Suicide and Overdose Fatality Review – A Rural Community Approach that Involves Cross-Sector
Description
Bringing together cross sectors of a rural community to create change can bring great success and great challenges! When protecting our children and future community leaders, there is a great reason to work towards a solution and put bias aside.
In 2019 our community developed a Suicide and Overdose Fatality Review (SOFR). In 2020 we reviewed our first decedent. Since that time, we have been able to make strides towards:
• Enhancing Access/Reducing Barriers
• Changing Consequences
• Changing Physical Design
• Modifying/Changing Policies
Learn from our experience on how participants from cross-sectors, creating a safe, non-judgmental environment, utilizing person-first language, and focusing on solutions, not blame, can create positive outcomes in a SOFR.
Learning Objectives
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
1. Identify key steps needed to develop a SOFR in your community.
2. Identify the importance and value of cross sector collaboration and partnership for a SOFR.
3. Describe how fatality review data can be used to enhance access/reduce barriers, change consequences
Evaluation
