Suicide Prevention for Indigenous Youth

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2-15-2008 3:08 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/c64c4653-717a-46fd-bb60-33593d87b29e/FEC8585D-24F2-4AEB-855C-6D59425F5FEC/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://indigenousissuestoday.blogspot.com/" href="http://indigenousissuestoday.blogspot.com/" style="font-size: 11px;">indigenousissuestoday.blogspot.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://indigenousissuestoday.blogspot.com/"><H1 class="title">
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</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://indigenousissuestoday.blogspot.com/">Suicide, Native American and Alaskan Native Indigenous Peoples, and Successful Prevention Programs for Youth at Risk</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://indigenousissuestoday.blogspot.com/"><DIV>Suicide is the third leading cause of death among adolescents in the United States, accounting for a greater number of deaths than the next seven leading causes of death combined for 15 to 24 year olds (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2006). Almost 1 in 12 adolescents in high school made a suicide attempt in 2005, with 17% of all adolescents seriously considering making a suicide attempt (CDC, 2006). Despite the staggering facts behind these numbers, Native American and Alaskan Native indigenous youth have even higher rates.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://indigenousissuestoday.blogspot.com/">Suicide prevention programs that are culturally appropriate and incorporate culturally specific knowledge and traditions have been shown to be the most successful and well received by Native American and Alaskan Native indigenous communities.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/FEC8585D-24F2-4AEB-855C-6D59425F5FEC/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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