Resilience First Aid demonstrates significant promise as a proactive approach to building resilience, enhancing peer support skills, and contributing to suicide prevention efforts. Rossouw, J.G., Ruberto, M. (2024)
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2024 RFA Evaluation Paper
2024 RFA Evaluation Paper: "Resilience First Aid improves peer support and suicide prevention skills. Conceptual design and pilot evaluation"
2024 RFA RESEARCH
KEY TAKEAWAYS
We discuss Resilience First Aid (RFA) and its development as a primary preventative program designed to enhance peer support
skills, aiming to mitigate the escalating global suicide rates through a strength-based approach. This approach introduces a proactive
method to tackle the dire impacts of suicide on society and the economy, focusing on building interpersonal skills and understanding
suicide warning signs among peers.
