Focus Groups

One goal of the Florida LEADS Project involves developing suicide prevention messages and content to raise awareness about suicide and to inform and encourage adults at risk of suicide to seek help. To ensure our messages and content are relevant, useful, and culturally sensitive for adults at risk of suicide, we actively seek input from the public by conducting focus groups and interviews. If you want to get involved or learn more about registering for a focus group, please review our flyers and information below.

General Flyer

Who are we looking for?

We are looking to recruit adults (18+) living in Florida who:

Have lived mental health and/or suicide-related experiences.
Provide mental health services to populations at risk (i.e., mental health professionals).
Work with adults with lived experiences (i.e., system/agency administrators).

Additionally, we are looking specifically for individuals who meet the above criteria
and either identify as or serve/work with individuals in the following groups:

Note: We expect that you will be in this research study for no more than 3 hours. Average time to complete the focus group/interview session is 1 to 2 hours and 15-minutes for each follow-up survey (a total of up to 4 follow-up surveys). The initial follow-up survey is completed after social awareness messages and resources have been developed. Subsequent surveys will be completed for purposes of refinement/feedback following the addition of new messages or graphics to previous designs.You will be compensated with a $25 Amazon electronic gift card after completion of the focus group and a $5 Amazon electronic gift card after completion of the brief follow-up survey.

Focus Groups

Who are we looking for?

Active Military/Reserve/Veterans

LGBTQ+

Survivors of Abuse/Violence

Adults with Disabilities

Individuals in Recovery from Substance Abuse

Minoritized Community Members