A public health approach to suicide and prevention in Washington
Join us to learn how key suicide prevention strategies and priorities for action can be applied in your community.
Washington state recently published its updated 2025 Washington State Suicide Prevention Plan. Join Forefront faculty advisor and UW clinical assistant professor Jeffrey Sung, MD, and Washington State Department of Health’s Kirstin McFarland, MPA and Jarrett Brunny, PhD, MPH, to learn how key strategies and priorities for action within the plan can be applied in your community.
This webinar provides a foundation for understanding the science and theory behind suicide prevention, as well as the perspectives from engagement that shaped the state’s strategies and priorities for action.
Build on Strategies for Suicide Prevention in Your Community:
- Understand the guiding principles of Injury and Violence Prevention
- Learn how clinical and public health practitioners have worked together to apply upstream solutions to suicide
- Explore population-level data and mortality trends over time
- Discover resources and ways to connect and support prevention efforts in Washington
Washingtonians will also hear about ways to get involved in suicide prevention efforts in their communities.
- Date: December 10, 2025
- Time: 12- 1pm
- Location: Virtual
- Cost: Free
Once you register, you will receive an email with the zoom link before the start of the event.
This workshop has been approved for 1 CEU by the Washington Chapter, National Association of Social Workers (NASW) for Licensed Social Workers, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists and Licensed Mental Health Counselors. Our Provider number is #1975-473.