Jennifer Dam

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Dr Jennifer Dam is a researcher and project manager based in Melbourne, Australia. She holds a PhD in behavioural science (knowledge translation) and is passionate about research communication and promoting effective use of research in policy and practice. Jennifer works in the Centre for Adolescent Health at the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute where she coordinates the Centre’s work in Health-Promoting Schools and contributes to the Centre for Research Excellence (CRE) developing education initiatives to help drive research impact in Global Adolescent Health.

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School connectedness may protect against suicidal ideation in adolescents

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Monika Raniti and Jennifer Dam summarise a recent narrative systematic review, which suggests that school connectedness can help protect against suicidality, but the research points to it being more protective of suicidal ideation than suicide attempts.

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