@article{ref1,
title="A Community Call to Action: Use of Quality Improvement Strategies to Address Youth Suicides",
journal="Evidence-based practice in child and adolescent mental health",
year="2021",
author="Esposito-Smythers, C. and Defayette, A.B. and Whitmyre, E. and Steinberg, P. and Goldston, D.B. and Asarnow, J.R.",
volume="6",
number="3",
pages="328-342",
abstract="Youth suicide clusters are a tragedy that no community should have to face. This paper details how a large community came together to better understand and prevent the future loss of young lives in their County using interdisciplinary quality improvement (QI) teams and a multi-component, continuous QI project. This includes the formation of a Youth Suicide Review Team, the development of a County wide Blueprint for youth and family behavioral health services, and the launching of a training consortium in evidence-based practice for behavioral health providers. The details surrounding these efforts are discussed, and the SAFETY-Acute/Family Intervention for Suicide Prevention is highlighted as an example of the training conducted. Finally, a discussion of some of the successes, barriers, and attempts to address obstacles along the QI pathway are offered. Broadly, this paper offers one model for how to leverage interdisciplinary academic-community partnerships to decrease risk for youth deaths by suicide by improving the quality of behavioral healthcare for youth and families. © 2021 Society of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2379-4925",
doi="10.1080/23794925.2021.1917020",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23794925.2021.1917020"
}