Date
12-19-2024
Department
School of Nursing
Degree
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
Chair
Folashade Odedina
Keywords
suicide, suicidal behaviors, suicide among adults, suicide prevention, suicide prevention mobile applications, safety plan, clinicians, promote
Disciplines
Nursing
Recommended Citation
Kimutai, Papetua Jepkoech, "Promoting The Use of Suicide Prevention Mobile Applications Among Clinicians to Reduce Suicide & Suicidal Behaviors in Adults Aged 18-45" (2024). Doctoral Dissertations and Projects. 6372.
https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/doctoral/6372
Abstract
Suicide among adults aged 18-45 has increased significantly and has become a challenge to public health worldwide. The purpose of this scholarly project was to promote the use of suicide prevention mobile applications by clinicians to reduce suicide and suicidal behaviors among adults (18-45 years old). Safety Plan suicide prevention mobile app was used in addition to the standard method of preventing suicide. A quasi-experimental design was conducted to promote a suicide prevention mobile app in clinical practice. The clinician participants included three family nurse practitioners (FNPs) and five psychiatric mental health nurse practitioners (PMHNPs)The data were collected using pre and postintervention questionnaires to determine the clinicians’ intentions to use the mobile application in their practice. The score for the pre intervention questionnaire for all the clinicians’ intentions to use the Safety plan app was 173/ 240 points, and the post intervention questionnaire total score was 229/240 points. A total of 118 patients aged 18-45 (78 male and 40 female) were introduced to the Safety Plan app. Therefore, there was an increased adoption of suicide prevention mobile applications and increased intentions of use among clinicians. The widespread availability and usage of the Safety Plan app among the public may support larger-scale initiatives to prevent suicide, especially among vulnerable populations.
