Facilitators and barriers to implementation of suicide prevention interventions: Scoping review

Abstract We know that suicide is preventable, yet hundreds of thousands people still die due to every year. Many interventions were proven be effective, and dozens others showed promising results. However, translating these into new settings brings several challenges. One the crucial obstacles success not anticipating possible barriers implementation nor enhancing benefits factors facilitating implementation. While we witnessed great support for prevention activities globally in past years, are comprehensively mapped help worldwide. This scoping review maps current knowledge on facilitators while using Consolidated Framework Implementation Research (CFIR) classification. included 64 studies. Barriers most commonly identified outer setting CFIR domain, namely sub-domain patient needs resources, which refers way resources reflected by reviewed interventions. The second saturated domain was intervention characteristics, where relative advantage, adaptability cost sub-domains equally represented. These refer mostly how perceived key stakeholders, what extent it can tailored context much costs. characteristics common also barriers, complexity referring high difficulty frequently With reference results, recommend adapting target groups. Furthermore, carefully selecting suit concerning their adaptability, costs vital a successful Further implications practice research discussed.