Community-based suicide prevention program in Japan using a health promotion approach |
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Authors: | Yutaka Motohashi Yoshihiro Kaneko Hisanaga Sasaki |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Public Health, Akita University School of Medicine, Hondo 1-1-1, 010-8543 Akita City, Japan |
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Abstract: | Suicide prevention programs at a national level in developed countries were briefly reviewed, and the community-based suicide
prevention programs in Akita Prefecture, in the Tohoku Region of Japan, were also outlined. Suicide prevention programs were
proposed in Western countries in the 1980s. A famous example is the national prevention program in Finland that was started
in 1986. The national suicide prevention programs in Western countries share some common features such as their comprehensiveness
and diversity. Typical policies of suicide prevention programs were categorized according to primary, secondary and tertiary
prevention. Regarding community-based suicide prevention programs using a health promotion approach, the Akita prefectural
government incorporated a suicide prevention program into the local health promotion strategy “Health Akita 21” in 2001. An
outline of the four action programs was as follows: to raise awareness of suicide prevention, to increase opportunities for
mental health consultation, to promote both primary and secondary prevention of depression, and to create a supportive environment
for mental health promotion. Community-based suicide prevention programs were started in some communities of model projects
that are financially supported by Akita Prefectural government. Efforts to evaluate the effectiveness of community-based suicide
prevention programs are needed in the future. |
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Keywords: | suicide prevention community health promotion policy Japan |
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