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Alberta's Suicide Prevention Training Programs: A Retrospective Comparison with Rothman's Developmental Research Model
Author(s) -
Ramsay R. F.,
Cooke M. A.,
Lang W. A.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
suicide and life‐threatening behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.544
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1943-278X
pISSN - 0363-0234
DOI - 10.1111/j.1943-278x.1990.tb00221.x
Subject(s) - human services , suicide prevention , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , injury prevention , service (business) , occupational safety and health , psychology , social work , human research , medicine , medical education , medical emergency , political science , business , pathology , marketing , law , cognitive science
Developmental research is used to transform existing knowledge into applied programs. A social research and development (R&D) method, developed by Rothman for the human service professions, is compared with the method used to develop the Suicide Prevention Training Programs in Alberta, Canada. A retrospective review compares the development of these programs, which have since been implemented both nationally and internationally, with Rothman's model; discusses social R&D as a transformation methodology; and draws conclusions about the probable success of using developmental research methods in the human services. The review finds that the Alberta method closely paralleled the phases of Rothman's model. Results show that the transformation of knowledge about suicide into widely disseminated suicide prevention training programs can be attributed to the application of social R&D principles. The study concludes that the use of developmental research methods to establish human service programs should increase the probability of their success.