Trial reportHealth expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy2023
Development of the Pharm-SAVES educational module for gatekeeper suicide prevention training for community pharmacy staff.
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- Key Components and Barriers in Web-Based Suicide Prevention Gatekeeper Training: Systematic Narrative Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Pooled it
- Gatekeeper training for suicide prevention: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.BMC public health · 2025Pooled it
- Development of the Pharm-SAVES educational module for gatekeeper suicide prevention training for community pharmacy staff.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2023Trial
- Suicide prevention training for pharmacy students in Ireland: A pre-post survey evaluation.Exploratory research in clinical and social pharmacy · 2026Article
- Comparing three methods to assess learning outcomes for a suicide prevention training program for pharmacy staff.PEC innovation · 2024Article
- A randomized controlled trial protocol for a virtual, scalable suicide prevention gatekeeper training program for community pharmacy staff (Pharm-SAVES).Contemporary clinical trials communications · 2024Article
- Pharmacist gatekeeper interventions for suicide prevention: how evidence from developed countries support their role in low- and middle-income countries.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Review
- Addressing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy in rural community pharmacies: a protocol for a stepped wedge randomized clinical trial.Implementation science : IS · 2023Article
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Abstract
introductionPharmacists are one of the most accessible health professionals in the United States, who, with training, may serve as gatekeepers who recognize suicide warning signs and refer at-risk individuals to care. Our objective was to codesign a 30-min online gatekeeper training module (Pharm-SAVES) specifically for community pharmacy staff.
methodsOver a period of 8 months, a nine-member pharmacy staff stakeholder panel and the Finger Lakes (New York) Veterans Research Engagement Review Board each worked with the study team to codesign Pharm-SAVES. Formative data from previous interviews with community pharmacists were presented to the panels and guided website development.
resultsFour key topics were identified for brief skills-based modules that could be delivered asynchronously online. To help pharmacy staff understand their opportunities as gatekeepers in suicide prevention, statistics and statements from the Joint Commission and pharmacy professional organizations were highlighted in Module 1 ('Why Me?'). Module 2 ('What can I do?') presents the five gatekeeping steps (SAVES): (1) Recognize suicide warning Signs, (2) Ask if someone is considering suicide, (3) Validate feelings, (4) Expedite referral, and (5) Set a reminder to follow-up. Module 3 ('How does it work?') provides three video scenarios modeling SAVES steps and two interactive video cases for participant practice. Module 3 demonstrates use of the 24/7 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, including the DOD/VA Crisis Line. Module 4 (Resources) includes links to national resources and a searchable zip code-based provider directory. Pharm-SAVES was codesigned with pharmacy and veteran stakeholders to deliver brief, skills-focused, video-based interactive training that is feasible to implement in busy community pharmacy settings.
conclusionPharm-SAVES is a brief, online suicide prevention gatekeeper training program codesigned by researchers, community pharmacy and veteran stakeholders. By actively engaging stakeholders at each stage of the design process, we were able to create training content that was not only realistic but more relevant to the needs of pharmacy staff. Currently, Pharm-SAVES is being evaluated in a pilot randomized controlled trial for changes in pharmacy staff suicide prevention communication behaviors. PATIENT OR PUBLIC CONTRIBUTION: Stakeholder engagement was purposefully structured to engage pharmacy staff and pharmacy consumers, with multiple opportunities for study contribution. Likewise, the involvement of patient/public contribution was paramount in study design and overall development of our study team.
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