Department of Public Health Sciences
Division of Social Medicine

Safe Community Monthly News
Issue 23

June 2009
In this issue

Dear Colleagues,

New Affiliate Support Centre

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Launch of Global Road Safety Report

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New Cafe Community designation

2

News from Huamu

2

Site visit: Japan & Korea

3

Courses4Forthcoming Conferences

4

New Journal

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Books and websites of interest

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We are proud to introduce you another Affiliate Support Centre in Uganda
and a new safe Community in IR Iran.
From next issue we will introduce you several SC activities in African region.
News and reports of this issue are appended below. Same issue is also avail‐able at our WHO Collaborating Centre on Community Safety Promotion
website: http://www.phs.ki.se/csp/who_newsletters_en.htm
With warm regards
Leif Svanström, Responsible Editor
Koustuv Dalal, Editor

A new Affiliate Safe Community Support Centre inaugurated in Uganda
On the 5th of May 2009 ICCU (Injury Control Center ‐Uganda), which is already a WHO Collaborating Centre forViolence, Injury Prevention and Control was also officially recognized as an Affiliate Safe Community Support
Centre. The reasons for that are that during the last three years there has been cooperation to support Safe
Community development in Uganda and adjacent countries. A number of programs related to children andtraffic have been developed with the aim of reaching a better community approach and now more than six
programs around Uganda are underway! Contacts have also been arranged for possible safe community
development in Rwanda.

Executive Director Mable T. Nakitto‐ head of ICCU and Prof Leif
Svanström, WHO CC Comm Safe signing the agreement of anaffiliate centre under supervision of Minister of State for Health,
Uganda, Dr. Richard Nduhura.

Ass Prof Stephen Lawoko seconding the signees with the Safe
Community flag at the inauguration of ICCU as an affiliate Safe
Comm support Centre.

Global Status Report on Road Safety
The WHO Director‐General, Dr Margaret Chan, and New York City Mayor, Mr Michael Bloomberg, will officiallylaunch the report during a press conference scheduled to take place at 12:00 noon in New York City on 15 June,
2009. The report is available at www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/road_safety_status/2009 . The report isunder embargo until 12:01 noon EST on 15 June 2009.

New Safe Community: District 22, Tehran Municipality
On the April 27th 2009 the district22 of the Tehran municipality designated into the internationalsafecommunity network as the 155th Member in the world. This was an important day since the district 22 is thefirst district of a mega city that fulfilled the criteria to be designated as the safecommunity.
Eng. Hassan Karimian, the mayor and the head of the safecommunity committee at the district 22 stated that the
infra structure for becoming a safecommunity had been started some years ago, we did a lot of work but much
more left.

The district 22 is situated at the attitude of 1400‐1800 meter from the sea level, surrounded by the Alborz mountainand the apex of Damavand. Based on the latest censes its population is about 108674 inhabitants, occupies about29017 households which is scattered in 1000 acres through out the district. Male & Female ratio is 57/43 percent,the population is young and the literacy rate is more than 99%. The life expectancy is 68 years for males and70years for females. The district is unique in terms of green area per capita which is about 272 square meter, lowpopulation density, calm traffic movement, green belt area of Tehran which is known as clean air arena of Tehranwith many forest area and recreational sites. District 22 has been designated as a ISO 14001 standard for the last 4
years. The most important killers of the district are: cardio vascular disorders, Injuries & cancers. Among injuries,
traffic related deaths, falls from height or same level, burns & disasters are the most common cause of disabilities
and deaths.
The district 22 has focused on child safety, youngsters safety, women safety and elderly safety. In different
situation such as on roads, at homes and during the leisure time. Involvement of volunteers is one of the majorachievement in district 22 Safe Community.
Engineer Karimian welcomed the participants and viewed affiliating center as the future plan for district22.
Engineer Abdolmajid, the secretary of Safe Community committee for district 22 delivered speech on activities
and achievements. Kids’ Performance made the ceremony more delightful. The cerem ony started afterwards
agreement signed by the officials of the Tehran Municipality head office and the district22.
Reported by: Dr. Alireza Moghisi,Iran

Launch of the Educational Film on “Prevention Against Contingency Falls
for Senior Citizens” in Huamu Community
On the morning of April 1, centering around the theme of “Meeting World Expo·Caring about the Senior
Citizens’ Lives to Promote Harmony”, the release of the educational film on “Prevention Against Contingency
Falls for Senior Citizens” and the show of the elderly’s balance gymnastics magnificently commenced in the
Cultural Center of Huamu Community, China. More than 300 people attended the ceremony, including therepresentatives from all the sub‐communities in Huamu Sub‐district, representatives of the senior residents, aswell as personalities from all the neighbourhoods that are involved in the Safe Community construction campaign
in Pudong New Area.
The release of the educational film on “Prevention against Contingency Falls for Senior Citizens” is not only
an appraisal and a consummation of the Safety Promotion Project for the elderly in Huamu, but also a new startline for the project of injury prevention among the elderly in the community.
For more details, please contact: huamushanghai@gmail.com

On-site evaluation for CSP in Towada Municipality, Japan: Combination ofbottom up and top down approaches
On March 26‐27, 2009, Towada Municipality, Japan invited Prof Joon Pil Cho from the Certifying Center for Safe
Community in Korea, and Prof Shumei Wang from Fudan University in China to get the formal on‐site evaluation
for becoming a member of the international network of safe communities.
Community safety promotion in Towada was initiated by public health experts/ practitioners together with
Towada citizens in 2005, so to speak, from bottom up approach, which was followed by the mayor’s politicalsupport later.
High mortality rates due to accidental suffocation byinhalation and suicide, respectively, are some of themain characteristic of Towada City in terms of externalcauses of death. So the site visits program included asuffocation prevention program (oral function training)
and a suicide prevention program. In addition to these,
fall and fractures prevention programs with cooperationof public health nurses and an architect, a school safety
program, a fire alarm installation program with home
visits, a ceremony for winners of a slogan contest on safe
community for pupils and so on were also included into
the site visits program.
The two experts have pointed out the followings: active
participation by the citizens, dedication of local experts with
The winners of a slogan contest on safe communitya political support by the mayor. At the same time, they have with the experts and the Towada Safe Community Citizens
also emphasized that it needs more programs to make safer
environments, to improve methods of program
evaluation and data utilization and legislation on CSP for further sustainable development.
The two experts hope that CSP in Towada shall be a model of CSP with the combination of both bottom‐up andReported by Yoshihide Sorimachi, Japan
top‐down approaches in Asian Region in the future.
Cheonan city, Korea got site‐visit !!
Cheonan city has topography and geographical features of the most
comfortable region under the sky with fertile farmland in the harmonyof mountains and rivers. Population is in a trend of fast growing from445,485 people as of December 2002 to 547,662 people and the numberof household is 209,512 in December 2008. Proportion of injury deathout of total death was higher than the entire national average and 84%
of Cheonan citizens felt fear about injury occurrences by accidents.
Also, considering the fact that 57.2% of respondents feel fearful of
security situation of crimes, the priority fields of Cheonan Safe
Community were established in suicide prevention, traffic safety,
safety from crime, and safety for vulnerable groups (elderly/children).
Cheonan city introduced the Safe Community model in 2006,
implemented the preliminary community survey and registered as the under preparation Safe Community to
WHO Collaborating Center on Community Safety Promotion in 2008, and submitted an application report for
designation in 2009.
The Cheonan City got sit‐visit on the 22‐23th April 2009. Site visit was made by 3 experts (Joon Pil Cho from theCertifying Center for Safe Community in Korea, Maria Isabel Gutierrez M. from the CISALVA Institute,
Universidad del Valle in Columbia, and Shumei Wang from Fudan University in China). Visiting sites during 2days are as follows; Sinyong elementary school, Community center, Office of education, Mental health center,
Alcohol counseling center, Healthy family‐support center, Residents’ integration security center, Senior welfare
service center, and Occupational safety & health agency.

Reporter: Juhee Hong, Korea.

CourseRESEARCH EDUCATION Course 2009
6th International Course ‐ A Ph.D. Course: Research in Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion: Designs,
Methods & Analysis, October ‐ November 2009 (5 weeks)
Stockholm, Sweden, 7.5 Credits
Application deadline: 1 May 2009
Course Organizer: Reza Mohammadi, MD, MPH, PhD
Email: Reza.Mohammadi@ki.se, Phone: +46 8 524 80142, Fax: +46 8 30 73 51
Courses 2009/ 2010
4th International Ph.D. Course on Internet
INJURY SURVEILLANCE AND CODING
1 October 2009 ‐ 31 March 2010 (25% rate)
7,5 Credits
Course Organizer: Professor Lars‐Gunnar Hörte , lars‐gunnar.horte@ki.se
CANADIAN FALLS PREVENTION CURRICULUM 2009
Distance Education Course for seniors’ health and community care providers on the design, implementation and evaluationof fall prevention programs for all settings.
English: University of Victoria, http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/courses/
French: University of Edmonton, Campus St. Jean, http://www.uofaweb.ualberta.ca/cerf/
For more information: www.injuryresearch.bc.ca or contact Sarah Elliott at sarah.elliott@gov.bc.ca, Phone 01 250 952 1520,
Fax 01 250 952 1570.

Forthcoming Safety and Injury Conferences
2009
1st Regional Southeastern Europe Conference on Safe Community ʺSafe Children in Safe Communitiesʺ 22‐25 June 2009Novi Sad, Serbia
Before March 31, 2009 Submit an registration form
Before April 15, 2009 Submit an abstract
Before May 15, 2009 Submit the full paper
For more information www.bezbedna.zajednica.org, Contact: Miroslav Bakich bezbedna.zajednica@gmail.com
The 14th International Conference on Circumpolar Health, July 11‐16, 2009 Yellowknife, Canada
Abstract deadline: 20 February
Injury Prevention has always been a concern for the IUCH (International Union for Circumpolar Health) and injuries area very heavy burden on the health of indigenous people living in the circumpolar regions.
Contact Jody Butler Walker butlerwalker@gmail.com , www.icch2009.com
9th National Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion, 26‐28 July, 2009 Melbourne, Australia
www.injuryprevention2009.com
Abstract submission closes on 10 November 2008.
18th International Conference on Safe Communities Safe Policies as an axis for development
August 13 – 15, 2009 Cali, Colombia
Date for Abstract submission deadline: New date 30 April!
http://www.phs.ki.se/csp/pdf/Conferences/cali10april.bmp
Call for abstract. http://safecom2009.univalle.edu.co/, www.cisalva.univalle.edu.co
For information: Martha Lucia Castañeda, maluca68@gmail.com. Julian Santaella, julian_santaella@hotmail.com
5th Asian Regional Conference on Safe Communities (ARCSC) Safety, Health, Harmony
18‐20 October 2009 Beijing, China
China Occupational Safety & Health Association (COSHA), http://www.cosha.org.cn
First Announcement: http://www.cosha.org.cn//upload/1224465633423324.pdf
Abstract deadline: 30 March 2009, http://www.cosha.org.cn//upload/1235111029165436.doc
Before June 30, 2009 Submit the full paper
Before June 30, 2009 Early bird registration
After June 30, 2009 Full registration
Contact persons: Ms Wu Yanhua and Mr Liu Yan, E‐mail: 2009ascc@cosha.org.cn
21, Hepingli Beijie, Dongcheng District, Beijing , China 100713 , Tel: +86‐10‐64463609/64463339, Fax: +86‐10‐64463609

International Workshop on“ Community Safety Promotion in Asian Context”
in conjunction with the 3rd Annual Conference of the Japanese Society of Safety Promotion(JSSP)
August 29, 2009 13:00~16:00, Towada City, Aomori Prefecture, JapanFree of charge for participants from overseas.
Contact persons for further information
Ms. Tomie Nitobe: tomie@ninus.ocn.ne.jp
Dr. Yoshihide Sorimachi: yoshihide_sorimachi@hotmail.com
BC Municipal Occupational Health & Safety Conference ‐ Whistler,
13 ‐ 15 September 2009
British Columbia, Canada
http://www.municipalsafety.bc.ca
Second Injury Prevention Conference for UK and Ireland
24 ‐ 25 September 2009
Cardiff, Wales
http://www.injuryobservatory.net/2nd_injury_conference.html
201019th International Safe Communities Conference Sustainability of Safe Community Programs23‐ 26 March, 2010 Suwon, Korea
For information: jpcho@ajou.ac.kr
The Second European Regional Safe Community Conference Incorporating the 7th Nordic Conference on Safe
Communities 19‐20 May, 2010 Reykjavik, Iceland
How to develop Safe Communities in Europe using the Nordic experiences.
‐ Re‐establishing a European Network of Safe Communities.
www.publichealth.is/SC‐Iceland2010/
Contact: Rósa Thorsteinsdóttir, rosa@publichealth.is, Tel: +354 5800900 / +354 8400906 , Fax: +354 5800901´
Public Health Institute of Iceland, Laugavegur 116, 105 Reykjavík, Iceland
10th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion, 21‐24 September, 2010 London, UK
The first formal announcement for Safety 2010 will be issued in January 2009
Call for abstracts will open in April 2009. http://www.safety2010.org.uk
Early bird rate before 30 April 2009 £450.00
Contact: Karen Hughes, Email: k.e.hughes@ljmu.ac.uk , Tel: +44 (0) 151 231 8723
Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University, Kingsway House, 5th Floor, Hatton Garden, Liverpool L3 2AJ,
UK , Tel: +44 (0) 151 231 4510 | Fax: +44 (0) 151 231 4515

New Journal:
Journal of Injury and Violence Research, http://jivresearch.org/

Books and websites of interest
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‘The Way Forward’ Transportation Planning and Road Safety. Authors: Geetam Tiwari, Dinesh Mohan and Nicol Muhl‐
rad. ISBN 1403 92502 X, Macmillan India Ltd. New Delhi.
Abuse of Elderly in Europe. http://www.abuel.org/“Violence, Dangerousnes in the day by day living ʺ. Edited by Rosgal. Montevideo. 2002. Free version at SitioMedico:
http://www.sitiomedico.com.uy/artnac/maltzman.pdf and in Amadeo Guestbook, The Medical Literature Guide ( Code1234 ? 2/20/02). New 2005‐2006 Edition.

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, Editor (Email: koustuv.dalal@ki.se )