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Suicide: the leading cause of premature death |
For a number of years, statistics have shown that Quebec has one of the highest suicide rates in the world. After cancer, suicide has become the second major public health issue in Quebec. It is the leading cause of death among men under 40 and the cause of a third of all deaths among teens from 15 to 19.
Our team works on a number of awareness-raising and information campaigns about the problem of suicide in Quebec. Our mandates with the Association Québécoise de Prévention du Suicide have involved conducting exhaustive searches for information about the problem among researchers from McGill University, UQÀM, Quebec’s coroner’s office and its national public health institute, the Institut National de Santé Publique du Québec.
The awareness-raising campaigns made a big contribution to informing Quebecers about the extent of the problem, promoting the 1-866-APPELLE line, providing international visibility to Quebec researchers in suicide prevention and prompting the provincial government to implement a suicide prevention policy.
- Suicide Prevention Week, February 2008
- Suicide Prevention Among Seniors, campaign in partnership with the Association des Retraité(e)s des Secteurs Public et Parapublic, October 1, 2007
- World Suicide Prevention Day, safe storage of firearms, campaign in partnership with the Association Québécoise de Prévention du Suicide, the Coalition for Gun Control and the Sûreté du Québec, September 10, 2007
- Suicide Prevention Week, February 2007
- 4e Congrès International de la Francophonie en Prévention du Suicide, June 2, 2006
- Suicide Prevention Week, February 2006
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