Recent trends in rural suicide and community- based suicide prevention in rural areas
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Suicide Prevention Australia (SPA) is a member organisation founded in 1992. It has approximately 300 individual and corporate members. Its charter is to prevent suicide in Australia, using community-based education and training, advocacy, and networking of governments, organisations and individuals to achieve this goal. Its annual conference provides premier opportunities for these activities. SPA has historically always been concerned with rural areas, through its training programs and its research focus. It has had close links with the NRHA for some years, in working on community-based suicide prevention.
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تاریخ انتشار 2003