Suicide mortality in NSW local government areas

Trends in potentially avoidable mortality in NSW.

Finally, I congratulate everyone who contributed to the 2002 edition of the Report. I confidently predict that it will prove not only the biggest and best but also the most influential ever, through its support for evidence-based public health planning and practice. Printed copies of the Health of the people of New South Wales—Report of the Chief Health Officer can be obtained from the Better H...

Commentary: Lithium in Drinking Water and Suicide Mortality

Spatial clustering of fatal, and non-fatal, suicide in new South Wales, Australia: implications for evidence-based prevention

BACKGROUND Rates of suicide appear to be increasing, indicating a critical need for more effective prevention initiatives. To increase the efficacy of future prevention initiatives, we examined the spatial distribution of suicide deaths and suicide attempts in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, to identify where high incidence 'suicide clusters' were occurring. Such clusters represent candidate ...

Local Government in Sweden

Classification: FS 52 u Od Local self-government has a long tradition in Sweden. The first legislation in this field is generally considered to be the Local Government Ordinances of 1862, which separated Church of Sweden tasks from civil ones. Church tasks were assigned to the parishes of this Lutheran State church, while civil tasks were assigned to cities and rural municipal districts. At the...

Effects of Educating Local Government Officers and Healthcare and Welfare Professionals in Suicide Prevention

Suicide is a major public health issue. In Japan, local governments are responsible for suicide prevention, and local government officers are therefore expected to act as gatekeepers for suicide prevention. In this study, through a questionnaire survey, the authors examined the current knowledge and attitudes concerning suicide prevention among local government officers and healthcare and welfa...