Department of Public Health Sciences
Division of Social Medicine

Issue 31

Safe Community Monthly News

February 2010

In this issue
NewSafeCommunities

1

NewsfromAustralia

2

ReportfromTanzania

2Importantseminar&meetings

3

ForthcomingConferences

4

DearColleagues,
WeareproudtointroduceyouanothernewSafeCommunity.
SafeCommunitiesmovementisnowitsfullpace!
Newsandreportsofthisissueareappendedbelow.Sameissueisalsoavail
able at our WHO Collaborating Centre on Community Safety Promotion
website:http://www.phs.ki.se/csp/who_newsletters_en.htm
Withwarmregards
LeifSvanström,ResponsibleEditor
KoustuvDalal,Editor

170th Safe Community – Sai Kung, Hong Kong SAR, China
TheDesignationCeremonyofSaiKungasthe170thInternationalSafeCommunitywasheldon31October2009.
WearedelightedtohaveProfessorLeifSvanstrom,ChairoftheWHOCollaboratingCentreonCommunitySafety
promotion, and Mr. Henk Harberts, Director of the ISC Certifying Centre, Australia Safe Communities
Foundation, and senior government officials as our officiating guests. Nearly 1000 guests and local residents
gatheredtocelebratethismemorableoccasion,includingrepresentativesfrom12SafeCommunitiesinMainland
ChinaandHongKong.Wealsotookthisopportunitytorecognizepartners’effortsandcontributionsinbuildingoursafeCommunity.Duringtheceremony,programsandperformancewereincorporatedwithsafetymessages,suchaswarmupexercisedemonstrationpromotedsportssafety,TaiChiperformanceencouragedelderlyexerciseforfallprevention,andeducationaldramaarousedawarenessofhomesafetyetc.
Covering some 12,680 hectares, Sai Kung is Hong Kong’s second largest administrative district with apopulationof414,300.ThepriorityareasofSaiKungarehomesafety,elderlyfallprevention,occupationalsafety,
roadsafetyandpreventionofsportsinjury.Toimproveresidents’safetyawarenessonthesetargetedareas,overthe past 10 years, Sai Kung has made efforts in incorporating safety promotion into individuals’ daily lives
through intersectoral collaborations, such as hospitals, estates, schools, restaurants, residential homes and
commercialcompaniesetc.Designatedasthe170thISC,SaiKungandourcollaborationpartnersarecommittedto
continueouractivepursuitinthesustainabledevelopmentof‘SaiKungHealthyandSafeCity’.

Reporter:YIPYuenHan,Carmen,HongKong

Helping Dogs ‘n’ Kids get along
SwimminggreatMattWelsh,hiswifeLaurenNewtonandtheir22montholdsonSamlaunchedTheRoyalChil
drensHospitaldogsnkidsresourcekit,3rdedition,today.
Recentresearchhasfoundanaverageof1,628emergencypresentationsoccurperyearfordogbiteinjuryinVicto
ria.Twoyearoldsareathighestrisk.
Dogsnkidsaimstoaddressdogbiteinjurytochildrenbyteachingandpromotingappropriatebehaviouraround
dogs.Thekitincludesacomprehensivebooklet,brochureandposterthatisprovidedfreeofchargeacrossAustraliato
healthprofessionalsandparents.MattWelshsaidbothSamandhissixmontholddaughterEvalovedtheirdog.In
fact,accordingtoMatt,Samsfirstwordwasgog(dog).
VeterinarianandanimalbehaviourspecialistDrKerstiSekseldiscussed
thebenefitsofgrowingupwithpetsandofferedadviceonhowparents
canassisttheirchildrenanddogstointeractsafely.
Shesaiditwasimportantforchildrentounderstandthatawaggingtail
doesnotmeanadogishappy,ratherthatitiswillingininteract.She
alsosaidthatdogs,justlikehumans,dontlikestrangerspattingthemonthehead.
DogsnkidsisproducedbytheRCHSafetyCentreandmadepossible
withexpertinformationandfundingfromthePetcareInformationand
AdvisoryService.Theprojectwasintroducedin1997andwasoneofthefirstinitiativesinAustraliatospecificallyaddressinjuriesfromdogs
insmallchildren.Sincethen,thousandsofbookletsandhundredsof
CooperDalton,AlessandraAlessio,andMaxDaltonwith
thousandsofbrochureshavebeenprovidedfreeofchargeacrossAus
KingCharlesCavaliersTillyandKadee
traliatohealthprofessionalsandparents.
Weunderstandthatgrowingupwithpetsisawonderfulexperienceforchildrenandtheirfamilies,andmanyofushaveenjoyedhavingpetsourselves.Ouraimistominimisetheriskofdogbiteinjuriesbygivinghealthprofessionals
andparentsrelevantinformationtohelpthemdoso,RCHCEOProfessorChristineKilpatricksaid.
ToincreasetheavailabilityoftheprogramtonewerAustralians,thebrochurehasbeentranslatedintoTurkish,Arabic,
Italian,MandarinandVietnamese.Theresourcehasbeenpresentedatnationalandinternationalconferences,andutil
isedbylocalgovernmentstoencouragesafetyandtheenjoymentofdogs.
Youcandownloadacopyofthedogsnkidsbrochurehttp://www.rch.org.au/emplibrary/safetycentre/
Kids_and_dogsDL.pdfavailableinEnglish,Italian,Turkish,Mandarin,ArabicandVietnamese.
Orthedogsnkidsbookletbyclickinghere.Reporter:BarbaraMunizzo,Australia

Chair, WHOCC on Community Safety Promotion visits to Dar-es-Salaam
We,atthePEERCORPSTrustFund,hadthehonourandpleasureofwelcomingProfessorLeifSvanströmandAssociate
ProfessorStephenLawokofromKarolinskaInstitutetoDaresSalaamforathreedayvisittoourNGO.
PEERCOPRSstrivestomakeadifferenceinthelivesofvulnerableyouth,children,andwomeningrassrootsandatna
tionallevelinTanzania.WehaverecentlyestablishedaCentreforInjuryPreventionandCommunitySafety,aftercon
ductingalargescalesurveylastsummertoassessriskfactorsforchildinjuriesaswellasaPhotovoiceprojecttocapturetheviewsofyouthoninjuriesintheirenvironment.
OurnextstepistoestablishthefirsteversafecommunityinTanzania.
Thevisitwiththeprofessorsincludedmeetingswithourstafftodiscusstheideaofsafecommunities,apressconference,aswellasavisittoone
communityoutsideofDaresSalaam,Chanika,forameetingwithtwo
streetexecutiveofficers,whoclearlyvocalizedtheneedtochangetheircommunitytoasaferone.
OnethingthatwelearnedfromProf.Svanströmistosolveproblemsonebyone,stepbystep,noteverythingatonce.LeifandStephenwereveryinspirationaltousandhavecontributedimmenselytoourenergy
anddrivetopushthisissueforward.WearenowintheprocessofwritingalargeproposalforfundstotranslatematerialsandguidelinesintoSwa
hiliandtoconductcapacitybuildingforthecommunityleaderstosupportandstrengthenthemintheirworktomaketheircommunitiessafe.
Stepbystep,wewillmakeTanzaniaasaferplaceforalltoliveandprosper.
Reporter:AliaIbragimova,TanzaniaImportant Seminar and meetings in 19th SC Conference, Suwon, Korea, 23–26 March 2010xCommunitySuicidePreventionaonedaycourse(seminar)inhowtodevelopsuicidepreventionatthevery
locallevel.
Tobedeliveredasapreconferenceeventtothe19thInternationalSafeCommunityConference,Suwon,SKorea.March23,2010from08.0016.00
ChairedbyDrJairoOsorno,ColombiaandDrYoshihideSorimach,Japan.
x BusinessMeetingforSafeCommunitiesCertifyingCentres
Venue:SuwonConferenceCentre;Roomtobeconfirmed
Time:WednesdayMarch25th2010;12.3014.00(Lunchservedaswell)
Chair:LeifSvanström

Agenda:
1. IntroducingtheworkonDevelopmentofajointcomputerizedsystemforapplicationprocessandcertifyingsystemfordesignationsandredesignationsof
SafeCommunities.CarolEamerandGregHart,Calgary,Canada.
2. Discussion
3. DesignationofNewSafeCommunitiesCertifyingcentre.
Closingx

JointBusinessMeetinginChineselanguagesforrepresentativesfromInternationalSafeCommunitiesNetwork(incl.allpresentChinesespeakingdelegatesfromDesignatedSafeCommunitiesandAffiliateSafe
Communities’SupportCentresinAsianregion)
ThemeetingisorganizedbetweentheWHOCollaboratingCentreonCommunitySafetypromotionincooperation
withAsiaSafeCommunityNetwork(ASCN)
Venue:SuwonConferenceCentre;Roomtobeconfirmed
Time:WednesdayMarch24th2010;17.3018.30
Chair:MrWSTang
Agenda:1.

IntroducingtheworkonBylawsforInternationalSafeCommunities’Network.DrLeifSvanström
2.PresentationofRelationbetweentheNetworkandWHOViolenceandInjuryPreventionandDisability(VIP)DrAlexButchart,WHO.
3.
Discussionaboutfuturerelations
4. Closingx

JointBusinessMeetingforInternationalSafeCommunitiesNetwork(incl.allpresentdelegatesfromDesig
natedSafeCommunitiesandAffiliateSafeCommunities’SupportCentres)
Venue:SuwonConferenceCentre;Roomtobeconfirmed
Time:WednesdayMarch24th2010;12.3014.00(Lunchservedaswell)
Chair:LeifSvanström
Agenda:
1. IntroducingtheworkonBylawsforInternationalSafeCommunities´Network
2. PresentationofRelationbetweentheNetworkandWHOViolenceandInjuryPreventionandDisability(VIP)DrAlexButchart,WHO.
3. Discussionaboutfuturerelations4. Closing
Enclosedmaterial:
1.ManifestoforSafeCommunities
(http://www.phs.ki.se/csp/pdf/Manifesto.pdf)
2.ProposalforBylawsforInternationalSafeCommunitiesNetwork
3.ProblematisationforfutureSafeCommunityDevelopmentbyMrPaulKells,Canadax BusinessMeetingforInternationalSafeSchoolsCertifyers
Venue:SuwonConferenceCentre;Roomtobeconfirmed
Time:WednesdayMarch24th2010;17.3018.30
Chair:ProfLuPai
Agenda:
Welcomeandintroductionofparticipants
PresentationofofficialSafeSchoolsCertifyingCentres
Currentissues,like
futureexpansionoftheSafeSchoolsNetwork
futuredesignationsofCertifyingcentres
RelationswithInternationalSafeCommunities’NetworkAnyothermatter
ClosingBusinessMeetingforSafeCommunitiesRegionalNetworks
Venue:SuwonConferenceCentre;Roomtobeconfirmed
Time:WednesdayMarch25th2010;16.0017.30
Chair:LeaderofrespectiveNetworks,
Sofar:
1.AsianNetwork:MrWSTang(Separatemeetingagendawillbesentout!)
2.Escon:DrBörgeYtterstad
3.EastAfricanSafeCommunityNetwork:DrStephenLawoko
4LatinAmericanNetwork:DrMariaGutierrez
5.NorthAmericanNetwork:
6.PanPacificSafeCommunitiesNetwork:DrCarolynCoggan
7.Anyotherregionalnetwork:?
Agenda:
IntroducingtheparticipantsofthemeetingPresentingtheaimoftheNetworkDiscussionForthcoming Safety and Injury Conferences2010x19thInternationalSafeCommunitiesConferenceSustainabilityofSafeCommunityPrograms
2326March,2010,Suwon,Korea
FirstAnnouncementwww.2010safecom.com/pdf/1st_Announcement.pdf;http://www.2010safecom.org/web_mail/
web_mail.html.www.2010safecom.org
Abstractdeadline:31December2009.Forinformation:jpcho@ajou.ac.kr
xTheSecondEuropeanRegionalSafeCommunityConferenceIncorporatingthe7thNordicConferenceonSafe
CommunitiesHowtodevelopSafeCommunitiesinEuropeusingtheNordicexperiences,reestablishingaEuropeanNetworkofSafe
Communities.1920May,2010Reykjavik,IcelandFirstAnnouncement(shortversion;longversion)www.publichealth.is/SC
2010Iceland
Contact:RósaThorsteinsdóttirEmail:rosa@publichealth.is
Tel:+3545800900/+3548400906Fax:+3545800901´PublicHealthInstituteofIceland,Laugavegur116,105Reykjavík,Iceland
Registration&callforabstractsareopennow.
x2ndSouthEasternEuropeSafeCommunityConference
1517September,2010.Sibenik,Croatia
Conferencewebpage:
http://www.sigurnezajednice.hr/The_2nd_Southeastern_Europe_Safe_Communities_Conference_SibenikCroatia2010/
Home.htmlVenue:HotelSolarishttp://www.solarishotelsresort.com/
Contact:TanjaPekezPaliskoEmail:tashamed@gmail.com
x10thWorldConferenceonInjuryPreventionandSafetyPromotion2124September,2010London,UKThefirstformalannouncementforSafety2010willbeissuedinJanuary2009
Callforabstracts:closingdatewillbeFriday15January2010,17:00hrs
http://www.safety2010.org.uk
Earlybirdratebefore30April2009£450.00
Contact:KarenHughesEmail:k.e.hughes@ljmu.ac.uk,Tel:+44(0)1512318723
CentreforPublicHealth,LiverpoolJohnMooresUniversity,KingswayHouse,5thFloor,HattonGarden,LiverpoolL32AJ,UK.
Tel:+44(0)1512314510|Fax:+44(0)1512314515
2011
x 20thInternationalSafeCommunitiesConference
CelebratingtwodecadesofInternationalSafeCommunityDevelopmentgoingbacktowhereitallstarted69September2011
FalunMunicipality,Dalarna,Sweden
Contacts:AngelaPoroli
Email:angela.poroli@falun.se
AnnChristinJonellEmail:acjonell@spray.se







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