Step 7. Innovation
Purpose
Identify opportunities to refine and expand both the suicide prevention treatment
practices and programs and the implementation practices and programs.
Activities
- Develop and implement processes to refine and expand implementation practices and programs.
- Identify community practices and programs related to suicide prevention that are candidates for ongoing innovation.
- Develop and implement processes and programs to identify and address opportunities and feed them into the project identification step and other community action plans.
- Share innovations and lessons learned with other communities.
Resources/Input
- Completed community actions and goals
- Data collection and reporting processes
- Assessment methods
- Evaluation report & action plan
- List serve or chat group
Results/Output
- Improved effectiveness of suicide prevention activities, initiatives and programs
- Innovations shared across communities