Renewal of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Strategy

Gayaa Dhuwi (Proud Spirit) Australia

Who funded the project

 

Karabena Consulting was engaged to facilitate consultations with a wide range of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stakeholders to inform the renewal of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Strategy.

We undertook 13 national workshops and provided a thematic analysis of each to Gayaa Dhuwi (Proud Spirit) Australia including recommendations for strategic directions to be included in a renewed strategy.

Summary

 

To facilitate consultations with relevant stakeholders and provide recommendations to assist in the renewal of the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Strategy.

Project aims

 

To complete this project, Karabena Consulting facilitated 13 online national workshops with a range of Indigenous stakeholders and groups with lived experience of suicide. These included:

  • Children

  • Young people

  • Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer, Sistergirls and Brotherboys (LGBTIQ+SB) people

  • Women

  • Men

  • Stolen Generations and their descendants.

The workshops included discussions:

  • in relation to specific challenges (such as integrated approaches to suicide prevention, services and partnerships including with Primary Health Networks, and workforce needs); and

  • on levels of strategy governance including at the regional, State and Territory, and national levels.

Methodologies

 

The key outputs for this project were:

  • 13 reports from the workshops including a thematic analysis of each

  • Recommendations for strategic directions to include in a renewed strategy.

Outputs

 

As a result of this project, strategic directions were developed to be included in the renewed National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Strategy.

The strategic directions were crafted to meet the needs of Indigenous stakeholders and people with lived experience of suicide, and were tested with health services, Primary Health Networks, workforces and levels of government.

Project outcomes

 

Suicide prevention; lived experience; men; women; young people; children; mental health; social and emotional wellbeing; trauma; LGBTIQ+SB; Stolen Generations; governance; workforce; Primary Health Networks

Keywords

Camille Gonza