CDC Guidance for Communities Assessing, Investigating, and Responding to Suicide Clusters 2024

The guidance in this supplement is intended as a conceptual framework that can be used by public health practitioners and state and local health departments to develop response plans for assessing and investigating suspected clusters that are tailored to the needs, resources, and cultural characteristics of their communities. This report is the first of three in the MMWR supplement on suicide clusters.

Ballesteros MF, Ivey-Stephenson AZ, Trinh E, Stone DM. Background and Rationale — CDC Guidance for Communities Assessing, Investigating, and Responding to Suicide Clusters, United States, 2024. MMWR Suppl 2024;73(Suppl-2):1–7. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15585/mmwr.su7302a1