Children's Mercy Hospital Prepped & Ready

In Depth Interview Summaries

IDI Summaries

Interviews with host sites validate and support

these key findings and trends we’ve seen throughout

our primary and secondary research:

Community partnerships and collaboration

matters: collaboration with local community

organizations and educational settings through

existing individual and group partnerships led to

increased reach and participation in the Prepped &

Ready Program

Who is presenting the material matters:

Dr. Sullivant’s direct involvement in the program and

her clinical and research experience is a key aspect of

what makes the program successful

Finding ways to increase access matters: barriers

and opportunities to attendance exist for both

in-person and virtual events

Frequency and follow-up matters: ongoing and

follow-up presentation and/or information is desirable

for long-term success of program and outcomes, as

well as for retention and recall of information

presented

Diversifying presentation material matters:

potential diversification of the program emphasized

as a way to reach specific audience(s) Public Schools

Host Site: DeSoto Public Schools

Name and title: Joe (Robert) Kordalski, School Counselor

In-person presentation, 2018

Goal in hosting the event: increase community

engagement

Joe Kordalski actively involved with Johnson County

Suicide Prevention Coalition and Dr. Sullivant had done

things in collaboration with the coalition and offered

class through that connection

Found the Prepped and Ready Program to be a

natural connection to a series being rolled out at

DeSoto Schools parents

Mental health is already a weekly dialogue between

his department and the students

Schools important piece of community collaboration

to address rising need through real numbers reported

Wanted to have in person versus sending

information via websites and newsletters to expand the

dialogue

Encouraging real conversation around stigmatized

and taboo issues

Dr. Sullivant was able to make real connections with

what she saw in her work as a practitioner and the