@article{ref1,
title="Development of a suicide prevention toolkit for VA home-based primary care teams",
journal="Home healthcare now",
year="2021",
author="Mlinac, Michelle E. and Steadman-Wood, Pamela L. and Richter, Luis C. and Wetherell, Julie L. and Siffert, Kevin J. and Smith, Ronald W.",
volume="39",
number="1",
pages="13-19",
abstract="The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Home-Based Primary Care program (HBPC) serves Veterans with multiple comorbid physical and psychological conditions that  can increase suicide risk. HBPC teams are uniquely able to implement suicide risk  assessment and prevention practices, and the team's mental health provider often  trains other team members. An online suicide prevention toolkit was developed for  HBPC mental health providers and their teams as part of a quality improvement  project. Toolkit development was guided by a needs assessment consisting of first  focus group and then data from surveys of HBPC program directors (n = 53) and HBPC  mental health providers (n = 56). Needs identified by both groups included training  specific to the HBPC patient population and more resources if mental health needs  could not be fully managed by the HBPC team. HBPC mental health providers within  integrated care teams play a key role in clinical intervention, policy development,  and interprofessional team education on suicide prevention. HBPC teams have specific  learning and support needs around suicide prevention that can be addressed with a  feasible, easily accessible clinical and training resource.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2374-4529",
doi="10.1097/NHH.0000000000000922",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/NHH.0000000000000922"
}