Staff Perspectives of Safety Planning as a Suicide Prevention Intervention for People of Refugee and Asylum-Seeker Background

Research library / Peer-reviewed study

Written by

Ferguson M, Posselt M, McIntyre H et al.

Year

2021

Place

SA

Access

Free

In plain English

Interviews with workers trained in suicide prevention for refugees and people seeking asylum. They saw safety planning as a useful, low-cost tool when it is built together with the client, but noted barriers to using it.

Topics

• Refugees and asylum seekers
• Suicide prevention
• Workforce and cultural responsiveness

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