New suicide prevention technologies won the Department of Veterans Affairs' Mission Daybreak.
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These innovations are expected to help Native American veterans by providing mental health counseling that is appropriate to their cultures.
Although suicide cases in U.S. vets declined in the past years, around 17 military veterans still take their lives every day. Because of this, the VA decided to launch its Mission Day Break in 2022.
New Suicide Prevention Techs Won VA's Mission Daybreak!
According to Military.Com's latest report, two new suicide prevention techs won the Mission Daybreak.
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U.S. military veterans set up 1,892 American flags on the National Mall March 27, 2014 in Washington, DC. The Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America installed the flags to represent the 1,892 veterans and service members who committed suicide this year as part of the "We've Got Your Back: IAVA's Campaign to Combat Suicide."
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These are Stop Soldier Suicide's Black Box Project and Televeda's Project Hozho.
The Department of Veterans Affairs will give $3 million each so that these innovations can continue their development.
Veterans Health Administration Innovation Ecosystem Director of Data Analytics and Innovation Amanda Lienau complimented those behind the technologies.
"Their dedication to learning and their curiosity to partnering with veterans and communities to build out a promising solution," said Lienau.
She added that the developers' willingness to engage deeply with veterans was impactful and powerful.
Mission Daybreak Winners
American veterans really need help as many of them are experiencing suicidal thoughts.
This is why the new Black Box Project and Project Hozho were created. To give you more idea, here's how each of these new technology works:
Project Hozho
This technology is considered to be the first mental health and comprehensive plan for Alaska Native and American Indian veterans.
It works by providing healing practices, such as talking-circle interventions and storytelling. It can also improve veterans' access to VA sources.
Black Box Project
The Black Box Project is a technology solution that can develop machine learning models. This innovation analyzes data from digital services of veterans who died by suicide.
After analysis, the Black Box Project will create machine learning models that can identify risk patterns of suicide intentions that are not known before.
Aside from these two suicide prevention techs, other innovations also won in second-place and third place. You can visit VA's official press release to learn more about them.
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