The community focus of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander cultures is very important in suicide prevention and intervention. As a Primary health care worker part of your role may be to support communities to develop services, strategies and programs to address suicidal and self-harm behaviours. Community services, programs and strategies could include:

• suicide public awareness campaigns
• alcohol and drug counsellors
• women’s shelters
• job creation programs
• suicide crisis services
• grief and loss workers
• youth wellbeing programs
• healing centres.