Partnerships and collaboration are an essential part of successful suicide prevention programs.
Promoting community change goes beyond simply solving a problem or changing a circumstance. To reduce the risk of suicide, it is essential to make multi-level changes to systems that support youth, families, and communities. It extends to developing capacity of the community to recognize the conditions that need to be changed as well as the willingness and the ability to act. It takes work to mobilize and engage people and there are no one-size-fits all techniques.
Resources:
NCAI Five-module Research Curriculum- Research that Benefits Native People: A Guide for Tribal Leaders (Overview & Module 1): With an emphasis on an Indigenous perspective and approach, this tool presents learners with typical research scenarios that tribal leaders face and give the man opportunity to consider Western research activities. http://www.ncaiprc.org/research-curriculum-guide
NUKA Model: Southcentral Foundation in Alaska has developed a uniquely community-centered, team-based model of care that incorporates the people receiving health care as customer-owners of their own care. http://futurehealth.ucsf.edu/Content/11660/2011_09_Southcentral_Foundation-Nuka_Model_of_Care_Provides_Career_Growth_for_Frontline_Staff.pdf
Native Asset-Building Coalitions: Promising Practices and Sustainability. This report from the First Nations Development Institute highlights three Native Asset-Building Coalitions as they seek to organize coordinated efforts to strengthen asset-building activities in Indian Country and also provides best practices and lesions learned that can be helpful to other Native organizations looking to develop Native asset-building coalitions. http://www.firstnations.org/book/export/html/128
Webinars on Resource Development for Sustainability of Tribal Programs. This is four-part webinar series from the Corporation for national and Community Service covering resource development for tribal programs. Part one gives a general overview of resource development by discussing its four main components: public relations, partnerships, alternative grant opportunities, and entrepreneurship; part two provides the steps for developing a public relations plan, including types of media and the importance of selecting the appropriate one(s); part three provides information on using partnerships to maximize resources, and includes the eight steps for creating partnerships and how to maintain them; and part 4 provides information on grants research and prospecting, including questions to answer before starting, what funders are looking for, research tools, and the top reasons that grants are declined. http://nationalserviceresources.org/ackco-webinars
A Guide to Resources for Creating, Locating, and Using Child and Youth Indicator Data. This guide, created by Child Trends and Kids Count, provides descriptions of data and information resources available to those who work in the child and youth indicators field. Topics include 1) books, journals, and other publications related to the identification, measurement, development, and use of child indicators; 2) newsletters focused on child indicator issues and products; 3) Web sites offering data at the national, state, and local levels; 4) research centers focusing on child and youth well-being; and 5) technical resources for those who would like to develop their own indicators Web sites. http://www.childtrends.org/Files/Child_Trends-2009_01_05_FR_ChildIndicatorGuide.pdf
Research Articles:
Canadian First Nations Research on Culture as a Protective Factor in Suicide Prevention: http://web.uvic.ca/~lalonde/manuscripts/1998TransCultural.pdf
Canadian Guide on Suicide Prevention in First Nations Communities: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fniah-spnia/pubs/promotion/_suicide/prev_youth-jeunes/index-eng.php
Helpful Websites:
www.communitychange.org: Center for Community Change works with low-income people to build power and reshape their communities. Along with news and project updates, they provide practical information on topics including advocacy, community development tools, community organization, leadership training, coalition building, and economic development.
www.comminit.com/change_theories.html: The Communication Initiative offers descriptions of many theories of change and has an international perspective. The site provides publications, development news, planning and evaluation methods, and much more.
www.ntic-us.org: The National Training and Information Center provides training, technical assistance and research for grassroots community organizations on issues including housing, education, youth and workforce investment.
www.preventioninstitute.org/tools/partnership-tools.html: The Prevention Institute provides information on up-to-date publications, tools for planning with a focus on the well-being of the community.
www.cadca.org: CADCA’s National Coalition Institute has resources to help in training local grassroots groups, in effective community problem-solving strategies, teaching how to access their local problems and develop a comprehensive plan to address them. The site offers a variety of resources including information on incorporating local data, training opportunities and web-based distance learning, and an online community.
Tribal Learning Collaborative: Partnerships and Collaboration
May 6, 2013