Name
Integrating a Suicide Prevention Intervention into Primary Care: The Role and Perspective of the Pediatric Provider
Description

Pediatric primary care is an important venue in which to identify and mitigate suicide risk. our team has developed and is testing Paloma (Partnering with Parents of Adolescent Latinos on Mental Health Assistance), an intervention for Spanish-speaking parents of youth experiencing suicidal ideation and behavior referred by their pediatrician. The intervention consists of 5 phone calls delivered by a community health worker. It complements usual pediatric care by bolstering parental self-efficacy to engage in behaviors that promote safety, improve parent-child communication and increase parent understanding of suicide risk and prevention. A pragmatic clinical trial of Paloma at 3 pediatric primary care practices in Baltimore, Maryland is ongoing. We propose to present quantitative and qualitative findings from pediatric providers participating in the Paloma pilot trial.

Co-Authors
Kiara Alvarez, PhD
Beverlin Rosario-Williams, PhD
Emma Giarrocco, BA
Kaimy Torres-Hernandez, MSPH
Grecia Vargas
Laura Prichett, PhD
Amanda Finney, MHS
Content Level
All Audience
Tags
Innovations, Prevention, Suicide
Session Type
Concurrent
SIG or Committee
Pediatrics (PEDs)
Objective 1
To describe changes in mental health screening in the context of the integration of a suicide prevention intervention in pediatric primary care
Objective 2
To identify opportunities to increase safety planning in pediatric primary care
Objective 3
To discuss opportunities to increase depression screening in pediatric primary care
Content Reference 1

Cha CB, Franz PJ, Guzmán EM, Glenn CR, Kleiman EM, Nock MK. Annual Research Review: Suicide among youth–epidemiology,(potential) etiology, and treatment. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 2018;59(4):460-482.

Content Reference 2

Ruch DA, Sheftall AH, Schlagbaum P, Rausch J, Campo JV, Bridge JA. Trends in suicide among youth aged 10 to 19 years in the United States, 1975 to 2016. JAMA Network Open. 2019;2(5):e193886.

Content Reference 3

Mercado MC, Holland K, Leemis RW, Stone DM, Wang J. Trends in emergency department visits for nonfatal self-inflicted injuries among youth aged 10 to 24 years in the United States, 2001-2015. JAMA. 2017;318(19):1931-1933.