ArticleJournal of prevention (2022)2023
The Certified QPR Pathfinder Training Program: A Description of a Novel Public Health Gatekeeper Training Program to Mitigate Suicidal Ideation and Suicide Deaths.
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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
- Efficacy of an online gatekeeper program for relatives of men at risk of suicide - a randomized controlled trial.BMC public health · 2024Trial
- What Is Most Helpful? Integrating Gatekeeper and Peer Support Models of Suicide Prevention: Lived Experience Impacts Helping Perceptions.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2026Article
- A Model of Bystander Helping to Prevent Suicide: Examining and Extending the Theory of Planned Behavior.Journal of interpersonal violence · 2025Article
- Mental Health Training for Community Health Workers in Cancer Care: A Narrative Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Integrating insights from implementation science and behavioral economics to strengthen suicide screening strategies for pediatric populations.Current opinion in psychology · 2024Review
- Engaging suicide prevention and firearm stakeholders in developing a workshop promoting secure firearm storage for suicide prevention.Injury epidemiology · 2024Article
- Mind4Health: decolonizing gatekeeper trainings using a culturally relevant text message intervention.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
Suicide represents a significant public health concern. One approach to reducing suicide rates is to train gatekeepers-community members who, through their day-to-day practices, interact with a substantial proportion of the population-to detect individuals at elevated suicide risk and refer them to appropriate mental health care services. One of the most well-known community gatekeeper training programs is Question, Persuade, and Refer (QPR), which has been delivered to millions worldwide. Gatekeeper training, including QPR, shows considerable promise in reducing suicide risk. However, one limitation of existing gatekeeper training programs is that they rely on referrals to mental health services, which are often non-existent, understaffed, and/or undertrained regarding suicide risk. As such, novel approaches are needed to equip community gatekeepers with primary mental health first aid and suicide-focused counseling. This article describes, for the first time, the fundamental concepts of a newly developed and more expansive version of QPR, the QPR Pathfinder Training. The QPR Pathfinder Training is web-based training program designed to create a cadre of "super gatekeepers" to address suicide at scale. The QPR Pathfinder Training will equip communities to address the critical shortage of mental health care services around the globe and, in turn, reduce mental health morbidities and decrease the suicide rates.
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