81 FR 12915 - NIH Pathways to Prevention Workshop: Advancing Research To Prevent Youth Suicide

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
National Institutes of Health

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 48 (March 11, 2016)

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FR Document		2016-05564

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will host a workshop on Advancing Research To Prevent Youth Suicide on March 29-30, 2016. The workshop is free and open to the public.

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

National Institutes of Health


NIH Pathways to Prevention Workshop: Advancing Research To 
Prevent Youth Suicide

SUMMARY: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will host a workshop 
on Advancing Research To Prevent Youth Suicide on March 29-30, 2016. 
The workshop is free and open to the public.

DATES: March 29, 2016, from 8:30 a.m.-4:50 p.m. and March 30, 2016, 
from 8:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held at the NIH, Masur Auditorium, 
Building 10 (Clinical Center), 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, Maryland 
20892. Registration and workshop information are available on the NIH 
Office of Disease Prevention (ODP) Web site at <https://prevention.nih.gov/p2psp>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information concerning 
this workshop, contact the ODP at <[email protected]>, 6100 Executive 
Blvd., Room 2B03, MSC 7523, Bethesda, MD 20892-7523; Telephone: 301-
496-1508; FAX: 301-480-7660.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Suicide was the second leading cause of 
death for youth (10- to 24-year-olds) in 2014, resulting in 5,504 
deaths in the United States. This mortality has not decreased compared 
to other external causes of death, and youth suicide attempts have 
remained at consistent rates for decades. According to the 2011 Youth 
Risk Behavior Surveillance System, 2.4% of high school students 
received medical treatment for attempted suicide, and 7.8% attempted 
suicide one or more times within the year. Some groups (e.g., American 
Indian youth; young adults with substance use problems; children of 
depressed parents; youth and young adults who identify as a sexual and 
gender minority) are at increased risk for suicidal behaviors.
    One of the challenges in suicide prevention research is that the 
primary outcome of interest is multidetermined and, depending on the 
target population, suicide can be a low base rate occurrence. Many 
studies examining risk in important subgroups (e.g., racial, ethnic, 
sexual and gender minorities) often lack sufficient power to accurately 
determine the effectiveness of the intervention. Because suicidal 
behavior is often multidetermined, it may be that interventions 
addressing suicide risk factors have benefits for suicide reduction, 
but these benefits are not obvious in research findings, nor can the 
larger community know of these benefits. Pooling studies and being able 
to link data from individual studies to multiple data surveillance 
systems would be important to better understand the effectiveness of 
prevention strategies on outcomes such as suicide, suicide attempts, 
and suicide ideation. Preventing attempts and self-harm ideation would 
likely result in a reduction in deaths, as well as reductions in health 
care and social burden associated with suicidal behavior.
    Closing the research gaps related to youth suicide could lead to 
improved prevention strategies. The NIH is engaging in a rigorous 
assessment of the available scientific evidence to better understand 
the importance of identifying efforts that could be effective in 
preventing suicidal thoughts and behaviors as early as possible. The 
National Institute of Mental Health, the National Institute on Drug 
Abuse, the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, 
and the NIH Office of Disease Prevention (ODP) are sponsoring the 
Pathways to Prevention Workshop: Advancing Research To Prevent Youth 
Suicide on March 29-30, 2016, in Bethesda, Maryland. The workshop will 
evaluate the current state of knowledge on youth suicide and identify 
opportunities for future

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research. Specifically, the workshop will seek to clarify the following 
questions:
     Key Question 1: How can national, state, and community 
data systems be linked to existing data from suicide prevention efforts 
in order to add possible value for stakeholders? What methods are 
available to link the data systems?
     Key Question 2: Which statistical methods are reliable and 
valid for understanding possible mediators and moderators in suicide 
prevention programs to improve targeting interventions to populations?
     Key Question 3: Which statistical methods are reliable and 
valid for analyzing linked national, state, and community data systems 
and suicide prevention data to avoid misleading conclusions?
     Key Question 4: Given the current state of research, what 
types of methodological/analytic advances would promote further 
evaluation of youth suicide prevention efforts (e.g., new approaches to 
data linkage; increased use of common data elements; approaches to 
intervention harmonization) and facilitate intervention selection and 
implementation decisions by local community and state-level 
policymakers?
     Key Question 5: What is the way forward that will help the 
suicide prevention research community realize the potential benefits of 
early prevention? What are the immediate and longer-term research 
investments needed to accomplish this?
    Initial planning for each Pathways to Prevention workshop, 
regardless of the topic, is coordinated by a Content-Area Expert Group 
that nominates panelists and speakers and develops and finalizes 
questions that frame the workshop. After the questions are finalized, 
an evidence report is prepared by an Evidence-based Practice Center, 
through a contract with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. 
During the 1\1/2\-day workshop, invited experts discuss the body of 
evidence, and attendees provide comments during open discussion 
periods. After weighing evidence from the evidence report, expert 
presentations, and public comments, an unbiased, independent panel 
prepares a draft report that identifies research gaps and future 
research priorities. The draft report is posted on the ODP Web site for 
public comment. After reviewing the public comments, the panel prepares 
a final report, which is also posted on the ODP Web site. The ODP then 
convenes a Federal Partners Meeting to review the panel report and 
identify possible opportunities for collaboration.
    Please Note: As part of measures to ensure the safety of NIH 
employees and property, all visitors must be prepared to show a photo 
ID upon request. Visitors may be required to pass through a metal 
detector and have bags, backpacks, or purses inspected or x-rayed as 
they enter the NIH campus. For more information about the security 
measures at the NIH, please visit <http://www.nih.gov/about/visitorsecurity.htm>.

    Dated: March 7, 2016.
Lawrence A. Tabak,
Deputy Director, National Institutes of Health.
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research. Specifically, the workshop panel report and identify possible Place: National Institute of Health, 5635
will seek to clarify the following opportunities for collaboration. Fishers Lane, Bethesda, MD 20814 (Virtual
questions: Meeting).
Please Note: As part of measures to
• Key Question 1: How can national, Contact Person: Anna E Mazzucco, Ph.D.,
ensure the safety of NIH employees and Scientific Review Officer, National Eye
state, and community data systems be property, all visitors must be prepared Institute, National Institutes of Health,
linked to existing data from suicide to show a photo ID upon request. Division of Extramural Research, 5635
prevention efforts in order to add Visitors may be required to pass through Fishers Lane, Suite 1300, Bethesda, MD
possible value for stakeholders? What a metal detector and have bags, 20852, 301–594–6074, anna.mazzucco@
methods are available to link the data backpacks, or purses inspected or nih.gov.
systems? x-rayed as they enter the NIH campus. (Catalogue of Federal Domestic Assistance
• Key Question 2: Which statistical For more information about the security Program Nos. 93.867, Vision Research,
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understanding possible mediators and <http://www.nih.gov/about/ Dated: March 7, 2016.
moderators in suicide prevention visitorsecurity.htm>. Natasha M. Copeland,
programs to improve targeting Program Analyst, Office of Federal Advisory
interventions to populations? Dated: March 7, 2016.
Committee Policy.
• Key Question 3: Which statistical Lawrence A. Tabak,
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methods are reliable and valid for Deputy Director, National Institutes of Health.
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analyzing linked national, state, and [FR Doc. 2016–05564 Filed 3–10–16; 8:45 am]
community data systems and suicide BILLING CODE 4140–01–P
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state of research, what types of HUMAN SERVICES National Institutes of Health
methodological/analytic advances
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youth suicide prevention efforts (e.g., Meetings
new approaches to data linkage; National Eye Institute; Notice of Closed
increased use of common data elements; Meetings Pursuant to section 10(d) of the
approaches to intervention Federal Advisory Committee Act, as
Pursuant to section 10(d) of the amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is
harmonization) and facilitate
Federal Advisory Committee Act, as hereby given of the following meetings.
intervention selection and
amended (5 U.S.C. App.), notice is The meetings will be closed to the
implementation decisions by local
hereby given of the following meetings. public in accordance with the
community and state-level
The meetings will be closed to the provisions set forth in sections
policymakers?
• Key Question 5: What is the way public in accordance with the 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C.,
forward that will help the suicide provisions set forth in sections as amended. The grant applications and
prevention research community realize 552b(c)(4) and 552b(c)(6), Title 5 U.S.C., the discussions could disclose
the potential benefits of early as amended. The grant applications and confidential trade secrets or commercial
prevention? What are the immediate the discussions could disclose property such as patentable material,
and longer-term research investments confidential trade secrets or commercial and personal information concerning
needed to accomplish this? property such as patentable material, individuals associated with the grant
Initial planning for each Pathways to and personal information concerning applications, the disclosure of which
Prevention workshop, regardless of the individuals associated with the grant would constitute a clearly unwarranted
topic, is coordinated by a Content-Area applications, the disclosure of which invasion of personal privacy.
Expert Group that nominates panelists would constitute a clearly unwarranted Name of Committee: National Eye Institute
and speakers and develops and finalizes invasion of personal privacy. Special Emphasis Panel; NEI Pathways to
questions that frame the workshop. Independence Grant Applications (K99).
Name of Committee: National Eye Institute
Date: April 4–6, 2016.
After the questions are finalized, an Special Emphasis Panel; NEI RFA–EY–15–
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
evidence report is prepared by an 002 Factors Influencing Neural Regeneration
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant
Evidence-based Practice Center, through in the Visual System. applications.
a contract with the Agency for Date: April 7, 2016. Place: National Institutes of Health, 5635
Healthcare Research and Quality. Time: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Fishers Lane, Bethesda, MD 20892 (Virtual
Agenda: To review and evaluate grant Meeting).
During the 11⁄2-day workshop, invited applications.
experts discuss the body of evidence, Contact Person: Anne E. Schaffner, Ph.D.,
Place: Hilton Garden Inn Bethesda, 7301 Chief, Scientific Review Branch Division of
and attendees provide comments during Waverly Street, Bethesda, MD 20814. Extramural Research, National Eye Institute,
open discussion periods. After weighing Contact Person: Brian Hoshaw, Ph.D., 5635 Fishers Lane, Suite 1300, MSC 9300,
evidence from the evidence report, Scientific Review Officer, National Eye Bethesda, MD 20892–9300, (301) 451–2020,
expert presentations, and public Institute, National Institutes of Health, aes@nei.nih.gov.
comments, an unbiased, independent Division of Extramural Research, 5635 Name of Committee: National Eye Institute
panel prepares a draft report that Fishers Lane, Suite 1300, Rockville, MD
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research priorities. The draft report is
posted on the ODP Web site for public Name of Committee: National Eye Institute Date: April 18, 2016.
Special Emphasis Panel; NEI Loan Time: 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
comment. After reviewing the public Repayment Program Applications. Agenda: To review and evaluate
comments, the panel prepares a final Date: April 7–8, 2016. cooperative agreement applications.
report, which is also posted on the ODP Time: 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Place: Embassy Suites at the Chevy Chase
Web site. The ODP then convenes a Agenda: To review and evaluate grant Pavilion, 4300 Military Road NW.,
Federal Partners Meeting to review the applications. Washington, DC 20015.

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Dates		March 29, 2016, from 8:30 a.m.-4:50 p.m. and March 30, 2016, from 8:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Contact		For further information concerning this workshop, contact the ODP at <[email protected]>, 6100 Executive Blvd., Room 2B03, MSC 7523, Bethesda, MD 20892-7523; Telephone: 301- 496-1508; FAX: 301-480-7660.
FR Citation		81 FR 12915

81 FR 12915 - NIH Pathways to Prevention Workshop: Advancing Research To Prevent Youth Suicide

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICESNational Institutes of Health

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 48 (March 11, 2016)

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
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