Development and Pilot Test of the RAND Suicide Prevention Program Evaluation Toolkit

Abstract

Evaluations are critical for assessing the impact of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) investments in suicide prevention and can be used as the basis for decisions about whether to sustain or scale up existing efforts. The Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury asked the RAND Corporation to draw from the scientific literature and create a toolkit to guide future evaluations of DoD-sponsored suicide prevention programs (SPPs). The overall goal of the toolkit is to help those responsible for SPPs determine whether their programs produce beneficial effects and, ultimately, to guide the responsible allocation of scarce resources. This report summarizes the three complementary methods used to develop the RAND Suicide Prevention Program Evaluation Toolkit; it is meant to serve as a companion to the toolkit itself and to provide additional background for those who are interested in learning about the toolkit's development.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2013
Accession Number
ADA610117

Entities

People

  • Alexandria Felton
  • Amariah Becker
  • Joie D. Acosta
  • Rajeev Ramchand

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Best Practices
  • Brain Injuries
  • Data Analysis
  • Department Of Defense
  • Health Care
  • Literature Surveys
  • Medical Personnel
  • Mental Health
  • Military Personnel
  • National Security
  • Reliability
  • Social Sciences
  • Spreadsheet Software
  • Task Forces
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Unified Combatant Commands

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