Background: There are concerning rates of suicidality among asylum seekers and refugees in Australia, and tailored suicide prevention initiatives are needed. Aims: We aimed to evaluate the impact of a tailored suicide prevention education program for people working with asylum seekers and refugees. Method: Attendees of the education program completed self-report questionnaires at pretraining, posttraining, and 4-6 months follow-up. Results: Over 400 workers, volunteers, and students across Australia took part in the education program. A series of linear mixed-effects models revealed significant improvements in outcome measures from pretraining (n = 247) to posttraining (n = 231). Improvements were maintained at follow-up (n = 75). Limitations: Limitations of this research were the lack of a control group and a low follow-up response rate. Conclusion: Findings suggest that a 2 days tailored suicide prevention education program contributes to significant improvements in workers' attitudes toward suicide prevention, and their confidence and competence in assessing and responding to suicidal distress.

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对与难民和寻求庇护者一起工作的人的自杀预防教育的评估。

背景：澳大利亚寻求庇护者和难民的自杀率令人担忧，因此需要量身定制的自杀预防措施。目的：我们旨在评估量身定制的自杀预防教育计划对与寻求庇护者和难民一起工作的人的影响。方法：教育计划的参与者在培训前、培训后和 4-6 个月的随访中完成了自我报告问卷。结果：澳大利亚有 400 多名工人、志愿者和学生参加了该教育计划。一系列线性混合效应模型揭示了从训练前 (n = 247) 到训练后 (n = 231) 的结果测量的显着改善。随访期间保持改善（n = 75）。局限性：本研究的局限性在于缺乏对照组和较低的随访反应率。