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Means restriction for suicide prevention HTA information paper
- Author / Creator
Details
- Creator
- Bing Guo, Christa Harstall, Patricia Chatterley ; prepared for Alberta Health Services
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- Edmonton, Alta. : Institute of Health Economics, 2010 (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2010)
- Series
- Physical Details
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- 1 electronic text (xi, 93 p.) : digital file
- ISBNs
- 9781897443651, 189744365X, 1897443641
- OCLC
- ocn632166732
- "January 2010".
- Issued as part of the Canadian Electronic Library, Documents collection, Canadian health research collection, and Canadian public policy collection.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Executive Summary -- Background -- Objectives and scopes -- Findings from Part I -- Findings from Part II -- Implications for Alberta's future efforts -- Conclusion -- Abbreviations -- Definitions -- Introduction
- Part I. An Overview of National Policies/Strategies on Means Restriction -- Objectives -- Method -- Findings -- Problem identification -- Suicide rates and trends -- Means/methods for suicide deaths -- Search for evidence -- Rationale for means restriction -- Effectiveness of means restriction -- Delineation of options -- Implementation of the chosen options -- Funding -- Leadership -- Current means restriction policies/practices -- Evaluation of the impact -- Evaluation framework/approach -- Outcome evaluation -- Ongoing monitoring of outcomes -- Canadian Context -- National suicide prevention strategy -- National suicide prevention policy and practice -- Discussion -- Questions from Alberta Health Services -- Role of means restriction -- Conclusions
- Part II. Preventing Intentional Overdose: Policies/Strategies and Their Effectiveness -- Scope and Objectives -- Background -- Definition -- Suicide by intentional overdose -- Acetaminophen poisoning -- Co-proxamol poisoning -- Policies/Strategies for Preventing Intentional Overdose -- Effectiveness of Strategies to Reduce Intentional Overdose -- Description of the included studies -- Findings from systematic reviews -- Deaths by acetaminophen poisoning -- Hospital admissions for acetaminophen poisoning -- Admission to specialized liver units and liver transplants -- Severity of acetaminophen poisoning -- Acetaminophen sales -- Methodological issues -- Medical considerations -- Evidence from primary studies -- Drug restriction -- Alcohol policy for youth -- Parental education -- Canadian Context -- Discussion -- Summary of findings -- Methodological issues -- Case fatality -- Policy consideration -- Research gaps -- Definition -- Data collection -- Information system -- Evaluation of the impact -- Conclusion
- Appendix A: Methodology -- Appendix B: Excluded Documents -- Appendix C: Data extraction tables for Part I -- Appendix D: Data Extraction Table for Part II -- Appendix E: Effectiveness of Intentional Overdose Prevention Strategy -- Reference
Subjects
- Suicide -- Prevention.
- Drugs -- Overdose -- Prevention.
- Suicide -- prevention & control.
Medical Subject Heading
- Overdose -- prevention & control.
Medical Subject Heading