Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education and Communications, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, USA.
Mental Health America of Greater Houston, Houston, TX 77098, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 Oct 3;19(19):12625. doi: 10.3390/ijerph191912625.
K-12 school personnel may be frontline responders for youth contemplating suicide or other harmful behaviors. Therefore, the purpose of this preliminary study was to determine selected K-12 educators' perceptions of youth suicide prevention (YSP) training. A longitudinal trend survey with repeated measures and proportionally stratified random samples of K-12 personnel from nine Texas independent school districts provided data. Participants' perceived knowledge of the YSP content showed significant appreciative gains between pre- and follow-up post-tests. Likewise, their confidence levels for helping students at risk of suicide and approaching other adults to talk about students at risk of suicide rose significantly between pretests and follow-up post-tests. This preliminary study reinforces the value of training educators to acquire content knowledge and confidence boosting opportunities for engagement in difficult dialogue about suicidality. YSP training helped improve educators' confidence to engage with others about students' mental health concerns, calling attention to the importance of identifying early warning signs that may aid in early support and prevention of youth mental health concerns.
K-12 学校人员可能是正在考虑自杀或其他伤害行为的青少年的一线应对者。因此，本初步研究的目的是确定选定的 K-12 教育工作者对青少年自杀预防 (YSP) 培训的看法。这项纵向趋势调查采用重复测量和比例分层随机抽样的方法，从德克萨斯州的九个独立学区抽取了 K-12 人员作为样本，提供了数据。参与者对 YSP 内容的认知水平在前后测之间显示出明显的提高。同样，他们帮助有自杀风险的学生以及与其他成年人谈论有自杀风险的学生的信心水平在前后测之间也显著提高。这项初步研究证实了培训教育工作者的价值，他们可以通过培训获得有关内容的知识并增强信心，从而参与到有关自杀倾向的艰难对话中。YSP 培训有助于提高教育工作者与他人就学生心理健康问题进行沟通的信心，这提醒人们注意识别可能有助于早期支持和预防青少年心理健康问题的早期预警信号的重要性。
