Wellbeing (e.g. Youth, Community, Mental)
Sharing Session - 90 Minutes
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Farah Kauffman, MPH
Operations Manager
National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention at EDC
Farah Kauffman, MPH
Operations Manager
National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention at EDC
Sarah Brummett, MA JD
Director, Office of Suicide Prevention within Violence and Injury Prevention-Mental Health Promotion Branch
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
John Wiesman, DrPH, MPH
Secretary of Health
Washington State Department of Health
Suicide is a significant public health problem in the United States. As a key contributor to the nation’s declining life expectancy (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2018), suicide as a public health issue requires a coordinated, comprehensive approach that engages partners from both the public and private sectors. This panel will discuss public-private partnerships as an important and influential model to reducing the nation’s rising suicide rate and will feature three examples focused on suicide prevention: (1) The National Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention; (2) Washington state’s Action Alliance for Suicide Prevention; and (3) the Colorado-National Collaborative.
Panelists will describe their respective efforts, reflect on the benefits of the public-private partnership model, discuss key components of successful public-private partnerships to advance suicide prevention, and share lessons learned related to developing and maintaining strategic and effective public-private partnerships.