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    Kenosha County Suicide Prevention Initiative

    Project Overview

    7th Funding Cycle Impact Award
         Project Start Date: 1/1/2012
         Project End Date: 12/31/2016

    Project Goal Statement: To reduce the number of poisonings, suicides and self-harm in Kenosha County through supporting evidence based interventions that work to increase screening, referrals and treatment.

    Award Amount: $748,267

    Community Partners:
    Primary Community Partner: Cynthia Johnson, Kenosha County Division of Health
    Additional community partner organization names:

    • American College of Emergency Physicians-Wisconsin Chapter
    • Carthage College
    • Division of Aging and Disability Services-Resource Center
    • Gateway Technical College
    • Kenosha Community Health Center
    • Kenosha County Medical Examiner's Office
    • Kenosha Human Development Services–Crisis
    • Kenosha National Alliance on Mental Illness
    • Mental Health America of Wisconsin
    • Oakwood Clinical Associates, Inc.
    • Racine National Alliance on Mental Illness
    • Rogers Memorial Hospital
    • United Hospital System – Kenosha Medical Center Emergency Department
    • United Hospital System – St. Catherine’s Medical Center Emergency Department
    • University of Wisconsin-Parkside

    Academic Partners:
    Primary Academic Partner: Amy Zosel, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine
    Additional Academic Partners:

    • Stephen Hargarten, MD, MPH, Department of Emergency Medicine
    • Amy Schlotthauer, MPH, Department of Emergency Medicine
    • David Clark, MD, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine

    Project Progress Summary Reports:
        Project Progress Report Summary 1/1/2012 - 8/31/2012

    Affiliated Web Pages:
        American College of Emergency Physicians-Wisconsin Chapter
        Carthage College
        Division of Aging and Disability Services-Resource Center
        Gateway Technical College
        Kenosha Community Health Center
        Kenosha County Division of Health
        Kenosha County Medical Examiner's Office
        Kenosha Human Development Services–Crisis
        Kenosha National Alliance on Mental Illness
        Mental Health America of Wisconsin
        Oakwood Clinical Associates, Inc.
        Racine National Alliance on Mental Illness
        Roger's Memorial Hospital
        United Hospital System – Kenosha Medical Center Emergency Department
        United Hospital System – St. Catherine’s Medical Center Emergency Department
        University of Wisconsin-Parkside

    Project Dissemination Efforts (as reported by project partners)

    • Articles
      • Article in the Children’s Society of Wisconsin newsletter about cable gun locks (June-August 2012)
    • Outreach Materials / Events
      • Developed and distributed Cable Gun Lock brochures and an ad on cable gun locks in local free weekly publications
      • Distributed the coalition’s annual report
    • Presentations
      • Presented project information and updates to the Kenosha County Board of Health (February 2012)
      • Conducted Question, Persuade, and Refer (QPR) trainings for community organizations and members (January-September 2012)