Development and Implementation of Web-Based Safety Planning Intervention Training for Firefighter Peer Support Specialists.
Crisis
; 45(2): 108-117, 2024 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
Background:
Recent findings indicate that firefighters may be at increased risk for death by suicide; however, there has been only limited suicide prevention work in fire service to date.Aim:
The objective of this program evaluation project was to develop and evaluate a web-based Safety Planning Intervention (SPI) training course for firefighter peer support specialists.Method:
Peer support specialists who completed the web-based SPI training were administered evaluation questionnaires before the training and then again at a 3-month follow-up assessment.Results:
A total of 213 peer support specialists completed the SPI training. Most participants took 2-3 h to complete the training. Participants generally reported high levels of satisfaction with the course, with the vast majority (94.4%) indicating they would recommend it to their peers. Course completers also demonstrated significant gains in SPI knowledge and self-efficacy from baseline to 3-month follow-up (all p's < .001). Moreover, the percentage of participants who reported completing a safety plan with someone they suspected at being of risk for suicide increased approximately 7-fold from baseline (3.5%) to 3-month follow-up (25.2%; p < .001). Participants further reported that 97.6% of the safety plans that they completed resulted in a positive outcome.Limitations:
This was a program evaluation project that did not include a control group. Thus, causality cannot be inferred.Conclusions:
The present findings suggest that web-based SPI training is a feasible and scalable approach for training peer support specialists to deliver the SPI to at-risk individuals.Palabras clave
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Suicidio
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Bomberos
Tipo de estudio:
Sysrev_observational_studies
Aspecto:
Implementation_research
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Crisis
Año:
2024
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos