HOPE AND RESILIENCE - Suicide Prevention in the Arctic

Planned and implemented in collaboration with Inuit Circumpolar Council (Greenland) and the Government of Greenland, the "Hope and Resilience in Suicide Prevention" seminar was held in Nuuk, Greenland on November 7-8, 2009. This first activity under the auspices of the SDWG Arctic Human He...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Arctic Council, Sustainable Development Working Group (SDWG)
Format: Conference Object
Language:English
Published: 2009
Subjects:
Health
Local Communities
Arctic
Greenland
Nuuk
Human health
inuit
Online Access:http://library.arcticportal.org/1480/
http://library.arcticportal.org/1480/1/Hope_and_resilience.pdf
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Summary:Planned and implemented in collaboration with Inuit Circumpolar Council (Greenland) and the Government of Greenland, the "Hope and Resilience in Suicide Prevention" seminar was held in Nuuk, Greenland on November 7-8, 2009. This first activity under the auspices of the SDWG Arctic Human Health Expert Group (AHHEG) brought together social workers and health practitioners, researchers, policy makers and politicians to exchange best practices aimed at reducing the number of suicides in the Arctic countries, particularly among youth. The seminar participants produced recommendations for future actions, a DVD including a video produced by the youth participants and a seminar report. This item contains the Seminar Report.

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