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Suicide Prevention Efforts in Iowa

This week is National Suicide Prevention Week. We'll have a conversation about steps being taken to prevent suicide in Iowa. We'll talk with the brother of someone who took his life in 2007 and how he's coping. Also, we'll have a conversation about prevention efforts in communities. We'll talk about a partnership between Johnson County and the University of Iowa to offer free suicide prevention courses.Guests Include: Dale Chell, Youth Suicide Prevention Coordinator at the Iowa Department of Public Health, Jerry Campbell, a Des Moines resident who lost his brother to suicide in 2007, and John Shean, Crisis Intervention Program Coordinator at the Johnson County Crisis Center.

Ben Kieffer is the host of IPR's River to River