PI Perspectives

A public health approach to prevent suicide is comprehensive. The Prevention Continuum is one tool we can use to assess comprehensiveness. It allows us to: Inventory existing suicide prevention work so we can leverage what we have and avoid duplication Ask “what’s missing?” and select strategies that fill identified gaps along the Prevention Continuum Review the Prevention Continuum, then fill out the pyramid according to where your local suicide prevention efforts fit along the continuum.

This new brief describes four shifts in the urban planning sector to advance equity and racial justice, steer decisions more directly toward communities’ benefit, respect grassroots power to drive solutions, and root out pay-to-play influence in the land use system. While this brief was written with insights from the Los Angeles context, the overall principles are applicable to any community working to address inequities in land use and the built environment.