Hope, Help, and Healing A Planning Toolkit for First Nations and Aboriginal Communities to Prevent and Respond to Suicide – First Nations Health Authority

“Hope, Help, and Healing” intends to support planning efforts at the community, tribal council, Nation-based, and sub-regional levels. This document is a combination of significant collaborative work, engagement, and commitment to better supporting communities in responding to and preventing suicide.

The Hope, Help and Healing approach adopted in this toolkit is based on The Suicide Prevention,
Intervention and Postvention Initiative for BC which combines published research findings,
the experiences of other provinces, and plans developed in BC. Prevention, Intervention and Postvention (PIP) has been adopted as a best practice for use in BC.

• Prevention works to promote protective factors (strengthening community resilience) and reduce risk factors that could lead to suicide ideation….HOPE
• Intervention works to address suicidal thoughts and behaviours. It focuses on how best to respond to someone feeling suicidal or attempting suicide….HELP
• Postvention refers to the community response after a death by suicide has occurred, and is intended to support people affected by suicide, as well as providing follow-up education / prevention to reduce the risk of future crises….HEALING