Adolescent Help‐Seeking and the Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program: An Evaluation
Abstract
The Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program has gained national and international recognition for its school‐ and community‐based activities. After the introduction of Yellow Ribbon to a Denver‐area high school, staff and adolescents were surveyed to determine if help‐seeking behavior had increased. Using a prepost intervention design, staff at an experimental school and comparison school were surveyed about their experiences with student help‐seeking. Additionally, 146 students at the experimental high school were surveyed. Staff did not report any increase in student help‐seeking, and students' reports of help‐seeking from 11 of 12 different types of helpers did not increase; the exception was help‐seeking from a crisis hotline, which increased from 2.1% to 6.9%. Further research with larger, more inclusive samples is needed to determine whether Yellow Ribbon is effective in other locations.
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- Authors
- Freedenthal, S.
- Affiliations
- University of Denver (US)
- Corresponding author
- Freedenthal, Stacey
- Venue
- Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2010-12-01
- Volume
- 40
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 628-639
- ISSN
- 0363-0234 (ISSN-L)
- 1943-278X
- OpenAlex
- W1994617441
- Cited by
- 51
- References
- 3
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- FWCI
- 4.22
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Speech and Hearing › School Health and Nursing Education
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Keywords
- adolescent help-seeking, suicide prevention, school-based intervention, high school students, school staff perceptions, intervention evaluation
- MeSH terms
- Workforce, Suicide Prevention, Adolescent, Adult, Colorado, Female, Humans, Male, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, Surveys and Questionnaires, Schools, Suicide, Attempted, Program Evaluation, Suicidal Ideation
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