Suicide Prevention Awareness
The Public Health Roundtable
Every month, a diverse panel of innovative public health thought leaders come together to discuss public health topics during a livestream here on LinkedIn. After the live event, we summarize and share our takeaways as an article in this newsletter. Read further to learn how our panelists bring awareness to National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month.
Suicide Prevention Awareness?
The month of September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month in the U.S. This provides us with another opportunity to address the ongoing need to explain public health to the general public. Through this discussion, we are able to bring awareness to the topic of mental health, specifically, suicide prevention. Join our Public Health Roundtable as Charlotte Hughes Huntley, PhD, MPH , Ericka Horne, MPH, CHES?, CCHW , & Kristi McClamroch, PhD, MPH , Linda Gordon, M.D., MPH. address “Suicide Prevention Awareness” in this discussion.
Conversation Highlights
[00:05] Welcome to the discussion
[01:05] Introduction of topic–Suicide Prevention Awareness
[00:40] Roundtable LIVE Discussion background?
[00:38] Introduction of Dr. Huntley
[01:35] Introduction of Ericka Horne
[02:30] Introduction of Dr. Linda Gordon ?
[03:20] Introduction of Dr. Kristi McClamroch ?
[04:10] Topic background information and statistics overview
[06:45] Dr. Huntley introduces the question that will be addressed by each panelist
[07:00] Ericka Horne shares how she communicates and addresses suicide prevention awareness within her community.
[11:18] Dr. Linda Gordon explains how she is communicating and addressing suicide prevention awareness within her community.
[14:20] Dr. Kristi McClamroch elaborates on how she communicates and addresses suicide prevention awareness within her community.
[17:45] Final thoughts from panelists
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[24:08] Dr. Huntley shares her experience addressing and communicating suicide prevention awareness within her community.
[20:35] Conversation wrap-up
[26:30] Audience call to action
Notable Quotes
"Suicide really is a public health threat. Acknowledging that there are still a lot of gaps that need to be addressed is crucial." -Ericka Horne [18:45]
"And I would say as professionals, and then also as our civic duty, really working on reducing the stigma, being that safe space and being both emotionally and physically present. That's something that we can do. " -Dr. Gordon [21:52]
"We may not share everything that's going on in our lives, but there's always other stuff happening. So, providing resources for people is so important." -Dr. Kristi McClamroch [22:39]
“Reminders that "sometimes it's okay to not be okay," as well as check ins and sharing resources, are all so important." -Dr. Huntley [24:39]
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