On 19 February 2025, we held a NIHR SafetyNet Health Economics Working Group webinar, featuring a presentation by Fanyi Su on: Economic Evaluations of Interventions for Self-Harm and Suicide Prevention.

Watch the recording:

Self-harm and suicide prevention are critical public health priorities that require effective and economically sustainable strategies. This session will present a systematic review of economic evaluations of various interventions, including individual-level, service-level, and staff-training approaches within healthcare settings. The discussion covered:

✔️ Types of interventions and their settings
✔️ Economic model designs and handling of uncertainties
✔️ Methodological and reporting quality of studies
✔️ Challenges and best practices in conducting economic evaluations for suicide prevention within the NIHR Patient Safety Research Collaborations (PSRCs)

About the speaker:

Fanyi Su is a Research Associate in Health Economics at the Manchester Centre for Health Economics. She completed her MSc in Health Economics at the University of York and has a keen research interest in economic evaluations in mental health and child health interventions.

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