Consumer and carer experiences with suicide prevention safety planning in SA emergency departments
About the Study
We know that many people experience suicide-related distress each day. Suicide prevention safety planning is a popular approach to reducing this distress. It involves developing a personalised list of coping strategies that people can use to keep themselves save when they notice feelings of suicide. Most of the safety planning research is based on statistical data. There isn’t enough information about peoples lived experiences with safety planning. This research aims to hear the voices of people with lived experience, to help us better understand how safety planning is working in emergency departments and how it can be improved. Consumers and carers will participate in an audio-recorded, semi-structured interview to share their experience of either creating a safety plan for themselves, or caring for a loved one who has a safety plan.
Eligibility Requirements
- Adults, aged 18+ years
- Either have had experience of creating a safety plan for themselves, or supporting a loved one who has created a safety plan, in a South Australian emergency department in the past 2 years
- Fluent in spoken English
- Must have created their safety plan, or supported a loved one who created a safety plan, at least 2 weeks ago
Benefits
Participants will be offered a $50 gift card honorarium at the completion of their interview.
Participating in suicide prevention research can be a healing experience, where people with lived experience can turn their experiences into positive changes for other people in similar situations. The lived experience voices heard through this project will be used to inform best practice in suicide safety planning in emergency departments.
Contact Details
Dr Monika Ferguson - Ph: 08 8302 1594; Email: Monika.Ferguson@unisa.edu.au
This project has been approved by the University of South Australia’s Human Research Ethics Committee - Ethics Protocol number 206617.
