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Suicidal Ideation of Suicide Survivors Who Experienced Suicide in Close Relationship:Effect of Family, Friends, and Aquaintences' Suicide

142nd APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition (November 15 - November 19, 2014): http://www.apha.org/events-and-meetings/annual
Monday, November 17, 2014

In Han Song, PhD , Graduate School of Social Welfare, Health & Mental Health Lab, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
Sewon Kwon, MSW , Graduate School of Social Welfare, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
Ji Eun Kim, BA , Graduate School of Social Welfare, Health & Mental Health Lab, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
Background: Exposure to suicide in relationships negatively affects suicidal ideation. Although the effect of suicide in close relationships may be a serious social problem where relationships are highly emphasized and where suicide rate is very high, little is known about detailed information about it. The purpose of this study is to examine the relationships with those who committed sucicide in detail, and to investigate the effect of suicide in close relationships on suicide survivors’ suicidal ideation.

Method: Data were collected by telephone survey from 1,000 male and female selected nationwide using stratified sampling method. Chi-square test and binominal logistic regression analysis were used.

Results: The results show that 19% of suicide survivors have had suicide ideation within last 1 year while 7.3% of those who didn’t experience suicide in relationships, and that those who experienced suicide in family, friends, and aquaintance are 4.5 times, 3.7 times, 2.2 times more likely to have suicide ideation within last 1 year.

Conclusion: These findings represent the importance and necessity of suicide prevention policy and services for people exposed to suicide, and suggest that intervention for suicide survivors should be more thoroughly considered for those who experienced suicide in close relationships.

Learning Areas:

Advocacy for health and health education
Planning of health education strategies, interventions, and programs
Public health administration or related administration
Public health or related laws, regulations, standards, or guidelines
Public health or related public policy

Learning Objectives:
Analyze the relationship between suicide survivors' suicidal ideation and their experience of suicide in close relationships. Compare the impact of suicide by family, friends, and aquaintences on suicide survivors.

Keyword(s): Suicide, Mental Health

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I've been teaching and doing research in the field of health & mental health for many years, and one of the best experts in the field of suicide prevention in Korea. I planned this study, analyzed the data, and wrote the abstract with my student co-authors.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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