Department of Public Health Sciences
Division of Social Medicine

Issue 50

Safe Community Monthly News

September 2011

In this issue
Nextissue1

Call:SafeHospitalNetwork

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Travellingseminar,Sweden

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SafeCommunityKids

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Course4ForthcomingConferences

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Booklets4DearColleagues,We are proud to introduce you the abstract book of 20th International Safe
CommunityConference.
Newsandreportsofthisissueareappendedbelow.Sameissueisalsoavail
ableatourWHOCollaboratingCentreonCommunitySafetyPromotionweb
site:http://www.phs.ki.se/csp/who_newsletters_en.htm
Withwarmregards
LeifSvanström,ResponsibleEditor
KoustuvDalal,EditorCall for International Safe Hospitals Network
Hospitalscanplayavitalroleforinjurypreventionandsafetypromotion.Hospitalsshouldbeactivelyinvolvedin
theSafeCommunityprogram.Therefore,WHOCCCSPhasdevelopedanew‘SafeCommunityHospitalNetwork’
andcallingformemberships.Formembershipandtechnicalsupportspleasecontact:Prof.LeifSvanstrom(leif.svanstrom@ki.se)orAssociateProfessorKoustuvDalal(koustuv.dalal@liu.se).
Manyhospitalsarejoiningthemovement,manyhospitalsareinitiatingthemovement.Whyareyourhospitalsnot?
ForGuidelines,Checklistsandotherdocumentsvisit:http://www.phs.ki.se/csp/pdf/indicator/safe_hospitals_criteria.pdf
Oremail:safehospitalnet@gmail.com
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A wonderful learning trip in five safe communities in Skaraborg, Sweden
From2ndto5thofSeptemberwe,fifteendelegatesfromJapan,Korea,
China,SwedenandCzechoslovakia,participatedthetravellingseminar
whichwasinconjunctionwiththe20thInternationalSafeCommunityConference.FivedesignatedsafecommunitiesinSkaraborg,Sweden
jointlyhostedthisevent.ThefivecommunitiesareMariestad,Töreboda,
Skövde,FalköpingandLidköpingandamongthemLidköpingwasthe
everfirstdesignatedsafecommunityintheworld.WiththepresentationofAShortDescriptionOfWorkingWithSafeCom
munityInSkaraborgFor20YearspresentedbyProfessorRobertEkman
thetravellingseminarstarted.ThispresentationdescribedtheimpactofacommunitybasedprogrammeinWesternSwedenthatusedmultiple
preventionstrategies.Fromover30yearsrecordedinjurydatafromna
tionalandregionalsourcesstrongevidencewasshownthatsafecommu
nityisaveryeffectivestrategyandplatformintermsofinjurypreventionandsafetypromotion.Morepresentationsweregiveninthefollow
ingdays.InMariestad’theyintroducedtheirsafecommunityworkespe
ciallytheMarineandIcesafety.Differentsportsclubshastheirownway
andstrategytopromotesafetysports.InTörebodatheypresentedtheirworkonchildsafety.Theycreatedmanyopportunitiesandchancesto
involvekidsandtheirparentsintosafetyactivities.InSkövdethelocal
workwithyouthsafetywaspaidalotattention.Theyusedtheinternet
toestablishacloserelationshipwithyoungstersandinteractwith
youngsterthroughtheirwebpage.InLidköpingtheypresentedmanycasesabouttrafficinjuryandtheydemonstratedhowtheyhaveinflu
encedthedecisionmakertoadjusttherelatedlaworregulation.In
Falköpingtheypresentedtheirsuicidepreventionprojectandyouthfirebrigadeproject.Theyworkedtogetherwithschooltoidentifythosesocalledproblemmakingstudentstoteachthemsafetyknowledgeand
skillsandencouragethemtoliveasafetylifeandtoservethesociety.
Duringthetravellingseminarwevisitedmanyprogrammesitesaswell
includingthelockingoperationinMariestad,thefamilycenterandthe
childsafetydayinTöreboda,thesafetyandhealthfestivalinSkövde,the
elderlyhouseinFalköping,andtrafficsafetyinLidköping.
Aspecialeventwasheldinthelastdayoftravellingseminar.KällbyGårdSchool,thefirstdesignated(November24,2003)internationalsafeschoolintheworldgotredesignatedin6thofSeptember2011.Themayor
ofthecity,ProfessorNamsooParkfromKoreaandProfessorShumei
WangfromChinasignedontheagreement.Throughthepresentationandonsitevisitwecanseetheirgreatachievementssincethelaunching
ofsafeschoolprogrammein1994.
Finallywewouldliketoexpressoursincerethankstothosefivecommu
nitiesagain.Welearnedalotfromtheirrichexperiencesininjurypreventionandsafetypromotion!Weenjoyedalotwiththebeautifullandscape!
Wecommunicatedalotwithsonicelocalpeople!ManythanksgotoMariestad,Töreboda,Skövde,FalköpingandLidköpingoncemore.
ReportedbyShumeiWangandMoaSundström

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Safe Children Communities
SafeKidsWorldwidehasenteredintoanagreementwiththeWHOCollaborationCentreonCommunitySafetyPro
motiononthedevelopmentandsupportoftheSafeChildrenCommunitiesinitiative.

Signingceremony:LeifSvanström,GudulaBrandmayr,SabineDistl&PeterSpitzer

GrosseschützenKleine/SafeKidsAustriawasdesignatedatthe20thInternationalSafeCommunitiesConferenceasanAffiliateSupportCentrewithafocusonChildrenandthefirstSafeChildrenCommunitywillbedesignatedinAustriaduringNovember2011.Theseare
basedonindicatorsdevelopedforSafeChil
drenCommunitiesaboutfiveyearsago.
DuringtheFalunConference,SafeKidsWorldwidesetoutitsplansforthedevelopmentofa
strongcollaborationwithSafeCommunitiesto
helpinthecreationofsafercommunitiesfor
children,especiallyinthelowincomecountries
oftheworld.Thiscanoccurwithinexistingor
newSafeCommunitiesandtheexistingdesig
nationstructures,andalsothroughthedesig
nationofcommunitiesasSafeChildrenCom
munities.
SafeKidsWorldwideisanetworkof20mem
bercountryorganisationsdedicatedtoreducLtoR:MoaSundström,LeifSvanström,GudulaBrandmayr,SabineDistl,ingthelevelandseverityofunintentionalinPeterSpitzer&EricChalmersjurytochildren.Thesemembersspantheconti
nentsandbothlowandhighincomecountries.Thenetworkisstronglyfocusedonbringingconcrete,evidence
basedinjurypreventioninitiativestocommunitiesacrosstheworld.
SafeKidsWorldwidewillbringitsextensivecapacity,experienceandnetworkstodirectlysupportcommunitiesas
theystrivetoimprovethesafetyoftheirchildren.
SafeKidsWorldwidesetoutitsplansataworkshopatthestartoftheConferenceandencouragedCommunities
andtheSafeCommunitiesnetworktoprovideinputandsupportastheinitiativecontinuestodevelopoverthenext
twoyears. 




Reporter:GudulaBrandmayr

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Course CurriculumCanadianFallsPreventionCurriculum(CFPC)ELearningsession,scheduledforOctober14–November12,2011.
Registration:http://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/aspnet/Course/Detail/?code=HPCF215

Forthcoming Safety and Injury Conferences
2012
RegionalSafeCommunityConferences**The3rdEuropeanRegionalConferenceonSafeCommunities
ThefutureroleoftheFireandRescueServiceinthesustainabilityofSafeCommunitiesinEurope45June2012
Falköping,Sweden
Contact:titti.walterum@falkoping.se**6thAsianRegionalConferenceonSafeCommunities
Let´sBuildCommunity´sCapacityforSafetyineverydayanddisasters
28November2December2012
ToshimaCity,JapanDecember12TravellingSeminar
MinowaKomoro,Japan
Contact:YokoShiraishiyokomature@gmail.comWorldConferencesforInjuryPreventionandSafetyPromotion**11thWorldConferenceonInjuryPreventionandSafetyPromotion
15October2012
Wellington,NewZealandForfurtherinformationvisitwww.safety2012.org.nz2014
RegionalSafeCommunityConferences**4thEuropeanRegionalConferenceonSafeCommunities
May2014
Harstad,Norway
Contact:boergey@online.nohelge.eriksen@harstad.kommune.no

InformationBooklets
OnbehalfoftheOuterHebridesCommunity(Scotland)SafetyPartnershipweareintroducingthebookletfor
yourattentionandcomments:“Haveasafeandhappyholidayeveryone”.
Thisisforallvisitorsandmountainclimbers.
Availableat‘StornowayGazette’;NorthernConstabularyCouncil,Scotland.





WHOCollaboratingCentreonCommunitySafetyPromotion
KarolinskaInstitutet
DepartmentofPublicHealthSciences
DivisionofSocialMedicine
Norrbacka2ndFloor,SE17176,Stockholm,Sweden.
Communication:KoustuvDalal,PhD.Editor(Email:koustuv.dalal@liu.se)4