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Aprovechar el mapeo de activos comunitarios para mejorar la prevención del suicidio de los veteranos

Bryann DeBeer^1,2, Margaret Talbot³, Patricia Russell^1,2

¹Veterans Affairs Eastern Colorado Health Care System, Aurora.

Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS

|August 20, 2025

Resumen

El mapeo de activos comunitarios (CAM) ayuda a conectar a los veteranos con recursos vitales, abordando los factores de riesgo de suicidio. Esta estrategia mejora el acceso a la atención de los veteranos, tanto dentro como fuera del sistema del Departamento de Asuntos de Veteranos (VA) de los Estados Unidos.

Área de la Ciencia:

Salud pública
Asuntos de los veteranos
Prevención del suicidio

Sus antecedentes:

El Departamento de Asuntos de Veteranos de los Estados Unidos (VA) tiene como objetivo mejorar la colaboración comunitaria para mitigar los factores de riesgo de suicidio en los veteranos.
No todos los veteranos pueden acceder a la atención de VA, lo que requiere conexiones de servicios externos.
El mapeo de activos comunitarios (CAM) es una estrategia para vincular a los veteranos con los recursos comunitarios para reducir el riesgo de suicidio.

Objetivo del estudio:

Describir el proceso de mapeo de activos comunitarios (CAM) para abordar los factores de riesgo de suicidio y los determinantes sociales de la salud en los veteranos.
Esbozar cómo CAM puede centralizar recursos para mejorar el acceso de los veteranos y los profesionales.
Para mitigar los factores que contribuyen al riesgo de suicidio de los veteranos a través de una mayor utilización de los recursos.

Principales métodos:

Implementar la prevención del suicidio de VA CAM mediante la creación de listas de contactos para referencias comunitarias.
Identificación de puntos de contacto dentro de las organizaciones de servicios para veteranos, centros veterinarios y organizaciones comunitarias de salud mental.
Utilizando CAM para recopilar y compartir información sobre los recursos de la comunidad local.

Principales resultados:

CAM facilita la identificación y centralización de los recursos de la comunidad para los veteranos.
Mejora el acceso a servicios externos para los veteranos que no están completamente cubiertos por la atención de VA.
El proceso apoya a los profesionales en la referencia de los veteranos a los sistemas de apoyo necesarios.

Conclusiones:

El fortalecimiento de las asociaciones entre el VA y las comunidades locales es crucial para la prevención del suicidio de veteranos.
CAM mejora la capacidad de servir a los veteranos dentro y fuera del sistema de VA.
La colaboración continua es esencial para abordar los factores complejos que contribuyen al suicidio de los veteranos.

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