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SYSTEMATIC REVIEW article
Front. Public Health
Sec. Public Mental Health
Volume 12 - 2024 |
doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1474641
Implementation of Suicide Bereavement Support: A Scoping Review
Provisionally accepted- The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
Approximately one in five people will experience a death by suicide during their lifetime.Struggling to understand their experiences, people bereaved by suicide often require formal support including support groups, online resources and discussion forums. Whilst previous research has focused on examining experiences of grief, little is known about the implementation of support programs for people bereaved by suicide.Adhering to PRISMA-ScR guidelines, eight databases were searched for peer-reviewed studies that focused on the strategies or evaluation of the implementation of suicide postvention programs.Sixteen studies met the eligibility criteria. A narrative synthesis of study findings mapped to the Proctor implementation framework shows that a variety of implementation outcomes have been assessed by different studies; however, there is limited use of formal implementation frameworks to guide analysis.Recommendations from this review indicate the need for consistent terminology and better utilisation of implementation frameworks to guide postvention research and provide a wellrounded view of implementation. Increasing the use of reliable and validated tools to measure implementation outcomes will also increase the rigour of implementation research in this field.
Keywords: bereavement, implementation, Scoping review, postvention, Suicide
Received: 02 Aug 2024; Accepted: 31 Oct 2024.
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* Correspondence:
Karl Andriessen, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
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