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Suicide and self-harm are significant public health concerns and a reason for premature mortality amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia. Indigenous suicide was almost unheard of prior to the 1960s . However, there is growing concern over the high and increasing rates of suicide and suicide attempts among young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. This is a problem of national significance. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Evaluation Project (ATSISPEP) is an important Australian Government funded initiative to identify what programs and services are most effective in helping reduce high rates of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suicide. The project is led by the School of Indigenous Studies (SIS) and the Poche Centre at the University of Western Australia (UWA), in collaboration with the Telethon Kids Institute and with support from The Healing Foundation. ATSISPEP is a renewed attempt to find enhanced ways of dealing with the problem of suicide in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. This literature review was prepared by Healthcare Management Advisors, in conjunction with the Telethon Kids Institute. It informed the companion report, Suicide Prevention in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities: Learnings from a meta-evaluation of community-led Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suicide prevention programs This literature review uses many of the processes and principles of a systematic literature review, but has restrictions on the breadth or depth of the research to suit a shorter timeframe. Our literature review methodology placed a number of limitations on the search criteria and how the evidence was assessed. Also, while the strength of the evidence was assessed in a rigorous and defensible way, it is not necessarily as exhaustive as a systematic review and meta-analysis. A major strength, however, is that a literature review can inform policy and decision makers more efficiently by synthesising and ranking the evidence in a particular area within a relatively short space of time. Research question The research question used in this literature review consisted of two parts: What evidence is there on effective interventions to promote suicide prevention and provide postvention support amongst Indigenous people, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people? and trial
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