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Table 1 The eleven prevention strategies included in the “Plan for Suicide Prevention among the Sámi people in Norway, Sweden and Finland” [17]

From: “Mapping suicide prevention initiatives targeting Indigenous Sámi in Nordic countries”

1. Focusing efforts on the Sámi men

2. Producing statistics and strengthening research on suicide among the Sámi

3. Strengthening Sámi self-determination

4. Initiating efforts to recognise and deal with historical traumas

5. Strengthening and protecting the Sámi cultural identity

6. Reducing the Sámi’s exposure to violence

7. Reducing the Sámi’s experiences of ethnic discrimination

8. Increasing diversity and acceptance in the Sámi community

9. Securing the Sámi’s right to equal, linguistically and culturally adapted mental health care

10. Educating and mobilising the Sámi civil society for suicide prevention

11. Initiating and strengthening cross-border cooperation for suicide prevention