Learning from the experts: Building bridges to implement successful life promotion and suicide prevention expertise across Aboriginal communities

This project will disseminate successful Indigenous suicide prevention activities that have been developed in one community – Yarrabah, to two regional communities in Cape York, one rural setting in Southwest Queensland (Dalby) and a correctional facility in which the majority of prisoners are Indigenous.

Horizontal knowledge transfer will draw on existing solutions and expertise (including Yaba Bimbie Men's Group, Family Well Being Empowerment, the Life Promotion Officer project) and utilise understanding of how knowledge is communicated across Indigenous families, communities and institutions (meetings, workshops, training, networking), as well as innovative IT/multi-media approaches.

This initiative will promote the target communities' capacity to define and implement recovery and suicide prevention activities.

Project Co-ordinator, South West Queensland:  Raelene Ward

Project Team:  De Leo, D., Gorman, D., Haswell, M., Hunter, E.,  McCalman, J., Travers, H.

Funding:  National Suicide Prevention Strategy Community Based Projects Funding, $1,500,000. Partners: James Cook University, University of Queensland, University of Southern Queensland (CRRAH), Queensland Health, Royal Flying Doctor Service, Griffith University (AISRAP).