"Våga prata" : En kvalitativ studie om elevhälsopersonals erfarenheter av suicidprevention och skyddsfaktorer bland barn och unga i grundskolan

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The aim of this study is to explore student health professionals´experiences of working with suicide prevention among children and adolescents in primary school, as well as with protective factors are identified and how these are integrated into practice. The study is conducted using a qualitative method with a hermeneutic approach. Emperical data are collected through semi-structured interviews with eight student health professionals including school counselors, school nurses and student coaches. The material is analyzed using thematic analysis. The findings shows that suicide prevention is primarly described as long term, relationship based and health promoting work rather than as specific suicide focused interventions. Central protective factors identified are supportive relationships, social support, meaningfulness, participation and collaboration variation between schools, guardians and external agencies. The result also shows considerable variation between schools and that student health professionals often experience a lack of resources, time and clear guidelines. The study shows that student helath professionlas play an important role in suicide prevention through early identification, supportive relationships and collaboration. At the same time, there is a need for increased knowledge, clearer structures and more equal organizational conditions to strengthen suicide prevention efforts in primary schools.