.2020 Apr 3:14:27.

doi: 10.1186/s13033-020-00359-6. eCollection 2020.

Participatory model building for suicide prevention in Canada

Laura H Thompson^{1 2}, Justin J Lang¹, Brieanne Olibris³, Amélie Gauthier-Beaupré^{3 4}, Heather Cook^{5 6}, Dakota Gillies¹, Heather Orpana^{1 7}

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¹ 1Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
² 2Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
³ 3Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
⁴ 4Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Equity, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
⁵ 5Centre for Health Promotion, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
⁶ 6Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Canada.
⁷ 7School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.

PMID:32266005
PMCID: PMC7118927
DOI: 10.1186/s13033-020-00359-6

Participatory model building for suicide prevention in Canada

Laura H Thompson et al. Int J Ment Health Syst.2020.

.2020 Apr 3:14:27.

doi: 10.1186/s13033-020-00359-6. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Laura H Thompson^{1 2}, Justin J Lang¹, Brieanne Olibris³, Amélie Gauthier-Beaupré^{3 4}, Heather Cook^{5 6}, Dakota Gillies¹, Heather Orpana^{1 7}

Affiliations

¹ 1Centre for Surveillance and Applied Research, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
² 2Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.
³ 3Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
⁴ 4Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Equity, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
⁵ 5Centre for Health Promotion, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
⁶ 6Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Canada.
⁷ 7School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.

PMID:32266005
PMCID: PMC7118927
DOI: 10.1186/s13033-020-00359-6

Abstract

Background: Suicide is a behaviour that results from a complex interplay of factors, including biological, psychological, social, cultural, and environmental factors, among others. A participatory model building workshop was conducted with fifteen employees working in suicide prevention at a federal public health organization to develop a conceptual model illustrating the interconnections between such factors. Through this process, knowledge emerged from participants and consensus building occurred, leading to the development of a conceptual model that is useful to organize and communicate the complex interrelationships between factors related to suicide.

Methods: A model building script was developed for the facilitators to lead the participants through a series of group and individual activities that were designed to elicit participants' implicit models of risk and protective factors for suicide in Canada. Participants were divided into three groups and tasked with drawing the relationships between factors associated with suicide over a simplified suicide process model. Participants were also tasked with listing prevention levers that are in use in Canada and/or described in the scientific literature.

Results: Through the workshop, risk and prevention factors and prevention levers were listed and a conceptual model was drafted. Several "lessons learned" which could improve future workshops were generated through reflection on the process.

Conclusions: This workshop yielded a helpful conceptual model contextualising upstream factors that can be used to better understand suicide prevention efforts in Canada.

Keywords: Conceptual model; Participatory model building workshop; Suicide; Suicide prevention.

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Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Simplified suicide process model

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Consolidated enhanced draft conceptual model of risk and protective factors

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