NR 554 Week 7 Assignment, Commitment to Action – Teen Suicide Prevention
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NR 554 Week 7 Assignment, Commitment to Action-Teen Suicide Prevention Teen suicide has become an epidemic across the United States, suicide second only to accidents as the leading cause of death amon ... g individuals ages 15 to 19 (Murphy, Xu, Kochanek, Curtin, & Arias, 2017). The rate of suicidal ideation, planning and attempt has risen in last nine years for this age group. The CDC estimates, via survey, that 17.7% of American high school students seriously consider suicide in a given year. About 14.6% concocting plans to commit suicide, and 8.6% attempting suicide in a given year (“United States 2015 Results”, 2017). For students in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District, these numbers are even more striking. About 20.7% having attempted suicide in the past 12 months as of 2015 (“Cleveland, OH 2015 Results”, 2017). For teens aged 15-19, suicide is more prevalent than in the adult population by a factor of 3.6, 48.3 of every 100,000 individuals in this age group committing suicide in a given year. With this public health crisis sweeping across the United States, and especially in Northeast Ohio, more effective interventions are necessary. ………………….Continued ( 09 Pages with References) [Show More]
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