SAFETY-A for Promoting Equity in Suicide Prevention Outcomes in Schools

Description

This study will adapt Safe Alternatives For Teens and Youth - Acute (SAFETY-A) for implementation in low-resourced school districts to reduce racial/ethnic disparities in mental health service use (MHS) following identification of suicide risk in youth. SAFETY-A will be adapted to fit the organizational context of school districts and to reduce mistrust of MHS, internalized stigma, and concealment of youth emotional distress that arise in school suicide risk assessments with Asian American and Latinx students. Following a prototyping case series, a feasibility trial will assign four districts to the timing of SAFETY-A implementation to generate preliminary data on feasibility and impacts on proposed mechanisms and youth MHS utilization and clinical outcomes across racial/ethnic groups.

Conditions

Suicidal Ideation

Study Overview

Study Details

Study overview

This study will adapt Safe Alternatives For Teens and Youth - Acute (SAFETY-A) for implementation in low-resourced school districts to reduce racial/ethnic disparities in mental health service use (MHS) following identification of suicide risk in youth. SAFETY-A will be adapted to fit the organizational context of school districts and to reduce mistrust of MHS, internalized stigma, and concealment of youth emotional distress that arise in school suicide risk assessments with Asian American and Latinx students. Following a prototyping case series, a feasibility trial will assign four districts to the timing of SAFETY-A implementation to generate preliminary data on feasibility and impacts on proposed mechanisms and youth MHS utilization and clinical outcomes across racial/ethnic groups.

SAFETY-A for Promoting Equity in Suicide Prevention Outcomes in Schools

SAFETY-A for Promoting Equity in Suicide Prevention Outcomes in Schools

Condition
Suicidal Ideation
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Los Angeles

University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, 90095

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • 1. Age 11-19
  • 2. Enrolled in participating school district
  • 3. Present with suicide thoughts or behavior to school personnel
  • 4. Have an identified caregiver who can participate in the intervention
  • 1. School personnel determine the student to be at such imminent risk of danger to self that they are unable to benefit from the intervention and must be immediate transported for emergency care.
  • 2. Student is unable to participate in the intervention due to indications of intellectual disability, psychosis, or intoxication

Ages Eligible for Study

11 Years to

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

University of California, Los Angeles,

Anna S Lau, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of California, Los Angeles

Study Record Dates

2025-02