Our Strategy
The Action Alliance is dedicated to advancing the National Strategy for Suicide Prevention. Working with more than 250 national partners, the Action Alliance is implementing efforts aimed at reducing the annual suicide rate. Towards that end, the Action Alliance has identified three priority areas that hold the most promise for reducing suicide in the nation:
In addition to these three priorities, the Action Alliance is committed to ensuring progress in the following areas, which support and contribute to efforts across all three Action Alliance priority areas: research, data and surveillance, access to lethal means, and lived experience.
Advancing the National Strategy
Transforming National Strategy goals and objectives into action
Promoting High-Impact Research
Supporting national efforts to prioritize research with highest potential to save lives
Enhancing Data Collection and Surveillance
Improving national data systems for public health surveillance of suicide-related behavior
Reducing Access to Lethal Means among People at Risk
Convening key partners to promote strategies that put time and distance between lethal means and individuals at risk for suicide—for example, by ensuring the safe storage of firearms and medications
Involving People with Lived Experience
Ensuring that suicide prevention is guided by first-hand experience and perspectives
