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NIH R01 · 2024

Scaling up eConnect in Juvenile Probation Settings: a hybrid implementation-effectiveness trial of a digital suicide risk/behavior identification and linkage-to-treatment system

Among US adolescents, suicide is the second leading cause of death1. Suicide risk is not uniform across youth, and those involved in the juvenile justice (JJ) system are at even greater risk for suicidal behavior (SB) given their increased prevalence of mood and substance use disorders, trauma exposure, and access to firearms. While SB screening and service provision for youth in secure JJ settings occurs more systematically, such practices are rarer for youth who are supervised in their community (i.e., probation settings). The proposed study will examine strategies to bolster the successful scale-up of e-Connect, one of the few evidence-based suicide behavior identification and…

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