Indigenous suicide: The Tūramarama Declaration

Description Across the globe, suicide has become a major public health concern. Indigenous suicide rates have escalated over the past two decades and continue to exceed national rates. In 2016, a Māoritribal organisation, Ngāti Pikiao, convened an international conference, Turamarama ki te Ora, to discuss global approaches to the prevention of suicide. To bring together …

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Suicide Postvention: Support for Pacific Communities

Description A total of 397 participants were involved in this research. There were 173 Pacific community respondents bereaved by suicide who took part in an online survey, and 70 service provider respondents who work with Pacific communities and/or have also been impacted by a suicide death. A further 74 Pacific peoples impacted by suicide engaged …

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