Department of Public Health Sciences
Division of Social Medicine

Issue No.6

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In this issue:
1. New Certifying centre
2. Memorandum ofUnderstanding
3. SC designation process
4. Short report: Bangkok
Conference
5. Safe School initiative,
Bangkok
6. Safe School Workshop,
Bangkok
7. Designation of school,
Bangkok
8. Designation of Saun Bau
school9. Site visit of School,
Thailand10. Child safety promotion
11. Announcement
12. Conferences
13. Course

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Dear Colleagues,
On behalf of the editorial team we wish you a Happy
New Year.
In this issue we have included information of Safety
related Conferences, Awards and Courses around theworld.
Receiving of application for MPH Courses, specializationin Safety Promotion and in Health Economics and
Health Promotion are now being started at the
Karolinska Institutet.
Thanks for your continuous support for ‘Safe
Community News’. Please send your news and event
information to the editor.
News and reports of this issue are appended below.
Same issue is also available at our WHO CC
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

1. New Certifying Centre for Safe Communities
In a short Ceremony at Karolinska
Institutet 10th December 2007 Safe
Communities
Canadawas
appointed
Certifying Centre for Safe Communities.
The
Canadianorganisationiswellestablished since more than a decade andhas now undertaken this important task.
That means that North America is covered
as well as South America, Africa, Europe,
Asia and the Pacifics.

Rapporteur: Leif Svanström
Photo: Representatives from S America (Dr Jairo Osorno, Cali, Colombia), Asia (Dr Joon Pil Cho, South Korea),
Europe (Dr Robert Ekman) and WHO Collaborating Centre on Community Safety Promotion, Karolinska Institutet,
Stockholm (Dr Diana Stark-Ekman & Dr Leif Svanström) surrounding Mr Ron Waldie from the newly designatedCentre.

12. Memorandum of understanding between University of North
Carolina Injury Prevention Research Centre, USA and WHO CC at
KI, Sweden
On a short ceremony in Stockholm on the 19th of December the memorandum was signed
between Deputy Director Professor Andrés Villaveces and Dr Leif Svanström, KI. The process
has started to develop the US unit into an affiliate Safe Community Support Centre focussing
on research issues for evaluation of Safe Communities. The Cooperation has its nearest
implication with the participation of Professor Shrikant Bangdiwala in the PhD course thatstarts in January 2008.

3. Standardized procedures for the Safe Community designation
process
During three days in December
2007 a group representing
Certifying
Centres
workedthrough a document which aims
to standardize applications andcertification processes for Safe
Communities.
Representatives
from the Centres in Canada,
Colombia, Korea and Sweden
werepresent
there.
The
remaining centres participatedviae-mail.
The report will be available inthebeginningof2008

Rapporteur: Leif Svanström

4. Short Report: 4th Asian Regional Safe Community Conference
The 4th Asian Regional Conference on Safe Communities was held in Bangkok from November
21-24, 2007. The local organizing committee included members from the Department ofDisaster Prevention and Mitigation, Ministry of Interior and Child Safety Promotion and Injury
Prevention Research Center (CSIP).
The main theme was “Incorporating Global Thinking, Cultivating Local Strategy”. It was feltthat over twenty years of international knowledge on safe communities is needed to bebrought to Thailand and the immediate region.
The conference started with a very good turn-out pre-conference seminar on injury
surveillance where speakers and presenters from USA, Singapore, China, Korea, Columbia andThailand shared over four hours of their experience with a full house audience.
Thailand and our neighbours had many authorities working in various communities. Thisconference allowed the multi-sectorial groups, nationally and overseas to meet and exchange
ideas. This was one of the main objectives.
Over 200 overseas participants came. They were teachers, policy makers, grass root
members, students and from various health sectors, coming from Taiwan, China, Hong-Kong,
Korea, Japan, Iran, Singapore, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Vietnam, India, Bangladesh, Australia, New
Zealand, Egypt, USA, Columbia, South Africa, Sweden, Norway and Germany. Representatives
from WHO, WHO SEARO, UNICEF, and UNESCO were also present. While as many as 800 Thai
from all parts of the country attended.

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The main highlights of Conference included the Deputy Prime Minister being at and taking
much interest at the Opening Ceremony. 23 Key-Note Speakers, 96 oral presentations, 50
posters, 20 exhibitions, New Zealand Safe School training session, Thailand youth groupmeetings and Thailand Safe Communities gathering were the core of our conference. The
topics covered many including Safety of children, road, product, home, drowning and suicide
prevention, safe communities, safe school and emergency medicine and disaster preparedness.
For the post-conference Tsunami site visit, 40 Thai and overseas visitors went to the Phuket
and Phang Nga Provinces to meet the local, speak to and witness the work on rehabilitation
phase. We were all made very welcome and both sides learned much as a result.
The conference has allowed many participants to understand and make headway on theconcept of Safe Communities. Youth groups and community grass-root members rubbed
shoulder and aired their view with policy makers. The two potential Safe Communities inThailand exhibited their current work professionally. In all, both national and international
participants bid farewell feeling satisfied with the time spent and were more confident with thedirection of future work required.
The next regional conference, 5th Asian Conference on Safe Community, will be held in
Beijing, China in 2009. The exact date is to be announced in due course. Contact person isAnnie anne@cosha.org.cn

Report: Johnny M.Chinnapha, Bangkok.

5. Safe School initiatives in Bangkok, Thailand
The 4th Asian Regional Conference on Safe Communities at the Royal Thai Navy Convention Hall
Bangkok, Thailand provided an occasion for the official launch of the Safe School Community
International Accreditation Programme (SSCIAP). The SSCIAP has been developed to ensurethat effective processes are available to support schools to improve and coordinate their safety
promotion/injury prevention activities. It has been developed following requests from schools
and communities to provide a responsive mechanism to support their school safety efforts andhas been endorsed by Certifying Centres of the WHO Collaborating Centre on Community Safety
Promotion. The vision of the SSCIAP is to develop, support and guide Safe Schools Communities
worldwide. The Safe Communities Foundation New Zealand (SCFNZ), in conjunction with
Graeme Barber (Principal Woodend School), are the initial drivers of SSCIAP and havedeveloped a charter for SSCIAP. Further information can be obtained from the newly launched
web site www.safeschoolciap.org or by emailing school@scfnz.org
Five important ceremonies were conducted by the SCFNZ in their role of Certifying and Affiliate
Support Centre to the WHO Collaborating Centre on Community Safety Promotion Karolinska
Institutet, Sweden at the recent conference on Safe Communities held in Bangkok during
November 2007.

6.Training: Safe School Community Workshop, Bangkok Thailand:
Ninety international delegates attended a
training session conducted by Dr Carolyn
Coggan, Tania Peters and Graeme Barberfrom the SSCIAP in New Zealand.
The
training was based on the seven criteria (1:Partnerships & collaborations; 2: Policies andprocedures; 3: Awareness of injuries; 4:
Sustainable programmes; 5: High risk groups
and 6: Evaluation measures; and 7:
Involvement in networks) that have beendeveloped for schools to work towards.
Evaluations conducted afterwards indicatedthat most participants rated the presentations
as extremely useful and informative.

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7. Designation of Saint John’s International School in November
2007 in Bangkok Thailand
Dr Coggan, Tania Peters and Graeme Barber conducted an official site visit at this British styleinternational school. After determining that the school had reached the seven criteria fordesignation, later in the day a seminar was held to confer accreditation to St John’sInternational School for meeting safety standards and to evaluate reports, as well as exchange
views on safety issues raised by the other schools within St Johns. The official site visitors
considered that the application by St John’s International School, Bangkok Thailand fordesignation as a member of SSCIAP was “of an extremely high standard and very wellpresented demonstrating an outstanding ongoing commitment to developing and maintaining
the safety culture and a safe environment at St John’s International School”. St Johns both
strives for, and achieves, academic excellent within a culture that is supportive for students
and staff. The review plan considered that the school had provided an excellent model forother schools to adopt.

St John’s International School is the first Thailand school to be designated under SSCIAP, andthis is the result of several years of work of all those involved to improve safety for students
and staff. The session, facilitated by Dr Mahippathorn (Johnny) Chinnapha, which took placein the auditorium room of St John’s Chin Sophonpanich Building was well attended byrepresentatives, including teachers and students, from the various departments of St John’s.
Visit the SSCIAP website www.safeschoolciap.org to view this application.

8. Designation of Suan Bua School Bangkok Thailand
Dr Coggan, Tania Peters and Graeme Barber conducted a site visit at this school and, after
determining that the school community had reached the seven criteria for designation, later inthe day a designation ceremony was held. They considered that the application and site visit
by Suan Bua School Bangkok demonstrated “an outstanding ongoing commitment todeveloping and maintaining the safety culture and a safe environment at Suan Bua School”.
Suan Bua has supportive parents, teachers and community that actively participate, not only
fostering academic excellence, but also providing a safe and healthy environment as a basis
for raising mentally and physically capable individuals.
Visit the SSCIAP website
www.safeschoolciap.org to view this application.

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9. Site Visit of Prachaniwet School
Dr Coggan, Tania Peters and Graeme Barber also conducted a site visit at this school and after
determining that, while the school community demonstrated a commitment to SSCIAP, they
had not completed the necessary processes to be designated on this occasion. However they
were very impressed with the high standard of work and it appears likely that Prachaniwet will
be designated in the near future.

10. Child Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention ResearchCenter appointed as SSCIAP Accrediting Centre.
This was an exciting time for the Child Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention ResearchCenter (CSIP) to be recognised for the outstanding work conducted at the Department ofPaediatrics, Ramathibodi Hospital and in particular the work of the director Associate Professor
Adisak Pliponkarnpim and CSIP International coordinator Dr Mahippathorn Chinnapha(Johnny). The center works with child safety networks to develop relevant research, identify
new research, build public policy and disseminate safety information. It works on theassumption that all childhood injuries are preventable by building community awareness ofproblems and community ability toward hazardous factor analysis, interventions andperformance assessment. The center is currently supporting 20 schools in Thailand andprovides effective support to improve child safety efforts throughout Thailand. SCFNZ areproud to be associated with CSIP.

For articles 4 – 9: Reporter: Tania Peters, New Zealand

11. 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 you
can enter. The organizers are accepting entries in two divisions: Adult and Youth (18 andunder) and three categories: print, video and audio.

512. Forthcoming Safety and Injury Conferences
2008•

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
15-18 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 27-28 May 2008, Oslo, Norway
For information: peter.koren@chello.no•

17th International Safe Communities Conference
20th – 23 October 2008
Christchurch, New Zealand
For further information visit: http://www.safecom2008.org.nz/
email: contact@scfnz.org.nz or robyn.steel@ccc.govt.nz

13. Courses•

MASTER PROGRAMME PUBLIC HEALTH 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:i)
koustuv.dalal@ki.se (for specialization in Health economics and health promotion)ii)
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

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•RESEARCH EDUCATION Course Spring 2008:

INTERPERSONAL AGGRESSION (VIOLENCE) 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”
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 )7