Suicide among the young people in schools
Following November 01, 2006 7:05 PM mail regarding ‘Seed Funding Available for Innovative Nonprofits’ – ‘Ten donors have come forward to contribute Rs. 10,000 per month to support Social Sectors’, submitting a RESEARCH PROJECT proposal: SUICIDE AMONG THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN SCHOOLS for your consideration for Funding. Please see attachment.
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Kaila H L Ph. D., Head (Psychology), Dept. of PG Studies & Research, 6th floor, S.N.D.T. Women’s University, Churchgate, Mumbai-400020, & Vice-President: Counsellors Association of India.
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The Proposal:
RESEARCH PROJECT:
SUICIDE AMONG THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN SCHOOLS
Introduction:
This years campaign theme for 2006 World Mental Health Day is Building Awareness-Reducing Risk: Mental Illness and Suicide, calls attention to one of the worlds greatest public health epidemics. The World Health Organization estimates that there are one million suicide deaths each year, representing 1.4% percent of the total global burden of disease. It is also estimated that half of all people who die by suicide have at least one (often undiagnosed) mental illness or abuse alcohol or other drugs.
WFMH is extremely pleased to be entering into collaboration with the International Association for Suicide Prevention to jointly promote World Suicide Prevention Day (September 10) and World Mental Health Day (October 10). This collaboration will add to the impact and benefit of both of these global awareness days, and will increase the value that each of the days has in improving public awareness, reducing stigma and discrimination, and promoting service and policy advocacy to address the global impact that suicide associated with mental illnesses has on the global burden of disease.
September 10, 2006 is World Suicide Prevention Day. Each year the International Association for Suicide Prevention (IASP), in collaboration with the World
Health Organisation uses this day to call attention to suicide as a leading cause of premature and preventable death. This years theme is With understanding, new hope and the focus is upon translating current scientific knowledge and research about suicidal behaviour into practical programmes and activities that can reduce suicidal behaviour and save lives.
Suicide is an important public health problem in many countries, and is a leading cause of death amongst teenagers and young adults. As the media reports also indicate that suicide rates among school children are rising, and there are no systematic studies in Mumbai on the subject; this is the right time when along with the theme of the World Mental Health Day, we need to put efforts to create data to understand nature of suicidal factors among adolescents in schools, and to frame recommendations for policy planners towards suicide prevention among adolescents in Mumbai schools. Hence the need for this study.
Objectives:
a. To study the nature of suicidal factors among adolescents; and
b. To frame recommendations for policy planners for suicide prevention among adolescents in schools.
Sample:
There will be four kinds of respondents:
a. 500 school students (8th through 12th standard);
b. 100 parents of school students;
c. 100 school teachers;
d. 50 school counsellors/ mental health professionals/ school principals.
Data will be collected across Mumbai schools.
Tools for data collection
· A structured questionnaire will be prepared to comprehend suicidal factors among school children of Mumbai.
· Suicide Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised (SBQ-R) of Dr. Augustine Osman
· The Suicide Resilience Inventory – 25 (SRI-25) of Dr. Augustine Osman
· A few case studies will be prepared.
· Both qualitative and quantitative methods will be used for data collection.
5. Duration of the project: one year
Financial requirements: (one lac thirty fine thousands only)
a. One project fellow: @ Rs 5000/- for 12 months Rs 60,000
b. Travel expenses Rs 15,000
c. Contingency (sprinting of questionnaire,
workshops with respondents etc.) Rs 30,000
d. Honorarium to project director Rs 10,000
e. Computer Data entry/analysis, report writing Rs 20,000
Total: Rs 1, 35,000
Project Director: Kaila H L Ph. D., Head (Psychology), Dept. of PG Studies & Research, 6th floor, S.N.D.T. Women’s University, Churchgate, Mumbai-400020.
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