Open AccessThe US Air Force Suicide Prevention Program: Implications for Public Health Policy
Author(s) -
Kerry L. Knox,
Steven Pflanz,
G. Wayne Talcott,
Rick L. Campise,
Jill Lavigne,
Alina Bajorska,
Xin Tu,
Eric D. Caine
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2009.159871
Subject(s) - suicide prevention , poison control , suicide rates , injury prevention , public health , occupational safety and health , human factors and ergonomics , environmental health , medicine , intervention (counseling) , gerontology , psychiatry , nursing , pathology
We evaluated the effectiveness of the US Air Force Suicide Prevention Program (AFSPP) in reducing suicide, and we measured the extent to which air force installations implemented the program.