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County council politicians' attitudes toward suicide and suicide prevention: a qualitative cross-cultural study.
Knizek, Birthe Loa; Hjelmeland, Heidi; Skruibis, Paulius; Fartacek, Reinhold; Fekete, Sandor; Gailiene, Danute; Osvath, Peter; Renberg, Ellinor Salander; Rohrer, Rudolf R.
Afiliação
  • Knizek BL; Department of Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology Management, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. birthe.loa.knizek@svt.ntnu.no
Crisis ; 29(3): 123-30, 2008.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18714908
ABSTRACT
The purpose of the present study was to compare county council politicians' attitudes toward suicide and suicide prevention in five European countries. A questionnaire was distributed and here the responses to the open-ended questions are analyzed qualitatively. Considerable differences were found in what the politicians in the five countries believed to be the most important causes of suicide and how suicide can be prevented. There were also differences in to what degree the politicians revealed a judgmental attitude toward suicide, which seemed to be related to the magnitude of the problem in the respective countries. A certain implicit inconsistency in the logic directing the politicians' responses was found when their views on causes to suicide and suicide prevention strategies were compared. The responses indicate a need for increased consciousness and knowledge about suicide and suicide prevention among politicians in all the five countries. This is important since they are responsible for initiating and funding suicide preventive efforts.
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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Política / Atitude / Prevenção do Suicídio / Governo Local Tipo de estudo: Qualitative_research Limite: Humans País/Região como assunto: Europa Idioma: En Revista: Crisis Ano de publicação: 2008 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Noruega País de publicação: CA / CANADA / CANADÁ
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Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Política / Atitude / Prevenção do Suicídio / Governo Local Tipo de estudo: Qualitative_research Limite: Humans País/Região como assunto: Europa Idioma: En Revista: Crisis Ano de publicação: 2008 Tipo de documento: Article País de afiliação: Noruega País de publicação: CA / CANADA / CANADÁ