Journal article
A mixed-methods systematic review of suicide prevention interventions involving multisectoral collaborations
Health Research Policy and Systems, Vol.20, pp.1-19
2022
PMID: 35422050
Abstract
Background
Governments and third-sector organizations (TSOs) require support to reduce suicide mortality through funding of suicide prevention services and innovative research. One way is for researchers to engage individuals and services in multisectoral collaborations, to collaboratively design, develop and test suicide prevention services and programmes. However, despite widespread support, to date, it remains unclear as to the extent to which stakeholders are being included in the research process, or if they are, how these partnerships occur in practice. To address this gap, the authors conducted a systematic review with the aim of identifying evidence of multisectoral collaborations within the field of suicide prevention, the types of stakeholders involved and their level of involvement.
Methods
The authors conducted a strategic PRISMA-compliant search of five electronic databases to retrieve literature published between January 2008 and July 2021. Hand-searching of reference lists of key systematic reviews was also completed. Of the 7937 papers retrieved, 16 papers finally met the inclusion criteria. Because of data heterogeneity, no meta-analysis was performed; however, the methodological quality of the included studies was assessed.
Results
Only one paper included engagement of stakeholders across the research cycle (co-ideation, co-design, co-implementation and co-evaluation). Most stakeholders were represented by citizens or communities, with only a small number of TSOs involved in multisectoral collaborations. Stakeholder level of involvement focused on the co-design or co-evaluation stage.
Conclusion
This review revealed a lack of evidence of multisectoral collaborations being established between researchers and stakeholders in the field of suicide prevention research, even while such practice is being espoused in government policies and funding guidelines. Of the evidence that is available, there is a lack of quality studies documenting the collaborative research process. Also, results showed that the inclusion of co-researchers from communities or organizations is defined as co-creation, but further analysis revealed that collaboration was not consistent across the duration of projects. Researchers and practitioners should consider issues of power and equity in multisectoral collaborations and encourage increased engagement with TSOs, to rigorously research and evaluate suicide prevention services.
Details
- Title
- A mixed-methods systematic review of suicide prevention interventions involving multisectoral collaborations
- Authors
- Tania Pearce (Corresponding Author) - University of New EnglandMyfanwy Maple - University of New EnglandSarah Wayland - University of New EnglandKathy McKay - The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation TrustAlan Woodward - The University of MelbourneAnna Brooks - Lifeline AustraliaAnthony Shakeshaft - UNSW Sydney
- Publication details
- Health Research Policy and Systems, Vol.20, pp.1-19
- Publisher
- Springer Nature
- Date published
- 2022
- DOI
- 10.1186/s12961-022-00835-0
- ISSN
- 1478-4505
- PMID
- 35422050
- Copyright note
- © The Author(s) 2022. Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data
- Data Availability
- The data used to support the findings of this study are available on request from the corresponding author.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Health - Psychology
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991242159702621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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