ArticleFrontiers in psychiatry2021
Adapting Caring Contacts for Veterans in a Department of Veterans Affairs Emergency Department: Results From a Type 2 Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Pilot Study.
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- Caring Contacts to Reduce Psychiatric Morbidity Following Hospitalization During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie · 2023Trial
- Exploring the Impact of the Caring Contacts Intervention on the Stress and Distress of Veterans and Service Members: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2025Article
- Feasibility and acceptability of caring contacts texts for suicide prevention among veterans recently separated from military service.Psychological services · 2025Article
- Implementation of caring contacts using patient feedback to reduce suicide-related outcomes following psychiatric hospitalization.Suicide & life-threatening behavior · 2024Article
- Recruitment tools for transgender and gender diverse veterans in health care research.Psychological services · 2024Article
- Retrospective evaluation of implementation of caring contacts for youth suicide prevention in an emergency department.Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2024Article
- Development and Implementation of Postdischarge Text Messages to Adolescents With Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors Through Caring Contacts: Implementation Study.JMIR pediatrics and parenting · 2024Article
- Adapting the Zero Suicide framework to the adult emergency department setting: Strategies for nurse leaders.Archives of psychiatric nursing · 2024Article
- Behavioural mental health interventions delivered in the emergency department for suicide, overdose and psychosis: a scoping review.BMJ open · 2024Article
- Implementation strategies in suicide prevention: a scoping review.Implementation science : IS · 2024Article
- Qualitative Evaluation of a Caring Letters Suicide Prevention Intervention for the Veterans Crisis Line.Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2023Article
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- Effectiveness of a targeted brief intervention for recent suicide attempt survivors: a randomised controlled trial protocol.BMJ open · 2023Article
- Implementation of LGBTQ+ affirming care policies in the Veterans Health Administration: preliminary findings on barriers and facilitators in the southern United States.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Identifying opportunities for informatics-supported suicide prevention: the case of Caring Contacts.AMIA ... Annual Symposium proceedings. AMIA Symposium · 2022Article
- What Now?: Experiences of VHA patients following disclosure of suicidal ideation in primary care and mental health settings.General hospital psychiatryArticle
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Abstract
Transitions in care, such as discharge from an emergency department (ED), are periods of increased risk for suicide and effective interventions that target these periods are needed. Caring Contacts is an evidence-based suicide prevention intervention that targets transitions, yet it has not been widely implemented. This pilot study adapted Caring Contacts for a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) ED setting and population, created an implementation toolkit, and piloted implementation and evaluation of effectiveness. To inform adaptation, qualitative interviews were conducted with stakeholders. Data were used by an advisory board comprised of stakeholders, experts, and veterans to make adaptations and develop an implementation planning guide to delineate steps needed to implement. Key decisions about how to adapt Caring Contacts included recipients, author, content, and the schedule for sending. Pilot implementation occurred at one VA ED. Caring Contacts involved sending patients at risk of suicide brief, non-demanding expressions of care. Program evaluation of the pilot used a type 2 hybrid effectiveness-implementation design to both pilot an implementation strategy and evaluate effectiveness of Caring Contacts. Evaluation included qualitative interviews with veteran patients during implementation. VA electronic health records were used to evaluate VA service utilization in the 6-month periods immediately before and after veterans were delivered their first Caring Contact. Hundred and seventy-five veterans were mailed Caring Contacts and the facility continued adoption after the pilot. Participants were positive about the intervention and reported feeling cared about and connected to VA as a result of receiving Caring Contacts. This project developed an implementation planning process that successfully implemented Caring Contacts at one site. This can be used to further implement Caring Contacts at additional VA or community EDs.
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