Coral Gables Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #7
SUICIDE PREVENTION STRATEGY
Suicide is a large and growing public health problem. Our healthcare provider, Aetna is tackling this critical health issue by executing on a comprehensive strategy to reduce suicide attempts 20 percent among Aetna members by the year 2025.
Central to this work is that suicide is preventable within healthcare systems through evidence-based interventions and programs. Our suicide prevention taskforce has identified, created and launched capabilities that can save lives and bring hope to those we serve.
Member-focused initiatives
1Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Suicide and self-harm Injury. Available at: cdc.gov. Accessed May 4, 2021.
Central to this work is that suicide is preventable within healthcare systems through evidence-based interventions and programs. Our suicide prevention taskforce has identified, created and launched capabilities that can save lives and bring hope to those we serve.
Member-focused initiatives
- Caring Contact Program outreaches members at vulnerable times
- Showing a 70 percent reduction of repeat suicide attempts with our Commercial adult population
- Expanding to Student Health members
- Launching adolescent care bags given at discharge
- Improved universal suicide risk assessment and safety plan protocols
- Clinical outpatient pilots using proven risk-reducing therapies
- Didi Hirsch in California
- Oui/Vita Health in Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Florida, New York, Missouri, Texas, California, Virginia, Nevada, Utah and Illinois
- Social media campaign and informational toolkits for multiple audiences focused on youth dealing with continued mental health impact of the pandemic
- Predictive suicide risk model uses member features to estimate and best support those we serve
- New customized suicide prevention training, support and certification program to all contracted network behavioral health and EAP providers at no cost in partnership with Psych Hub
- Suicide prevention training pilot with select primary care provider practices in the Northeast in partnership with SafeSide
1Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Suicide and self-harm Injury. Available at: cdc.gov. Accessed May 4, 2021.
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