Lived experience informing grassroots suicide prevention
AAS Conference, April 27th 2017, 4:00 PM
Authors: Lehto, Stage, Hardy
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Authors (Twitter) |
- Stigma can be addressed through personal contact with individuals who have lived experience
- Suicide prevention campaigns have traditionally been aimed toward mainstream culture
- Alternative branding and/or messaging has the potential to reach audiences that haven’t received prior interventions
- Grassroots initiatives have the potential to build new outreach campaigns that are inclusive, novel, and easier for some groups to relate to
- Individuals with lived experience can bring vital energy and perspective to new endeavors
- Key to those initiatives is engaging and mobilizing members of the community to:
- strengthen and enhance the ability of community members to connect
- develop empathy and compassion
- work together to achieve a world free of the pain of suicide
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Amelia Lehto
(@Atoes84) |
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Dese’Rae Stage
(@deseraestage) |
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Katie Hardy
(@SuckItSuicide) |
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