Presenting on Culturally Infused Community Training for Suicide Prevention – Be Sensitive, Be Brave
Last week in Morgan Hill (9/12/2024), I attended the Santa Clara County’s Suicide Prevention Conference and participated in a presentation titled, “Increasing the Accessibility of Suicide Prevention Community Trainings via Language Translation vs. Cultural Adaptation: Lessons Learned.” The presentation was led by Dr. Joyce Chu (co-creator of Be Sensitive Be Brave training for mental health and suicide prevention: https://www.smchealth.org/bsbb) and featured community partners for Vietnamese adaptation (Dr. Kathlyn Clementelli) and Tongan adaptation (Leafa Taumoepeau and Maata Misinale. I’m so grateful for each of them!
The lessons learned were so insightful and left the audience thinking about cultural adaptations for different communities, including food, storytelling and working with trusted institutions (community center, church).
Below are links with more suicide prevention information/resources:
September Suicide Prevention Month: https://smcsuicideprevention.com/
Suicide Prevention Program/Committee: https://www.smchealth.org/suicide-prevention
Written by Sylvia Tang (she/her), BHRS Office of Diversity & Equity Community Health Planner and Suicide Prevention Committee Co-Chair
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