TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Training outcomes from the Samaritans of New York Suicide Awareness and Prevention Programme among community- and school-based staff
JO  - British journal of social work
A1  - Clark, Tanisha R.
A1  - Matthieu, Monica M.
A1  - Ross, Alan
A1  - Knox, Kerry L.
SP  - 2223
EP  - 2238
VL  - 40
IS  - 7
N2  - The Samaritans of New York public education suicide awareness and prevention programme is designed to train lay and professional staff on effective suicide prevention practices and how to "befriend" a person in crisis. However, little is known about the individual level characteristics of staff who attend these trainings. Community- and school-based staff (N=365) completed pre and post training measures of self-efficacy regarding their knowledge about suicide and suicide prevention and their ability to intervene with individuals at risk for suicide. <br><br>RESULTS indicate increased self-efficacy after suicide prevention training (M=3.7, SD=0.6) than before (M=3.3, SD=0.7) (t= -13.24, p<.05). Trainees with higher levels of education and previous contact with suicidal individuals were significantly more likely to indicate gains in self-efficacy after training.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0045-3102
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcq016
ID  - ref1
ER  -