Evaluates and Discloses Suicide Rates and Prevention Efforts by Local Government… Incentives for Outstanding Local Governments
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Ko Yu-seon = The government, in order to create a system where central ministries and local governments respond together to suicide crises, [reviews] suicide rates and prevention efforts by local government...
The government has decided to use artificial intelligence (AI) to predict suicide risk, evaluate the performance of suicide prevention policies and suicide rates by local governments, and disclose the results. The plan is to strengthen cooperation among local governments by establishing a prevention system utilizing AI and data, and by providing awards and financial incentives to outstanding municipalities. It will also expand staffing at suicid…
The government is expanding suicide prevention policies from a Ministry of Health and Welfare-centered approach to a government-wide level and establishing a suicide risk prediction system utilizing artificial intelligence (AI).
The government will compare and evaluate suicide rates and prevention performance across cities, counties, and districts nationwide, publicly disclosing a "report card" that ranks them from first to last. The aim is to boost the effectiveness of suicide prevention policies by informing residents of evaluation results, which were previously only communicated to the relevant local governments. This signifies a commitment to placing the protection …
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