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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

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