Busan Gijang-gun Health Center Conducts 'Suicide Prevention Life Keeper' Program

Busan Gijang-gun Public Health Center is conducting ‘Suicide Prevention Life Keeper’ training to prevent suicide and promote a culture of respect for life.

A ‘Life Keeper’ refers to a person who recognizes the ‘signals’ of those around them at risk of suicide, maintains continuous interest, and connects them to appropriate institutions and experts for help.

Last year, 5,023 people completed Life Keeper training and engaged in activities to identify and connect high-risk suicide groups in welfare blind spots.

On the 23rd of last month, 25 village chiefs belonging to the Jang-gun Village Chief Council completed the ‘See, Hear, Speak’ training at the Jeonggwan Health Branch and were certified as Life Keepers, and on the 27th, 28 members of the Gyeryong Lishuvil Senior Citizens’ Center completed the Life Keeper training.

Gijang County Office.

The county plans to continue Life Keeper training for local residents until November, and any resident wishing to participate can apply to the Gijang-gun Mental Health Welfare Center.

Choi Byung-moo, Director of Gijang-gun Public Health Center, said, “I hope the Life Keeper training will provide an opportunity to pay attention to neighbors in high-risk suicide situations and help them receive expert assistance,” adding, “We will strive to activate services for identifying and connecting high-risk suicide groups.”

Gijang-gun Public Health Center collaborates with Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital to provide various mental health services for the promotion of mental health among Gijang-gun residents and the healthy social adaptation of local people with mental disabilities, and these services are free for all Gijang-gun residents.

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