Department of Public Health Sciences
Division of Social Medicine

Issue No.5

December 2007Dear Colleagues,On behalf of the editorial team of the ‘Safe Community Monthly News’ we wish you a Merry
Christmas (well in advance!!).
In this issue we have included information of Safety related Conferences, Awards and Courses
around the world.
Receiving of application for MPH Courses, specialization in Safety Promotion and in Health
Economics and Health Promotion are now being started at the Karolinska Institutet.
We are encouraging all Safe Communities, affiliate centres and certifying centres around thecontinents to send more news and event information. At the same time we are also
encouraging the individual safety experts to be united with fellows in your own country to plan,implant ideas and establish more safe communities. We are ever ready to provide supports inthis regard.
Thanks for your continuous support for ‘Safe Community News’. Please send your news andevent information to the editor.
News and reports of this issue are appended below. Same issue is also available at our WHO
CC on CSP website: http://www.phs.ki.se/csp/who_newsletters_en.htm
With warm regards
Leif Svanström, Responsible Editor
Koustuv Dalal, EditorContent:
1. Information from WHO…………………………………………………………
2. Safe Communities America ……………………………… ………………..
3. Denmark Redesignated Safe Community …………………………..
4. New Zealand National Safe Communities Networking Day..
5. Doctoral Thesis on Safe Community…………………………………..
6. Announcement: 2nd International Safety Media Awards …….
7. Forthcoming Safety and injury conferences ………………………..
8. Course News ………………………………………………………………………...

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1. Change in name of the Department of Injuries and Violence Prevention(VIP), WHO
Date: 09 November 2007
The purpose of this Information Note is to announce a change in the name of the Departmentof Injuries and Violence Prevention (VIP). The Director-General has approved the change inname to the Department of Violence and Injury Prevention and Disability (VIP). This change
follows recent adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and is oneof the steps that the Organization is taking to make its work on disability more visible.

2. The National Safety Council Launches Safe Communities America
The National Safety Council (NSC) launched Safe Communities America and assumed the roleof an Affiliate Safe Communities Support Center for the United States.
On October 15, at NSC’s annual Congress and Expo in Chicago, Leif Svanstrom announced toan audience of 4,200 safety professionals and advocates, government representatives, andinternational visitors, that NSC has officially joined the Safe Communities worldwide network.
Last May they successfully mentored the cities of Springfield, Missouri and Omaha, Nebraska
to become designated Safe Communities and are currently working with six additional
communities in the United States toward designation in 2008.
NSC is especially grateful for all the support from Diana and Robert Ekman and Paul Kells fromSafe Communities Canada. NSC looks forward to working with our Canadian neighbors as wemove forward with the Safe Communities North American Network.

Joe Ucciferro, NSC Chairman of the Board, Kay Farrell, NSC Safe Communities America, Omaha,Nebraska, Paul Kells, Safe Communities Canada, Debora Biggs, NSC Safe Communities America,Springfield, Missouri, Diana Ekman, WHO CCCSP, Paulette Moulos, NSC Chief Operating Officer,Donna Stein-Harris, Executive Director, NSC Safe Communities America, Leif Svanstrom, WHO
CCCSP, and Alan McMillan, NSC President and CEO.

Reporter: Donna Stein-Harris, Itasca, USA.

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3. Denmark Redesignated as Western Australia’s only Safe Community
Denmark has been named as Western Australia’s only “Safe Community” by the World HealthOrganisation Collaborating Centre on Community Safety Promotion . Denmark recently achieved
redesignation as a Safe Community due to its championing of safety as a fundamental humanright.
Coordinator of the Denmark Safe Community Committee Dr Gillian Sellar said everybody had aresponsibility to promote and maintain their safety and the safety of others.
“People are the key to making communities safer places in which to live, work, learn, traveland play. Our community will continue to be well served by those who believe “prevention isbetter than cure” and the implementation of programs to prevent and control injuries.
Children, youth, adults and seniors are all considered in the town’s Safe Community programs,with specific groups being targeted at different times as needs are identified.”
The Denmark Safe Community Committee, comprising representatives from community
groups, emergency service organisations, the local health service and local government,
adopts a whole-of-community approach in dealing with safety issues within the community.
Examples of the safety programs undertaken in Denmark include:
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Road and transport safety – Road Wise, accident prevention, Shire and Main roads
programs (all ages) – Road Safety Mystery Tours for high school and Agricultural Collegestudents
Coastal, surf and water safety (all ages)
Child and infant safety – Kid Safe, Playground safety (0 -5 year olds)
Seniors and disabled safety – Stay on your Feet WA® (SOYFWA®) fall prevention programs,
disability access issues
Farm safety – Farm Safe including vehicles and animal issues
Occupational safety – Work Safe
Crime and personal safety – Domestic violence, drug and alcohol etc (all ages, particularly
youth and young adults)
Emergency Services – SES, Fire, Ambulance
The redesignation ceremony was held on
the 19th of October 2007 which coincidedwith Community Safety Month, a monthcelebrated in many Australian states
including Western Australia. Mr HenkHarberts, representing the World HealthOrganisation Collaborating Centre on
Community Safety Promotion through its
Certifying Centre in Australia (AustralianSafe Community Association) presented
the award to the community. The
redesignation
ceremony
provided
anopportunity
tolookbackat
theachievements made over the past five
years and also to look at future directions
andopportunities.
MrHarberts
congratulated the community on the•achievements of the past five years andencouraged an ongoing commitment toproviding a safe and inclusive community
for residents and visitors.

Denmark Safe Community Committee 2007 with ICCWA
Award Trophy Sue Roberts, Adrian Hinds, Jane Jones, Dr.
Gill Sellar, Jodie Hickey, Constable Pauline Vallance.
Absent: Dennis O'Brien, Mike Neueneubel, Philip Smithand Philip Wright, Tracy Blaszkow.

The Safe Community Committee is producing an action plan for 2008 -2009 which will identify
areas of key concern and strategies to address these. Ongoing community consultation will3ensure that relevant and effective programs are being implemented, and it is hoped Denmark’s
rate of injuries decreases while public awareness and participation in these initiatives increase.
The hard work of the Denmark Safe Community Committee has also seen them win the Injury
Control Council of Western Australia’s annual award for Outstanding Achievement in Injury
Prevention. The purpose of the award is to recognise the valuable contributions to thereduction of injury and the promotion of community safety in Western Australia.
For further information visit http://safecommunity.dwalc.org.au.
Reporter: Suzanne Ralston, West Perth, Australia.

4. New Zealand National Safe Communities Networking Day
Safe Communities Foundation New Zealand (SCFNZ) hosted an inaugural networking day for
representatives from communities in New Zealand engaged in working towards designation orredesignation as a Safe Community in Auckland on 10th October 2007. Twenty community
representatives and three SCFNZ staff attended and they were joined by speakers fromMinistry Of Health, New Zealand Injury Prevention Strategy (NZIPS), Auckland University
Injury Prevention Information Centre and Accident Compensation Corporation.
Interactive discussions were held throughout the day on: post designation experiences;improving collaboration and coordination between national and regional levels; and sharing
best practice information and building sustainable partnerships.
Topics addressed included: Community presentations from all those attending; accessing andutilising injury data to inform your safe community programme; aligning strategies –
integrating NZIPS into your safe community programme; broadening your knowledge of how
best to locate evidence to inform your safe community programme; and together we achieve
more: ACC local government integrated model.
During the day two awards were given “in recognition of outstanding support for Safe
Community best practice” to Channa Perry from New Plymouth and “in recognition ofoutstanding leadership and support for Safe Communities at the national level” Geoff Wilson
from NZIPS.
Evaluation forms collected indicated that participants were very pleased to have had theopportunity to meet with others involved in community safety and either working towards
redesignation or designation as a Safe Community. All considered that they had benefited
from the opportunity to network with others. Any suggestions made were made to strengthenfurther gatherings and there was a strong feeling that the concept of a national networking day
was to be encouraged and supported.

Reporter:TaniaPeters, Takapuna, Newzealand.
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5. Doctoral Thesis: "Community Safety Promotion Networks: From Metaphor
to Methodology"
SYNOPSIS
Is it what you know or who you know?
This thesis studied the social forces at work within Mackay Whitsunday Safe Communities, acommunity based safety promotion network. Cohesive ties bind groups together, preserving
knowledge and maintaining the status quo. Bridging ties link different groups, accessing newknowledge and driving change.
Who you know determines what you know!
For details visit: James Cook University’s URL : http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/findeprints.html
type in "Hanson" and press search

6. Announcement: 2nd International Safety Media Awards
The Second International Seguridad/Safety Media Awards (ISMA) will be heldin Merida, Yucatan, Mexico March 16-18, 2008.
Guidelines and entry information is available at www.teachingstory.com. There is no fee tosubmit media, and no limit to the number of print, audio or video pieces youcan enter. The organizers are accepting entries in two divisions: Adult and Youth (18and under) and three categories: print, video and audio.

7. Forthcoming Safety and Injury Conferences
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Young People, Crime and Community Safety: engagement and early intervention,
Melbourne, 25-26 February 2008.
http://www.aic.gov.au/conferences/2008-YoungPeople/•Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) 73rd Road Safety Congress Securing Wider Engagement in Road Safety. Crowne Plaza Hotel, Glasgow, Scotland,
February 25-27, 2008.
Visit: http://www.rospa.com/road/index.htm#call or contact events@rospa.com .

•The 9th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion
1515-18 March 2008, Mérida, Yucatan Mexico
http://www.safety2008mx.info/Abstracts: Submission deadline was until July 13, 2007
Early Bird Registration: will be extended until July 30, 2007
Online Registration and Payment is available at http://www.safety2008mx.info
Conference Secretariat at: safety2008@insp.mx•7th Nordic Safe Community Conference 2727-28 May 2008,
2008 Oslo, Norway
For information: peter.koren@chello.no•17th International Safe Communities Conference
20th – 23 October 2008
Christchurch, New ZealandZealand
For further information visit: http://www.safecom2008.org.nz/email: contact@scfnz.org.nz or robyn.steel@ccc.govt.nz

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8. Courses
Courses•MASTER PROGRAMME PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCE,SCIENCE, (MPH) specialization ini) Health economics and health promotion andii) Safety Promotion.
For more information visit:https://www.studera.nu/aw/courseGuideResult.do?subject=30.500&period=HT%202008&p
ublisher=ki&origin=3&destination=3&intOnly=true
Or send email:koustuv.dalal@ki.se (for specialization in Health economics and health promotion)Lars-Gunnar.Horte@ki.se (for specialization in Safety Promotion).

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Online service will open: December 1
Last date for applying: February 1
Last date for submitting documents: February 15
Last date for submitting English test results: February 15
Notification of admission (www.studera.nu/Your pages): April 17

For application visit: https://www.studera.nu/english•RESEARCH EDUCATION Course Spring 2008:

INTERPERSONAL AGGRESSIONAGGRESSION (VIOLENCE) AMONG
AMONG ADULTS
1 May – 5 June 2008, Stockholm, Sweden.
Course number 2138
The aim of the course is to provide the students with knowledge about interpersonal
aggression (violence) among adults from theory to prevention that can be used forresearch and clinical purposes.
Apply to: Joaquim Soares, Associate Professor, Karolinska Institutet.
Email: joaquim.soares@sll.se•

4th International Course - A Ph.D. Level Course”Research in Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion: Designs, Methods & Analysis”
Analysis”
21 January - 22 February 2008, Stockholm, Sweden.
Karolinska Catalogue Code: 1888

For further information:
Course Organizer: Reza Mohammadi, MD, MPH, PhD
Email: Reza.Mohammadi@ki.se¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤WHO Collaborating Centre for Community Safety Promotion
Karolinska Institutet
Department of Public Health Sciences
Division of Social Medicine
Norrbacka 2nd Floor, SE-171 76, Stockholm, Sweden.

Communication: Koustuv Dalal (Email: koustuv.dalal@ki.se )6