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1 Small ACT - It's about being there for Every Sailor, Every Day

Efforts to engage and educate your shipmates about stress navigation and suicide prevention can help promote a culture supportive of psychological health and seeking help. This page houses resources for Suicide Prevention Coordinators (SPCs) and key influencers, Sailors, families and members of the Navy community to reenergize the conversation about stress and suicide and motivate positive behavior.

Additional content promoting stress navigation and suicide prevention is available on https://navstress.wordpress.com. For daily tips and to stay current on campaign initiatives, follow our other online channels:

Facebook: www.facebook.com/project1smallact
Twitter: www.twitter.com/proj1smallact
Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/navstress
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Products
 		 Description & Links
​30 Days of Small ACTs Calendar ​30 Small ACTs to practice being there for yourself or others. Includes tips promoting positive coping skills and self-care, psychological and physical well-being, peer support and more. Can be repurposed as Plan of the Day Notes. Print and post in high-traffic areas or share electronically to promote engagement.

2019 30 Days of Small ACTs.pdf
 
FY-23 1 Small ACT Toolkit ​Updated for 2022 Navy Suicide Prevention Month and FY-23, this toolkit includes facts about suicide prevention, social media content and graphics, engagement and event ideas, sample plan of the week notes and additional resources to promote a culture supportive of psychological health, emotional wellness, protective factors, connectedness and seeking help on a local level.

FY-23 1 Small ACT Toolkit
 
​Webinar Training Suicide Prevention Coordinator Training
​​Lethal Means Safety Fact Sheet ​This fact sheet provides key information on the Navy’s guidance for commanders and health professionals on reducing access to lethal means through voluntary storage of privately owned firearms and on proper disposal of prescription medications.

Lethal Means Safety Fact Sheet
 
Lethal Means Safety Posters  The first two posters in a series encouraging safe storage of highly lethal methods of suicide during times of increased stress. Print size is 8.5"x11", however, full-sized versions (16"x20") are available for ordering from the Naval Logistics Library.

Lethal Means Safety Poster 1                                  Lethal Means Safety Poster 2
 
​Security Clearance Posters ​This poster describes facts related to seeking help and security clearance eligibility, referencing Standard Form 86 (SF-86) question 21. It explains what types of counseling are not required to be reported. 

Version 1                                                                Version 2​ 
 
​Warning Signs Poster ​This poster describes the most common warning signs of suicide, using the acronym IS PATH WARM. Remember, you don't have to see every sign to ACT. Print size is 8.5"x11", however, a full sized version (16"x20") is available for ordering from the Naval Logistics Library.

IS PATH WARM Poster​
​Small ACT Selfie Signs ​These signs can be printed and personalized with an example of a Small ACT to be there for yourself or others. Send a selfie with your sign (or a group photo) to suicideprevention@navy.mil for publishing in the 1 Small ACT Photo Gallery. See the 1 Small ACT Photo Gallery page for submission guidance.

Small ACT Selfie Signs
 
Social Media Graphics These graphics can be used on personal, command-owned and partner social media channels to accompany messaging supporting campaign concepts and products, as well as stress navigation, help-seeking and suicide prevention efforts. Options include two key campaign taglines featuring complementary imagery. ​
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Lethal Means Safety
Version 1
Version 2
Version 3
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Warning Signs
​Version 1​
Every Sailor, Every Day Starts with YOU (a) and 1 Small ACT can Save a Life​ (b)
Version 1a            Version 1b
Version 2a            Version 2b
Version 3a            Version 3b
Version 4a            Version 4b
Version 5a            Version 5b
Version 6a            Version 6b
 		 Security Clearance Infographics​​
Version 1
Version 2
Version 3​


 
​Campaign Logos ​These logos can be placed on materials promoting Navy's Every Sailor, Every Day campaign, as well as those aligning with key Navy Suicide Prevention Branch messaging as outlined in the 1 Small ACT Toolkit. Please do not alter these images by changing color palette, typeface, ratios, messaging, image background or any other modifications.

1 Small ACT v1                                            1 Small ACT v2

 

 

Interested in partnering with the Every Sailor, Every Day campaign or sharing your local efforts? Email us at suicideprevention@navy.mil.


Project 1 Small ACT Campaign Partners
 
Navy & Marine Corps Public Health Center
Real Warriors Campaign
Dept. of Defense Suicide Prevention Office (DSPO)
Human Performance Resource Center
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