Suicide Prevention Australia

The recipient of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander category award is: The Suicide Story Aboriginal Advisory Group, Mental Health Association of Central Australia’s Suicide Story Program We speak with Jody Kopp, representing Suicide Story. Suicide Story is a suicide prevention and community capacity building program developed at the request of and with remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory. The program content was developed in collaboration between Mental Health Association of Central Australia (MHACA) and local Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory and the content reflects the teachings and guidance of Aboriginal people. The Suicide Story Aboriginal Advisory Group (SSAAG) is a group of community leaders and Aboriginal allied health workers who ensure cultural competence and storytelling integrity throughout workshop deliveries. They have been described as “cultural brokers”, maintaining cultural integrity across a huge geographical scale, in 20 language groups, supporting s