1. SUICIDE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION WORKSHOP FOR SOCIAL WORKERS AND PARAPROFESSIONALS
- Author
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Julie Lorenzo, Caren Wean, Van Yu, Sophie Miller-Solarino, and Aaron J. Levitt
- Subjects
Program evaluation ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Social work ,Nursing ,business.industry ,Family medicine ,education ,Mentally ill homeless ,Medicine ,business ,Social Sciences (miscellaneous) ,Education - Abstract
Social workers and paraprofessionals serve psychiatric populations at high risk for suicide, but may receive little training related to suicidality. This study evaluated a suicide awareness and prevention training workshop for providers working with mentally ill homeless and previously homeless adults. Trainees attended a half day of training, and completed knowledge posttests and training evaluations. Half the trainees completed knowledge pretests, and those onsite at 21 months completed follow-up knowledge tests. Both professionals and paraprofessionals showed substantially improved knowledge at posttest and follow-up. Trainees also reported high levels of satisfaction with training format and content.
- Published
- 2011