PARENT FOCUS GROUP GUIDE
Number of participants:
Parent organizations participants represent:
How long have you all lived in the area?
How large of a problem is suicide in your school? How about your community? Do you think this problem is larger, smaller, or similar to other schools and communities?
How has your community been affected by the recent suicides in the community? How have you personally been affected by the recent suicides in the community?
How do people in the community respond when a young person dies by suicide?
How does the media respond?
How does the town respond?
How do schools respond?
How do parents respond?
How do young people respond?
What are issues in the community that affect the way people think about or respond to suicide?
What are issues in the community that you think increases the risk for youth suicide?
What are issues in the community that you think decrease the risk for youth suicide?
What resources are available in the community to help young people who might be depressed, anxious, or thinking about suicide?
Are resources accessed by young people? Why or why not?
What resources are available in the community to help families? Are these resources being accessed? Why or why not?
When it comes to addressing the needs and problems of young people, what do you think the community needs most?
What additional activities or resources should the community be using to prevent suicide among youth? Who should be responsible for these activities/resources?
What do parents need in order to help prevent suicides among youth?
What are barriers to seeking and accessing mental health care/resources? Any particular barriers for youth? Any barriers to accessing family services?
What role, if any, has social media played in the recent suicides in the community?
What role, if any, had traditional media (newspapers, TV, radio) played in the recent suicides in the community?
Is there anything else you think we should know?
| File Type | application/msword |
| File Title | Emergency Epidemic Investigations |
| Author | lmp2 |
| Last Modified By | CDC User |
| File Modified | 2014-10-31 |
| File Created | 2014-10-31 |