Suicide prevention for international students: A scoping review protocol

Abstract

Introduction The existing literature demonstrates that international students face a variety of stressors and barriers that can heighten the risk of suicide. However, up to now, no research has sought to summarise the available literature on the prevention strategies for suicide for international students in tertiary education. This document provides a scoping review protocol that aims to systematically chart and synthesise the published, unpublished and grey literature on the prevention strategies for suicide in the international student community. Methods and analysis The enhanced six-stage methodological framework for scoping reviews of Arksey and O'Malley will be used. Two main research ..