Role of Culture in Suicide Prevention

The article “Advancing Prevention Research on the Role of Culture in Suicide Prevention”, appears to be in quotations, citations through other people’s observation, which is generally is an inexpensive form of research.  This article best reflects on participant observation as it is based on other people’s observations and studies and the authors of this study is just quoting for rearranging the research to get the point of view across.  The realistic factor is that all groups of Americans, whether it would be American Indian, Alaskan, Native youth, Latino or African youth and European American youth show that some of the reasons for these individuals groups to use suicide as an answer, the one main factor is that all of these groups have a fairly high rate of suicide. 

The breaking down of the research orientation in sociology from page 21 shows me that the article is based on positive sociology, which is the researchers used neutral observation.  The author of the article was observing the research of other people, in which he presented proper citation.  The only thing that I found challenging to me was that the author did not express his own point of view.  He seemed to do that through the other observers.  All-in-all it was a good article and I had gathered good information from it. 

Sean Joe, MSW, PhD, Silvia Sara Canetto, PhD and Daniel Romer, PhD, Suicicde and life Threatening Behavior 38(2) June 2008. p. 354