About This Event
Join the Children’s Hospital Association (CHA) and three leading children’s hospitals as they share experiences with the Caring Contacts suicide intervention.
Caring Contacts are periodic brief messages that offer hope and support for at-risk youth.
The webinar highlights unique approaches from:
- Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago: Discover current research on Caring Contacts text messages delivered during the year following an emergency visit.
- Children's Nebraska: Learn from their implementation guide on mailing Caring Contacts and how they have automated tracking outcomes.
- Nationwide Children’s Hospital: Explore strategies for launching automated text-based Caring Contacts and considerations for engaging youth through digital platforms.
This is the inaugural webinar of the Preventing Youth Suicide Peer Learning Exchange, a new CHA resource that will provide valuable webinars, articles, and resources to all members.
Resources for Caring Contact Programs
Perspectives
- Huffington Post: "The Best Way to Save People from Suicide”
- Children’s Nebraska YouTube: “My Behavioral Health & Wellness Story: Lily”
Implementation toolkits
Research
- JMIR, Pediatrics and Parenting: “Development and Implementation of Postdischarge Text Messages to Adolescents With Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Through Caring Contacts: Implementation Study”
- ScienceDirect, JACEP Open: “Retrospective evaluation of implementation of caring contacts for youth suicide prevention in an emergency department”
- PubMed, Contemp Clin Trials: “Comparative effectiveness of two-way caring contacts texts vs one-way caring contacts texts vs enhanced usual care to reduce suicidal behavior in adolescents and adults: Protocol for the SPRING pragmatic randomized controlled trial”
