OBJECTIVES:
to evaluate the results of "+Contigo" training, developed by nurses and directed at 66 health professionals of integrated school health teams in Primary Health Care.
METHOD:
quantitative with data collection through the Suicide Behavior Attitude Questionnaire, administered before and after the training.
RESULTS:
significant increases were observed in suicide prevention knowledge and in changing attitudes of health professionals towards individuals with suicidal behavior.
CONCLUSION:
these results allow us to affirm that nurses hold scientific and pedagogical knowledge that grant them a privileged position in the health teams, to develop training aimed at health professionals involved in suicide prevention.
Suicide/prevention & control; Training; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Health Personnel