Contribution to the evidence base

Roses in the Ocean is committed to contributing to the emerging and rapidly growing evidence base relating to the active and meaningful inclusion of lived experience in all suicide prevention activities.

All of our activities, which are developed, designed and delivered by people with a lived experience of suicide, continuously add to the growing evidence base needed in Australia. Currently, existing evidence predominantly comes from scientific peer reviewed work, however, as the contribution of people with a lived experience of suicide grows, this research and evidence will undoubtedly become much richer. This will result in greater support for lived experience involvement at all levels in suicide prevention.

The Australian Institute of Suicide Research and Prevention (AISRAP) in conjunction with the Black Dog Institute, evaluated two of our central lived experience of suicide capacity building workshops – Our Voice in Action and Voices of In-Sight throughout the duration of the LifeSpan Suicide Prevention Trial. The AISRAP Study report highlights decreased levels of distress of participants, increased levels of empowerment, suicide literacy and confidence to engage in lived experience activities within their communities. This led to the Reasons for Living study among-those-with lived experience entering the suicide prevention workforce.