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Dr. Madeline Swann Cooperative Agreement Manager Army Research Laboratory Human Research and Engineering Directorate msw

Beyond the Front: An interactive life preservation training video Show Me You Care About Suicide Prevention Conference Jefferson City, MO 14 July 2008. Dr. Madeline Swann Cooperative Agreement Manager Army Research Laboratory Human Research and Engineering Directorate

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Dr. Madeline Swann Cooperative Agreement Manager Army Research Laboratory Human Research and Engineering Directorate msw

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  1. Beyond the Front: An interactive life preservation training video Show Me You Care About Suicide Prevention Conference Jefferson City, MO 14 July 2008 Dr. Madeline Swann Cooperative Agreement Manager Army Research Laboratory Human Research and Engineering Directorate mswann@arl.army.mil 410-278-5940

  2. Multidisciplinary Approach for Suicide Prevention in the US Army • Broad Agency Announcement • resulted in Cooperative • Agreement between Lincoln • University and U.S. Army • Research Laboratory • Research to identify key • underlying factors associated • with individual’s inclination to • commit suicide within the Army • Multidimensional Research – • Lincoln’s University Model • Established a Center for • Suicide Prevention Research • and Studies at Lincoln University

  3. Collaborative Linkages and Contractual Agreements • Established collaborative linkages with • Army G-1 Suicide Prevention Manager • and USACHPPM • Investigated ways to implement • suicide prevention curriculum for the • Army flexible enough to meet Soldiers’ • needs and utilize asynchronous • course delivery • Combination of traditional online • coursework, interactive video, and essay • writing • Contractual agreements with WILL • Interactive, Inc. and Idea Works, Inc.

  4. Lincoln University Center for Suicide Prevention Research and Studies Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences-Special Topics Course • Center for Suicide Prevention • Research and Studies at Lincoln University • Train designated Soldiers to be • effective and culturally sensitive in • their efforts to curb suicide ideation • among Soldiers • Secure server accessible to Army • installations for distance education • courses • Facilitate delivery of course: • Computer laboratory • Five classrooms • Polycom system for broadcasting • Simultaneously to eight sites anywhere in the world

  5. Beyond the Front: An interactive life preservation training program • Character plots developed based • on research compiled • Two “playable” characters • Young enlisted Soldier on • first deployment • Senior NCO whose friend has • completed multiple deployments • Beta-version demonstrated to • select members of the Army, i.e., • Program Manager-ASPP, • Chaplains, TRADOC Surgeon, • IMCOM staff, etc. • Beta-version demonstrated at • the 2008 DOD Suicide Prevention • Conference

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