METHODS
SDSPET measurement, and so a secondary editor of the MSDP reviewed the
SDSPET and confirmed the face validity of the tool, affirming that it
identifies best practices described in the model policy. SDSPET utilizes
a binary scoring system to generate scores, a policy is evaluated for
the presence (one point) or absence (zero points) of each criterion. The
total policy score is the sum of individual scores from each subsection
for a maximum possible score of
36. All criteria in SDSPET are equally weighted.
Policy Collection
Utah state law requires that all school districts make school
board-approved policies publicly available on their school district
website.27 School board-approved district policies
regarding suicide prevention were obtained from district websites for
all school districts in the state of Utah. A list of URLs of district
policies is provided in Table S1.