TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - A Community Call to Action: Use of Quality Improvement Strategies to Address Youth Suicides
JO  - Evidence-based practice in child and adolescent mental health
A1  - Esposito-Smythers, C.
A1  - Defayette, A.B.
A1  - Whitmyre, E.
A1  - Steinberg, P.
A1  - Goldston, D.B.
A1  - Asarnow, J.R.
SP  - 328
EP  - 342
VL  - 6
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 2379-4925
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23794925.2021.1917020
ID  - ref1
ER  -