APS Case Study The Albuquerque Public School District (APS) serves more than 83,000 students, contains 21 high schools (

[answerhappygod]

APS Case Study
The Albuquerque Public School District (APS) serves more than
83,000 students, contains 21 high schools (excluding charter
schools), and is one of the 40 largest districts in the country
(Institute for Education Sciences, n.d.). Eldorado High School is
located in the Northeast Heights and serves grades 9 through 12. It
has a student population of 1,717(APS, n.d.). According to an
article published in Searchlight New Mexico in
August 2019, a student at the school committed suicide every year
from 2016 to 2019. In 2018 and 2019, the school implemented more
new anti-suicide interventions than any other APS school. Despite
these efforts, members of the teachers’ union, Albuquerque Teachers
Federation, said APS lacks the resources—including staff and
funding—for effective interventions (Pachelli, 2019). In October
2019, more than 100 Eldorado High students attended an APS board
meeting. A dozen students spoke about the need for improved mental
health resources at their school, noting the normalization of
suicide (Evans, 2019). That same month Bernalillo County announced
it had granted $800,000 to three organizations for suicide
prevention, including APS (Gonzales, 2019; Hayes, 2019). In early
2020 there were more reported student suicides. While APS does not
release information or keep data on student mortality for
confidentiality purposes, one Eldorado student reported that a
cluster of eight of their classmates had died by suicide over the
past year (Jones, 2020). Meanwhile, in February 2020 two Manzano
High School students died by suicide in one week—the school is also
located in the Northeast Heights, and has a student population of
1,387(Allen, 2020; APS, n.d.).
Community Concern
Over the past several years, members of the Bernalillo County
Community Health Equity Council have become increasingly alarmed
with the number of adolescent suicides in the city.With the help of
the local public health office, the Council worked with the APS
district’s student wellness program, the NM Public Education
Department (responsible for comprehensive school wellness policies
that cover mental health and emotional health), the regional public
health epidemiologist, and several local community-based
organizations that work with adolescents to gather local data on
suicides.
They also surveyed community members and high school youth about
their perceptions on factors associated with adolescent suicide in
their community. During their six-month assessment, they identified
the following suicide risk factors:
The Health Council reviewed the community data and sought to
look at risk factors by gender differences and sexual identity
(ie., anxiety/depression, eating disorders and body image for
girls; vs. substance abuse and violence for boys).
They identified several protective factors through their
assessment: stable living situations, access to suicide prevention
services, intimate friendships, economic resources, problem-solving
skills.
The Health Council and local public health office
representatives want to work together on a plan to reduce the
number of adolescent suicides in the city. The Council
wants more community members, including youth, to be active in the
process. Knowing that they are looking at a complex problem that
will take sustained effort and many people, they have asked you, an
MPH graduate, to help them develop a multi-tiered program and
increase community interest and participation to reduce adolescent
suicides. They also want you to help them think about how they
might evaluate their collaborative efforts.
As a public health professional, you understand that problem
represents the dynamic and complex interplay of multiple factors,
including biological, psychological, social, and environmental
factors.
Please answer the following question
From your logic model, develop a three-part evaluation plan of
your intervention—process, impact, and outcome—which would include
your expected short-term and long-term objectives, indicators of
progress and success. (up to one page).