Department of Psychology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
Department of Psychology, Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.
PLoS One. 2024 Aug 12;19(8):e0306929. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0306929. eCollection 2024.
Residents of rural regions may have higher and unique suicide risks. Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) is a Canadian province replete with rural regions. Despite an abundance of rural suicide research, heterogeneity in rural regions may preclude amalgamating findings to inform prevention efforts. Thus, exploring the unique needs of NL is needed. Importantly, health care providers (HCP) may afford unique perspectives on the suicide-related needs or concerns of rural life. We asked HCPs of residents of rural NL their perceived suicide risk factors, concerns, and needs for rural NL.
Twelve HCPs of rural residents of NL completed virtual semi-structured interviews. Interviews were analysed using reflexive thematic analysis [13,14].
HCPs noted individual, psychological, social, and practical factors linked to rural-suicide risk and subsequent needs. Findings highlight the unique challenges of residing and providing health care in rural NL and inform prevention and intervention efforts.
农村地区的居民可能面临更高且独特的自杀风险。纽芬兰和拉布拉多省（NL）是一个充满农村地区的加拿大省份。尽管有大量关于农村地区自杀的研究，但农村地区的异质性可能使综合研究结果以指导预防工作变得困难。因此，需要探索 NL 的独特需求。重要的是，医疗保健提供者（HCP）可能对农村生活中的与自杀相关的需求或问题有独特的看法。我们询问了 NL 农村居民的 HCP 对 NL 农村地区的自杀风险因素、关注点和需求的看法。
NL 农村居民的 12 名 HCP 完成了虚拟半结构化访谈。使用反思性主题分析[13,14]对访谈进行了分析。
HCP 注意到与农村自杀风险相关的个体、心理、社会和实际因素，以及随之而来的需求。研究结果突显了在 NL 农村地区居住和提供医疗保健的独特挑战，并为预防和干预工作提供了信息。
