Suicide prevention on bridges: Fundamentals (AGB2003/013)
Overview
Objectives:
General goal of the project is the evaluation of fundamental data relates to suicide by leaping from bridges and its prevention in Switzerland.
Specific goals are as follows:
1. The evaluation of death numbers of suicide by jumping from bridges on specific hot spots.
2. Evaluation of changes in construction and other means to prevent suicide on bridges (including the estimation of their effectiveness).
3. The qualitative and quantitative evaluation of media reports related to suicide by leaping from bridges.
4. Evaluation of the interaction between media reports and suicides by jumping off bridges.
5. Evaluation of media report and other available data related to bystanders of suicide attempts at bridges.
Methodology:
Following steps will be done during the project:
- Comprehensive literature review.
- Contacting different authorities (eg local police authorities, Swiss Federal Statistical Office) and establishing a cooperation.
- And careful documentation of the most important hotspots in Switzerland.
- Detecting "hot spot specific" data.
- Contacting experts abroad and obtaining expert opinions to question.
- Documentation of model examples of preventive measures, in cooperation with experts from the Brückenforscchung the Swiss Federal Roads Authority.
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