title: The effects of the suicide awareness program in enhancing community volunteers' awareness of suicide warning signs.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effects of the suicide awareness program (SAP) in enhancing community volunteers' awareness of suicide warning signs (SWSs). Seventy-six participants were recruited in this study to complete the Awareness of Suicide Warning Signs Questionnaire before and after they received a 90-minute SAP. After the educational intervention, the mean score of the participants on awareness of SWSs was elevated from 3.97 to 4.53. The percentage of SWSs perceived increased from 46.88% to 84.38%. This shows that the SAP for community volunteers is effective in promoting suicide awareness.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, R.O.C. wenpei.tsai@msa.hinet.net
authors.forename: Wen-Pei
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Long-Yau
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: Wen-Li
authors.initials: WL
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Hui-Chin
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Ming-Chih
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Chou
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001364:Awareness; D003150:Community Health Workers / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D003463:Cues; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006266:Health Education / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011568:Psychiatric Nursing; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013624:Taiwan; D000092864:Suicide Prevention