UniSA Clinical and Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Survivors of Torture and Trauma Assistance and Rehabilitation Service, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
Crisis. 2022 May;43(3):205-213. doi: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000777. Epub 2021 May 4.
There are concerning rates of suicidality among asylum seekers and refugees in Australia, and tailored suicide prevention initiatives are needed. We aimed to evaluate the impact of a tailored suicide prevention education program for people working with asylum seekers and refugees. Attendees of the education program completed self-report questionnaires at pretraining, posttraining, and 4-6 months follow-up. Over 400 workers, volunteers, and students across Australia took part in the education program. A series of linear mixed-effects models revealed significant improvements in outcome measures from pretraining ( = 247) to posttraining ( = 231). Improvements were maintained at follow-up ( = 75). Limitations of this research were the lack of a control group and a low follow-up response rate. Findings suggest that a 2 days tailored suicide prevention education program contributes to significant improvements in workers' attitudes toward suicide prevention, and their confidence and competence in assessing and responding to suicidal distress.
在澳大利亚，寻求庇护者和难民中存在令人担忧的自杀率，因此需要有针对性的预防自杀举措。我们旨在评估为从事寻求庇护者和难民工作的人量身定制的预防自杀教育计划的影响。参加教育计划的人员在培训前、培训后和 4-6 个月随访时完成了自我报告问卷。澳大利亚各地有 400 多名工作人员、志愿者和学生参加了该教育计划。一系列线性混合效应模型显示，从培训前（n = 247）到培训后（n = 231），结果测量指标有显著改善。在随访时（n = 75）仍保持改善。本研究的局限性在于缺乏对照组和随访应答率低。研究结果表明，为期两天的量身定制的预防自杀教育计划有助于显著改善工作人员对预防自杀的态度，以及他们评估和应对自杀困扰的信心和能力。
