Public Health Approaches to Suicide Prevention - Gannett Health ...

Analysis• Although the program was begun in 1996, it did not attain fullimplementation until 1997.– Therefore, conservatively, any intervention effects in 1996 were attributedto the pre-intervention time period.• Relative risk reductions (or the prevented fraction) in suicideand other related outcomes were established as an indication ofthe program’s overall effectiveness.