Military personnel may be at increased risk for suicidality due to a range of individual, organizational, and cultural factors. Comprehensive surveillance data is key to suicidality prevention; however, little is known about whether surveillance is wanted by, or acceptable to, military personnel and their families. This presentation explores the perspectives of Australian Army stakeholders, including family, gathered via semi-structured interviews.

The presentation navigates through four broad themes highlighted by stakeholders as important to gaining their trust and support for the ongoing collection of suicidality data, including the purpose, cultural sensitivity, trustworthiness, and utility of the system. The presentation illuminates the complex ecosystem in which such a system is required to operate and the inherent tensions and often opposing priorities that require skill and sensitivity to navigate.

Three Key Learnings
1. An understanding of the diverse perspectives of stakeholders in military suicidality surveillance.
2. A conceptual model for understanding how to obtain stakeholder support for workplace suicidality surveillance.
3. Practical recommendations for implementation of suicidality surveillance.