Development of a suicide prevention model for community leaders and village health volunteers
Keywords:
program suicidal prevention, community leaders, village health volunteers, Upper-Northern ThailandAbstract
The study objective was to study, develop, and evaluate a suicide prevention model for community leaders and village health volunteers in Lamphun province. The research and development (R&D) approach was used to conduct the investigation between October 2019 - August 2020, at Mueang District, Lamphun. The samples included 69 model developers who were community leaders, village health volunteers, prior suicide attempts, local government officers, and health care practitioners, and 50 community leaders or village health volunteers for model evaluation. The following research instruments were used: 1) a focus group discussion form, 2) a prototype model of suicide prevention for community leaders and village health volunteers, and 3) a prototype model evaluation form. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze the data.
Results: Interviews and focus groups provided the data for the research and development phase. According to the findings of the study, a suicidal prevention model for community leaders and village health volunteers consisted of 1) encouraging participation across all social networks to prevent suicide in all communities 2) improving the skills of community leaders and village health volunteers through a participatory learning (PL) training session that emphasizes practice and continual process monitoring. Questionnaires were used to collect data for the model evaluation phase. In this phase, there were 50 participants, the majority of whom were male (60%), aged between 20 and 62 years old, and engaged in agricultural work (58%). The evaluation of all components showed a good level, with mean scores of 2.19±0.17 for the environment component, 2.04±0.13 for the influencing/input elements, 2.23±0.10 for the implementation component, and 2.06±0.12 for the output component.
Conclusion: This study has developed a suicide prevention model for community leaders/villages, comprising a collaboration between healthcare services, local administrative organizations, and community leaders/villages. The overall evaluation of the model was positive; however, it should be implemented and further developed in other communities.
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