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This is a partial list of awareness ribbons. The meaning behind an awareness ribbon depends on its colors and pattern. Since many advocacy groups have adopted ribbons as symbols of support or awareness, ribbons, particularly those of a single color, some colors may refer to more than one cause. Some causes may be represented by more than one ...
List of awareness ribbons; Orange ribbon; Pink Ribbons, Inc. Pink ribbon; Red Ribbon Express; Red Ribbon Week; Red ribbon; Ribbon of Saint George; Self-injury Awareness Day; Sexual assault of LGBT persons; Turquoise ribbon; White Ribbon Campaign; White ribbon; Yellow Ribbon Campaign of Myanmar; Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program; Yellow ...
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A person wearing a red ribbon to raise awareness and support of AIDS. Awareness ribbons are symbols meant to show support or raise consciousness for a cause. Different colors and patterns are associated with different issues. Yellow ribbons, in the United States, are used to show that a close family member is abroad in military service.
The Yellow Ribbon Suicide Prevention Program (YRSPP) is a suicide prevention program based in the United States, and aimed in particular at teenagers. [1] The program is run by the Yellow Ribbon non-profit. [2] YRSPP uses a yellow ribbon with a heart to encourage awareness about suicide / suicide prevention.
World Suicide Prevention Day (WSPD) is an awareness day always observed on 10 September every year, in order to provide worldwide commitment and action to prevent suicides, with various activities around the world since 2003. [1]
[6] [7] [8] As of 2009, suicide is the 11th leading cause of death in the U.S. annually, with 33,000 fatalities resulting from approximately 1.8 million attempts every year. [3] Researchers report that more than 90 percent of suicide fatalities had depression or "another diagnosable mental illness or substance abuse disorder."