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Alaska Statewide Suicide Prevention Summit
January 11-13, 2010

• Event Summary
• Press Release: State, stakeholders hold Statewide Suicide Prevention Summit

About the Summit

Approximately 70 people from all over Alaska had gathered in Anchorage in order to network and align resources to build and strengthen local, regional and statewide capacity for suicide prevention. Future meeting are planned for further integration between State and Tribal health systems including leveraging of partnerships and resources to support communities.

For more information about the Summit or upcoming teleconference, call Kate Burkhart at (907) 465-8920 or 1-888-464-8920.

Presentations

• Suicide Prevention
  Arctic Slope Native Association, Ltd.
• Suicide in Alaska: Data, Research and Community Prevention Strategies
  Department of Health & Social Services
• Seeing Our Success: Monitoring Post‐Summit Action and Implementation
  Alaska Mental Health Board/Advisory Board on Alcohol and Drug Abuse
• Are We Ready?
  Soule Consulting
• Evaluation of Suicide Prevention Programs
  University of Alaska Anchorage