Department of Public Health Sciences
Division of Social Medicine

Issue 53

Safe Community Monthly News

December 2011

In this issueSCnewapplication

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WorldInjuryConference1

SafeElberly

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Obituary2

Safechildrencommunity

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Keepwellthiswinter3

Conference

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DearColleagues,
WewishyouAnother“HAPPY&SAFENEWYEAR”.


Newsandreportsofthisissueareappendedbelow.Sameissueisalsoavail
ableatourWHOCollaboratingCentreonCommunitySafetyPromotionweb
site:http://www.phs.ki.se/csp/who_newsletters_en.htm
Withwarmregards
LeifSvanström,ResponsibleEditor
KoustuvDalal,Editor

Safe Community: New Guidelines (20111221)
http://www.ki.se/csp/pdf/guidelines/guidelines_safe_community_application20111221.pdf
Howtowriteanapplicationtobecomeamemberofthe“InternationalSafeCommunityNetwork“(pdf)
IncludingFormAforApplication
IncludingFormBforwebtext
Ethicalrules
FromJanuary2012usethisform,after1March2012theyarecompulsory.Allapplying(andreapplying)commu
nitiesmustfollowtheseguidelinesandfillintheseforms.
PleaseobservethereisanewindicatorforSafeCommunitiesandthattheoldextensiveapplicationreportisreplacedbyformsAB!

www.safety2012.org.nz (CallforABSTRACTandScholarshipApplicationarenowopen)
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Safe and Secure at Nacka Senior Centre Ektorp, Sweden
NackaSeniorCentreEktorpwas,inDecember2010,thefirstspecialhousingunitintheworldtobecertifiedbythe
WHOCollaboratingCentreonCommunitySafetyPromotionSafeElderly.
“Weareveryproudofthisawardwhichshowsthatourinjurypreventionworkissystematic,goalorientedandup
tostandard,”saysUlrikaAndersson,occupationaltherapistatNackaSeniorCentreEktorpandoneofthemovingspiritsbehindtheworkoninjurypreventionattheSeniorCentre.“Theaimisalwaystoincreasesafetyandsecurityforthepeoplelivinghere”.
InSweden,specialhousingisacollectivetermthatdescribesseveraldifferenttypesofhousingthathavebeen
adaptedforelderlypeoplewhoareingreatneedofcare.Around60%oftheelderlyinspecialhousingsufferfrom
fallrelatedinjuries.Itisthereforeofgreatimportancethatspecialhousingunitsworkefficientlyonsafetyandsecu
rity.
Nackabeganworkoninjuryprevention,usingSafeElderlyIndicatorsasareference,in2008.Theindicatorswereadaptedtotherequirementsandconditionsofspecialhousingunits.In2009NackaSeniorCentreEktorpactedasa
pilottotestandfurtherdevelopthemodel.TheworkwascarriedoutincollaborationwithDr.TommyRosenberg,
oneofthecreatorsofSafeElderlyindicators
andthefounderoftheKnowledgeCentre
forSeniorSafetyinKarlstad,Sweden.OthercollaborativepartnershavebeentheUni
versityofKarlstadandtheSwedishCivil
ContingenciesAgency(MSB).Thepurpose
ofthepilotprojectistopresentamodel
whichwillprovideabasisforotherorgani
zationstobegintheirwork.Eachorganiza
tioncanthenformitsownworkonsafety
andsecurity,adaptedtoitsownindividual
conditions.
Thematerialthathasbeenproducedincon
nectionwiththeworkofNackaSeniorCen
treEktorponSafeElderlyindicators,“SafeandSecureCareoftheElderlyinSpecial
Housing”isintendedtobedevelopedand
updatedcontinuouslyandthepeopleinvolved Fromtheleft:CarinBokegård,HeadofNackaSeniorCentreEktorp,
intheworkcanparticipateinthecontinuousim LeifSvanström,ProfessorEmeritus,ChairoftheWHOCollaboratingCentreonCommunitySafetyPromotion,EvaÖbomEkdahl,Municipal
provement.Thematerialisalsotranslatedinto
Commissioner,DrTommyRosenberg,founderoftheKnowledgeCenEnglish.
Duringtheawardceremony,theHeadofNacka treforSeniorSafety,Karlstad,Sweden.
SeniorCentreEktorp,CarinBokegård,spoketo
allthecoworkersandthankedthemfortheircommitmenttoprogressanddevelopment.Shealsosaidthatshehad
beenscepticalatthebeginningofthisprojectbutthatthesystematicapproachhasprovidedatotallynewwayof
thinkingandactingwhenitcomestosafetyandsecurityfortheelderly.
“Wethoughtthatwewereveryawareofalltherisksbutanewworldofinjurypreventionopenedupinfrontofus
whenwebeganthiswork.Wehavecomealongwaybutthisisstillonlythebeginning,”saysCarinBokegård.
Formorevisit:http://www.nacka.se/web/omsorg_stod/aldreomsorg/aldreboende/Sidor/tryggt_sakert_aldreboende.aspx
Youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=octK8RJOho
Reporter:SeipelKerstin,Sweden.

Obituary
PamAlbany,Australiahaspassedaway.Pamwasapioneerandtirelessworkerininjurypreventionandstrongsupporterofsafetypromotion.
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1st Safe Children Community
OnNovemer17th2011thedistrictofDeutschlandsberghasbeendesignatedasfirstSafeChildrenCommuntiyWorldwide.By
usingtheinternationalindicatorsforchildreninSafeCommunitiesdevelopedbytheWHOCollaboratingCentreonCommu
nitySafetyPromotionGrosseschützenKleine/SafeKidsAustriaaccompaniedthedistrictofDeutschlandsbergthroughafive
yearperiodofinterventionduringwhichtheconceptofchildsafetyhasbeenestablishedasintegralpartofactioninvaroius
fieldsofthecommunity.ThedistrictofDeutschlandsbergincludes40communitiesandhasmorethan60.000inhabitantsof
which10.000arechildren14andunder.Theevaluationoftheprogrammehasshownthatchildinjuriescouldbereducedby
14%overthosefiveyearsofintensiveintervention.TogetherwithcommunityrepresentativesfromDeutschlandsbergcol
leaguesfromGrosseschützenKleine/SafeKidsAustriaaswellasKateCarrandMoiraDonahuefromSafeKidsWorldwidecele
bratedthissuccessonNovember17th.MirjanaMilankovfromtheSouthEasternEuropeanNetworkofSafeCommuntieswas
alsopresentatthedesignationceremony.ThedesignationitselfwasconductedBoHenricsonfromtheWHOCollaborating
CentreonCommunitySafetyPromotion.

Reporter:GudulaBrandmayr,Austria
The Outer Hebrides Community Safety Partnership wishes you to:
Keep Safe – Keep well this winter!
OuterHebridesCommunityhas
launchedaninitiativethroughabrochureindicatingthefollowing:
Preparingyourhomeforwinter
Keepwarm–keepwell!
Eatingwell
Stayactivewhilstavoidingtripsand
falls
Venturingout?–‘BeSafe–BeSeen!’TheadverseeffectsofalcoholDrivingthiswinter?
Thinkaboutyourlocalcommunity–Beanoseyneighbour!
Importantcontactnumbers
Forfurtherinformationpleasecon
tact:TheOuterHebridesCommunity
SafetyPartnership;
ComhairlenanEileanSiar
SandwickRoad
StornowayHS12BW,UK.

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Forthcoming Safety and Injury Conferences
2012
RegionalSafeCommunityConferencesx The3rdEuropeanRegionalConferenceonSafeCommunities
ThefutureroleoftheFireandRescueServiceinthesustainabilityofSafeCommunitiesinEurope45June2012,Falköping,Sweden
Contact:TittiWalterumtitti.walterum@falkoping.sex 2da.ConferenciaRegionaldeComunidadesSegurasparalasAméricas
ComunidadesSegurasyRiesgoClimático:RetosyPropuestas
2628September2012,SanBorja–PerúContact:conf2012comsegura@msb.gob.pe;conf2012.comsegura@gmail.com
x 6thAsianRegionalConferenceonSafeCommunities
Let´sBuildCommunity´sCapacityforSafetyineverydayanddisasters
2830November2012
ToshimainMetropolitanTokyo,Japan
x 30November2DecemberTravellingSeminarTravellingSeminar:MinowaandKomoroinNaganoPrefecture,JapanAnnouncementhttp://www.ki.se/csp/pdf/Conferences/brochure_japan2012.pdf
http://www.arcsc2012.com/
Contact:NaoyaHATTAinfo@arcsc2012.comWorldConferencesforInjuryPreventionandSafetyPromotionx 11thWorldConferenceonInjuryPreventionandSafetyPromotion
Connectingpathwaysforavibrantandsaferfuture
15October2012
Wellington,NewZealand
September2011:Callforabstracts&scholarshipapplicationsubmissionsopen
February2012:Onlineregistrationsopen
March2012:Callforabstracts&scholarshipapplicationsubmissionscloseAugust2012:Earlybirdregistrationcloses
Flyer:www.phs.ki.se/csp/pdf/flyer/safety2012_wellington.pdf
Forfurtherinformationvisitwww.safety2012.org.nz
Contact:info@safety2012.org.nz
2013
InternationalSafeCommunityConference
Hostingtheconference:Openforapplicationuntil1stofJanuary2012
Weareverykeenonoffersofscholarships!
1.Guidelines
http://www.phs.ki.se/csp/pdf/Conferences/guidelines_hosting_conferences_safe_comm_oct_2009.pdf
2.Applicationform
http://www.phs.ki.se/csp/pdf/guidelines/form_for_conference_09.pdf
2014
RegionalSafeCommunityConferences
x 4thEuropeanRegionalConferenceonSafeCommunities
May2014
Harstad,Norway
Contact:boergey@online.nohelge.eriksen@harstad.kommune.noWHOCollaboratingCentreonCommunitySafetyPromotion
KarolinskaInstitutet
DepartmentofPublicHealthSciences
DivisionofSocialMedicine
Norrbacka2ndFloor,SE17176,Stockholm,Sweden.
Communication:KoustuvDalal,PhD.Editor(Email:koustuv.dalal@liu.se)



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