Goal: Use Wisconsin data to describe the impact of suicidal thoughts, attempts, deaths, and self-harm to further the understanding of suicide.

Objective: Increase the use of Wisconsin data.

Action Steps:

1. Use data to guide decision making for strategic program planning and focus and suicide case review.

• Use data to help determine which suicide death cases are reviewed in county suicide review meetings
• Encourage organizations to use data to inform programming and decision making, especially for programs impacting disproportionately affected populations.

2. Raise awareness of the availability of Wisconsin suicide data for the fellows in the field, funders, policymakers, and public to easily access.

3. Improve the communication of suicide and self-harm data between different systems. For example: Police departments sharing data about calls related to suicide with local health departments; non-veteran affairs health systems sharing data about veterans accessing care.

4. Encourage the use of data for community health assessments (CHA) and community health improvement plans (CHIP).