Suicide Prevention Learning Collaborative - VA/Community Organizations (CO-ACT)

The PSCI-SPC CO-ACT was a community based participatory research pilot conducted in 2020-2021 with 13 participating community organizations in the greater Denver/Colorado Springs, Colorado area. CO-ACT connected the VA suicide prevention research experts to community organizations to support these organizations in implementing Veteran suicide prevention practices. PSCI-SPC strove to understand the challenges organizations face in relation to Veteran suicide prevention and developed solutions to these issues. The VA/Community Learning Collaborative also sought to create a network of collaborative partnerships among members. The goal of this work was to improve suicide prevention practices for Veterans in the community and reduce Veteran suicide deaths.

To learn more about the learning collaborative model and how to implement it in your community access the CO-ACT Toolkit below:

Link to CO-ACT Toolkit
To learn more about the efficacy of CO-ACT, please read our article published in Suicide and Life Threatening Behavior
- DeBeer, B., Mignogna, J., Borah, E., Bryan, C., Monteith, L. L., Russell, P., Williams, M., Bongiovanni, K., Villarreal, E., Hoffmire, C., Peterson, A., Heise, J., Mohatt, N., Baack, S., Weinberg, K., Polk, M., Alverio, T., Keene, R., Mealer, M., & Benzer, J. (2023). A pilot of a veteran suicide prevention learning collaborative among community organizations: Initial results and outcomes. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 53, 628-641.
- https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12969
- https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/sltb.12969

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Suicide Prevention Learning Collaborative - VA/Community Organizations (CO-ACT)