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PLANNING COMMITTEE ON COMMUNITY INTERVENTIONS TO PREVENT VETERAN SUICIDE: THE ROLE OF SOCIAL DETERMINANTS
TIMOTHY J. STRAUMAN (Chair), Duke University
LISA A. BRENNER, University of Colorado
MITZI A. FIELDS, U.S. Army
DEBRA HOURY, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
EVELYN L. LEWIS, Veterans Health and Wellness Foundation
RAJEEV RAMCHAND, RAND Corporation
MOLLY CHECKSFIELD DORRIES, Study Director
JEANNE RIVARD, Senior Program Officer
ASHTON BULLOCK, Senior Program Assistant
BOARD ON BEHAVIORAL, COGNITIVE, AND SENSORY SCIENCES
TERRIE E. MOFFITT (NAM) (Chair), Duke University
RICHARD N. ASLIN (NAS), Yale University
JOHN BAUGH, Washington University in St. Louis
WILSON S. GEISLER (NAS), The University of Texas at Austin
MICHELE GELFAND (NAS), University of Maryland, College Park
ULRICH MAYR, University of Oregon
KATHERINE L. MILKMAN, University of Pennsylvania
ELIZABETH A. PHELPS, Harvard University
DAVID E. POEPPEL, New York University
STACEY SINCLAIR, Princeton University
TIMOTHY J. STRAUMAN, Duke University
SAMANTHA CHAO, Acting Director
Acknowledgments
This Proceedings of a Virtual Symposium was reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine in making each published proceedings as sound as possible and to ensure that it meets the institutional standards for quality, objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the process.
We thank the following individual for their review of this proceedings: Evelyn L. Lewis, Veterans Health and Wellness Foundation, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. We also thank staff member Tracy Lustig for reading and providing helpful comments on this manuscript.
Although the reviewers listed above provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the content of the proceedings nor did they see the final draft before its release. The review of this proceedings was overseen by Bernadette M. Melnyk, Vice President for Health Promotion and University Chief Wellness Officer, and Dean, College of Nursing, The Ohio State University. She was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this proceedings was carried out in accordance with standards of the National Academies and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content rests entirely with the rapporteur and the National Academies.
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Contents
Structure of Symposium and Proceedings
2 SOCIAL, CULTURAL, AND ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS RELATED TO SUICIDE, PANEL 1
Financial Wellbeing as a Social Determinant of Suicide Risk in Veterans
Setting the Stage: The Significance of Social Determinants of Health
Overview of Trends in Suicide in High and Rising Mortality Rates Among Working-Age Adults
3 SOCIAL, CULTURAL, AND ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS RELATED TO SUICIDE, PANEL 2
Native American/Alaska Native Veterans
4 SOCIAL, CULTURAL, AND ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS RELATED TO SUICIDE, PANEL 3
5 COMMUNITY INTERVENTIONS FOR SUICIDE PREVENTION AND SUPPORT FOR VETERANS
Upstream Prevention by Addressing Social Determinants of Health
Community-Driven Efforts to Prevent Firearm Suicide
The CDC Technical Package on Suicide Prevention
6 COMMUNITY INTERVENTIONS FOR VARIED APPLICATIONS IN HOUSING, HEALTH, AND SAFETY
Using a Collaborative Approach in Suicide Prevention
7 REPORTS FROM INTERACTIVE SESSION GROUPS
8 DISCUSSION OF INTERACTIVE SESSION REPORTS AND SYNTHESIS OF THE SYMPOSIUM
Cross-Cutting Themes Across Interactive Sessions
B Biographical Sketches of Planning Committee Members and Presenters