Suicide prevention as a community development process: Understanding circumpolar youth suicide prevention through community level outcomes

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 274-291

  Allen, James ^a   Mohatt, Gerald ^a   Fok, Carlotta Ching Ting ^a   Henry, David ^b   People Awakening Team, ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska Native; Community readiness assessment; Community based participatory research; Suicide; Suicide prevention

Indexed keywords

EID: 67849086862     PISSN: 12399744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v68i3.18328     Document Type: Article

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