff Perspectives of Safety Planning as a Suicide Prevention Intervention for People of Refugee and Asylum-Seeker Background: A Qualitative Investigation
title_short Staff Perspectives of Safety Planning as a Suicide Prevention Intervention for People of Refugee and Asylum-Seeker Background: A Qualitative Investigation
title_sort staff perspectives of safety planning as a suicide prevention intervention for people of refugee and asylum-seeker background: a qualitative investigation
topic Research Trends
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9353668/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33944610
http://dx.doi.org/10.1027/0227-5910/a000781
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