Department of Public Health Sciences
Division of Social Medicine

Safe Community Monthly News
Issue No.9April 2008^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^In this issue
HUniversity of North CarolinaH
HKameokaH
HKyotoH
HWorld injury conferenceH
HCall for abstractsH
HConferencesH
HCourseH

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Dear Colleagues,
We have excellent scientific events at the 9th World
Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion
15-18 March 2008, Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico. During theconference we have some special events on safe
community with sheer enthusiasm, especially from thescientists of Latin America.
We have added a long list of new subscribers. So wewish a warm welcome to the new subscribers and also tothe old friends of the SCMN.
News and reports of this issue are appended below.
Same issue is also available 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

New safe Community Support Centre
Injury Prevention Research Centre(IPRC), University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill has been acknowledged as
the Safe Community Support Centre.
The centre has significantly contributedfor the research on violence and injuryprevention. Recently the centre hassigned a collaborative agreement with theKarolinska Institutet. As process ofexpanding Safe Community movements,
IPRC has been recognised as ‘Safe
Community
SupportCentre’inAmericas. During the Merida, Mexico
conference the recognition ceremony
was held and the agreement was signed
by Prof. Carol Runyan, Director, IPRC
and Prof. Leif Svanström.

Prof. Anders Villaveces, Prof. Shrikant Bangdiwala,Prof. Carol Runyan and Prof. Leif Svanström

Kameoka becomes 132nd member of SC Network
City of Kameoka in Kyoto prefecture,
Japan was designated as the132nd memberof SC Network on March 1, 2008. This is
the first designation in Japan and 40th in theAsian Region.
Accompanied with the designation ofKameoka City, an international conferenceon surveillance for safety promotion wasarranged on March 1 and 2. Through theconference, over 300 participants learned
various studies on surveillance for safety
promotion from about 40 presentations
made participants from abroad as well as Japanese speakers. Because of the excellent quality ofspeeches, the conference was highly evaluated.
Volunteer work by citizens also contributed to the success of the conference and designation ceremony
to the great extent.
Reporter: Yoko Shiraishi, Ritsumeikan University

The first training course for certifiers in Kyoto, JapanThe very first training course in thehistory of International Safe Community
Network for safe community designationsite visitors, peer reviewers was held from
3rd to 4th of March, 2008, in Kyoto, Japan
which was sponsored by WHO
Collaborating Center on Community
Safety Promotion in Karolinska Institute,
Stockholm, Sweden, in collaboration withthe Certifying Center for Safe Community
in Asian Region in Ajou University
School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea.
Eleven delegates from Japan, Korea andChina participated in the training course.

Group photo of all the participants

They were: Nam Soo Park (Korea), In Gook Kim (Korea), Shumei Wang (China), Lu Pai(Taiwan, China), Naoya Hatta (Japan), Yoko Shiraishi (Japan), Megumi Inasaka (Japan),Yoshiyuki Watanabe (Japan), Noriko Yamada (Japan), Toshiyuki Yunose (Japan) and Joon Pil
Cho (Korea).
The trainer, Dr. Diana Stark Ekman from Karolinska Institute, gave detail introduction regarding
to the development of safe community, roles as site visitor and peer reviewer, supporting andcertifying functions, and the procedure for going through the application etc. By hard studying
and active interaction with the trainer, all the participants successfully passed the course and got
their certificates as trained site visitors and peer reviewers.

At the end of training course Professor Joon Pil Cho, Chair of the Certifying Center for Safe
Community in Suwon, Korea, invited coordinators in Asian region in terms of certifying process forsafe community designation. The coordinators are Yoko Shiraishi (Japan), Shumei Wang (China),
Lu Pai (Taiwan, China), and Nam Soo Park (Korea).
Reporter: Shumei Wang

World Injury Conference, Mexico
The 9th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion, Merida, 15-18 March 2008 wasa great success for its scientific contents. Nearly 1200 participants from 123 countries attended theconference. The organizers provided 200 scholarships to international participants. This type of world
injury conference was first time being held in a Latin American country. The participants from thesouth sphere exhibited great interests.
Venue and date for the next (10th) World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion willbe announced shortly.

Call for Abstract
Safe Communities Foundation New Zealand (SCFNZ) and Christchurch City Council are proud to behosting the 17th International Safe Communities Conference, which is being supported by the WHO
Collaborating Centre on Community Safety Promotion. The Conference objectives are as follows:•••

Celebrate and strengthen community safety as an integral part of national and international
injury, health, crime and violence policies, research and programmes;
Increase synergies and foster partnerships between those working at all levels of injury
prevention, violence prevention, crime prevention and safety promotion, to enhancecommunity safety;
Improve the evidence base through exchanges of the most recent findings and practices in all
fields of community safety, violence prevention, crime prevention and injury prevention.

Call for Abstracts
The 17th International Safe Communities Conference 2008 is now calling for abstracts. Papers areinvited for poster, oral or workshop presentations. Authors should submit abstracts online
www.safecom2008.org.nz as early as possible, but no later than 01 May 2008.
All abstracts submitted are subject to review by the Organising Committee and will, after acceptance,
be assigned to a poster, oral or workshop presentation.

Topics / Themes
The main theme of the Conference is Working together to make a difference. Posters will bepositioned in key locations during the Conference and there will be a dedicated session for delegates tospeak directly to poster presenters alongside their poster. Parallel sessions will run concurrently with 8

strands, i.e. 8 presentations will run at the same time for delegates to select from.
Abstracts should fit within one of the four key sub-themes that are proposed (listed below).
1: Working together to reduce risk of injury and crime: making a difference to:*Child and adolescent safety*
Indigenous peoples safety*
Older person’s safety*
Suicide prevention*
Road safety*
Water, sport & recreational safety*
Home safety*
Fire safety
2: Working together for vibrant and safe communities/cities*
Central, local government and community partners*
Culturally diverse communities*
Workplaces/industries making a difference to safe communities*
Environmental design*
Reducing crime and violence*
Integrating research, policy and practice*
Alcohol and other drug misuse*
Rural and small communities
3: Working together to reduce the impact and consequences of crime and injuries*
Rescue services making a difference*
Treatment providers making a difference*The role of legislation*
Strengthening the linkages between prevention & recovery from injury and crime*
Advocacy*
Improving the evidence base: What role for researchers, politicians, policy-makers & practitioners*
Working in partnership to reduce crime*
Schools contributing to a positive safety culture
4: Working together to build the networks to think globally, plan nationally, act locally*Delegates from each designated Safe Community will have the opportunity to showcase how they
think globally, plan nationally and act locally. Sharing their challenges and successes, will allow for
growth and direction in the systems, support and structures of the Safe Communities global network.
Support from each Safe Community will be essential for these interactive sessions.
Conference Registration Details
Registrations are now live on the conference website www.safecom2008.org.nz or alternatively you canemail: sheryl@conference.co.nz for a registration brochure to be sent to you.
This website is regularly being updated so be sure to keep checking it for updates.
Should you have any further enquiries regarding the conference or any of the details in this newsletter,
please do not hesitate to contact the Conference Secretariat, Megan O’Brien, megan@conference.co.nz

Forthcoming Safety and Injury Conferences
2008•

5th African Regional Safe Communities Conference:
Towards Enabling a Culture of Non-Violence and Peace28-30 April, 2008, Maputo, Mozambique

http://www.5csva.org.mz/
For information: Eduardo Munhequete emunhequete@yahoo.com•7th Nordic Safe Community Conference
27 - 28 May 2008, Melsomvik, Norway
Brunstad Conference Centre http://www.bcc.no/presentasjon/
Between Tønsberg and Sandefjord (on the West side of Oslofjorden)
Registration deadline: 10 April, 2008
For information: Jan Harsem jan@harsem.nowww.skafor.org
http://www.bcc.no/bestilling/tryggelokalsamfunn/•

2nd World Congress on Sports Injury Prevention
26-28th June, 2008, Tromso, Norway
www.ostrc.no•

Children and Injuries International Conference
31 August – 3 September 2008
Cape Town, South Africa
For information:Sebastian.VanAs@uct.ac.za
http://isviporg.datasenter.no/files/brief_isvip_2008.pdf
www.uct-cmc.co.za/Conferences/2008/ISVIP/•2nd European Conference on Injury Prevention & Safety Promotion
October 9-10, 2008
Paris, France
http://www.eurosafe.eu.com/paris2008•

17th International Safe Communities Conference
Working together to make a difference
20th – 23 October 2008
Christchurch, New Zealand

For further information visit: Conference pamphlet
http://www.safecom2008.org.nz/
email: contact@scfnz.org.nz or robyn.steel@ccc.govt.nz
Abstracts: Submission deadline 1 May, 2008
Call for Abstract and registration for Travelling Seminar 15-18 October•2nd Asia Pacific Injury Prevention Conference
3-6 November 2008
Hanoi, Vietnam
For information: apacph_injury2008@hsph.edu.vn
http://apacph2008.org/
www.meliahanoi.com

2009

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1st Eastern Mediterranean Regional Conference
Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion
Development and Safety - Together
10-12 February 2009, Cairo, Egypt
15 August 2008 Close of abstract submissions
For information: http://www.emro.who.int/vip/ipsp

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18th International Conference on Safe Communities
Community Safety Policies as an axis for development

August 13 – 15, 2009
Cali, Colombia
For information: www.cisalva.univalle.edu.co•

5th Asian Regional Conference on Safe Communities (ARCSC)
15-18 September 2009
Beijing, China
China Occupational Safety & Health Association (COSHA)

2010•19th International Safe Communities Conference
Sustainability of Safe Community Programs23- 26 March, 2010
Suwon, Korea
For information: jpcho@ajou.ac.kr

CourseRESEARCH EDUCATION Course 2008
Ph.D. Level COURSE:
5th International Course - A Ph.D. Level Course
Research in Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion: Designs, Methods & Analysis
20 October - 21 November 2008
Stockholm, Sweden
7,5 Credits
Application deadline: 15 April
For further information: Course Organizer: Reza Mohammadi, MD, MPH, PhD
Email: Reza.Mohammadi@ki.se
Phone: +46 8 7373775, Fax: +46 8 30 73 51¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤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 )