title: An Intervention With Meaning.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) health-care system utilizes a multilevel suicide prevention intervention that features the use of standardized safety plans with veterans considered to be at high risk for suicide.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  Little is known about clinician perceptions on the value of safety planning with veterans at high risk for suicide.
  
  
  METHODS
  Audio-recorded interviews with 29 VHA behavioral health treatment providers in a southeastern city were transcribed and analyzed using qualitative methodology.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Clinical providers consider safety planning feasible, acceptable, and valuable to veterans at high risk for suicide owing to the collaborative and interactive nature of the intervention. Providers identified the types of veterans who easily engaged in safety planning and those who may experience more difficulty with the process.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Additional research with VHA providers in other locations and with veteran consumers is needed.
authors.affiliation: 1 VISN 2 Center of Excellence for Suicide Prevention, Canandaigua, NY, USA.|2 SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Brooke A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Levandowski
authors.affiliation: 1 VISN 2 Center of Excellence for Suicide Prevention, Canandaigua, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Constance M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Cass
authors.affiliation: 3 James A. Haley Veterans Hospital, Tampa, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Stephanie N
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.affiliation: 1 VISN 2 Center of Excellence for Suicide Prevention, Canandaigua, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Janet E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Kemp
authors.affiliation: 1 VISN 2 Center of Excellence for Suicide Prevention, Canandaigua, NY, USA.|4 University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Kenneth R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Conner
mesh_terms: D006285:Health Planning; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D061214:Patient Safety; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012306:Risk; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology; D014481:United States; D014493:United States Department of Veterans Affairs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014728:Veterans / Q000523:psychology*; D000092864:Suicide Prevention
keywords: health services research; safety management; suicide; veterans' health