Men aged 40-64 and men and women over the age of 65 in five communities will be the focus of the Tasmanian component of an Australian Government-funded suicide prevention trial.
The five communities are Break O’Day, Launceston, Central Coast, Burnie and Devonport.
The Australian Government has provided $3 million for the Tasmanian part of the trial, which is an exciting opportunity to test a structured and collaborative approach to helping local communities reduce self-harm and suicide.
Primary Health Tasmania is coordinating implementation of the trial in this state, working closely with the Department of Health and Human Services, the Tasmanian Health Service, the Black Dog Institute, organisations focused on suicide prevention and mental health, and local communities.
The next steps are to work with the local communities and the trial advisory group to look at what suicide prevention activity is already on the ground, where it fits within the LifeSpan framework, and what needs to be developed to fill the gaps.
More information including a fact sheet is on the Primary Health Tasmania website here, and in the attached media release from Senator Jonathan Duniam who made today’s announcement.
Download guidelines about safe and responsible communication of suicide …
Safe_and_responsible_communication_about_suicide.docx
Jenny Denholm, www.primaryhealthtas.com.au
