TY - JOUR
PY - 2022//
TI - Suicide prevention program with cooperation from senior volunteers, governments, and schools: a study of the intervention effects of "educational lessons regarding SOS output" focusing on junior high school students
JO - Children (Basel, Switzerland)
A1 - Ogawa, Susumu
A1 - Suzuki, Hiroyuki
A1 - Takahashi, Tomoya
A1 - Fujita, Koji
A1 - Murayama, Yoh
A1 - Sato, Kenichiro
A1 - Matsunaga, Hiroko
A1 - Motohashi, Yutaka
A1 - Fujiwara, Yoshinori
SP - e541
EP - e541
VL - 9
IS - 4
N2 - As a suicide countermeasure for young people, implementing "SOS output education" that provides young people with opportunities and approaches to seeking support with community cooperation can be expected to reduce lifelong suicide risk. We implemented an "SOS output education" for junior high school students with cooperation from educators, government staff, and older people working as community volunteers. A total of 188 students were allocated to an intervention group and a waiting group. Outcome assessments were implemented at three points in time: before the program (Time 1), after the program (Time 2), and three months after the program (Time 3).
RESULTS showed that the number of people with worries increased in the intervention group compared with the waiting group between Time 1 and Time 2. There was also an increase in people with "reliable adults" between Time 1 and Time 3, and people with "adults who you can talk to at any time" increased between Time 2 and Time 3 in the intervention group. By implementing the SOS output education program with community cooperation, an increase was observed in the intervention group in terms of support-seeking awareness and the number of people with reliable adults and with adults who they can talk to at any time.
Language: en
LA - en SN - 2227-9067 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/children9040541 ID - ref1 ER -