Starting suicide prevention from home by incorporating social, spatial, biophilic and value management aspects to house design

Built Environmental design has a purpose to provide environments for people to live and work, but often places a lack of contribution to promoting human wellness. Numerous research studies conducted on improving workspace, productivity and improving health and healing environments provide considerable evidence for improving the ‘home construct’ to improve user health and wellbeing. Existing design research shows benefits and methods to reduce injury and suicide events, as used in health spaces, to be considered for home designs. Considering home design aspects of, safety, security, comfort, and family in planning and construction process can provide spaces to improve health and wellbeing. This paper reviews literature on human studies, developing theory considering home design inputs to combat suicide rates in at-risk groups with focus on youth, middle age, and unemployed groups. Results of this scoping review provide comprehensive analysis for improving homes by integrating healing and productivity using design aspects, that can be considered with value management considerations. The review purpose will designate outcomes and pave a holistic strategy to prevent suicide in homes. The scoping focusses on improved architectural design information for increasing mental comfort and wellbeing, using; social, spatial & biophilic design. The strategy will contribute to addressing social and economic problems associated with suicide in built environment home designs. This suicide research will be used for public health promotion by improving benefits of mental wellbeing (management) for suicide alleviation in Australian homes.