Victoria Suicide Prevention Place Based Trials

Suicide prevention is a shared focus of the Victorian Government Department of Health and Human Services and the Primary Health Networks, an Australian Government initiative.

Key polices include the National Suicide Prevention Strategy 2015 and the Victorian suicide prevention framework 2016-25.

In line with these, the Victorian Government Department of Health and Human Services and the six Victorian Primary Health Networks are implementing a collaborative response which will see place-based approaches to suicide prevention being implemented across twelve metropolitan, regional, and rural locations of need over a four year period.

A place-based approach recognises that people and places areinter-related, and that the places where people live and spend their timeaffects their health and wellbeing.

A place-based approach focuses on local needs and local priorities,engages the community as an active partner in developing solutions, andmaximises value by leveraging multiple networks, investments and activities todeliver the best outcomes for communities. Each community will establish their own suite of responses based on their local need and local capacity.

These collective efforts are guided by a robust state-wide operating model, evaluation approach and other relevant frameworks.