Department of Public Health Sciences
Division of Social Medicine

Issue 54

Safe Community Monthly News

January 2012

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WorldInjuryConference1

SafeSchool2,3

SafetyPromotionAward

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FallPreventionCurriculum

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DearColleagues,
WewishyouAnother“HAPPY&SAFENEWYEAR”.


Newsandreportsofthisissueareappendedbelow.Sameissueisalsoavail
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Withwarmregards
LeifSvanström,ResponsibleEditor
KoustuvDalal,Editor

Safe Community: New Guidelines (20120124)
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www.safety2012.org.nz (CallforABSTRACTandScholarshipApplicationarenowopen)
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Redesignation Ceremony as the 18th International Safe School:
Suwon Jungja Elementary School
JungjaelementaryschoolinSuwon,whichwasactiveasasafeschool,wasredesignatedasthe18thInternational
SafeSchool.Last30thSeptember2011,therewasanonsiteevaluationbyanexpertteam.Onthe19thOctober2011,
theredesignationceremonywasheldinSuwonJungjaelementaryschool.Over80peopleincludingJoonpilCho(chair,CertifyingCenterforSafeCommunityandInternationalSafeSchool),ShumeiWang(Fudanuniversity),Yoko
Shiraishi(JapaneseInstitutionforSafeCommunities),governmentalofficersandparents,participatedintheceremony.
Therearemanyinterventionprogramsincludingstudents’mentalhealtheducationprogram,
externalinjurypreventioneducationprogram,
safetyschoolworkbook,safesongcontest,trafficsafetycampaign,photoexhibition,CPRedu
cation,etc.Especially,theWebBasedInjury
SurveillanceSystemisauniqueprogramofthisschool,whichhasbeenaninternationalmodel
forotherschools.Atthesametime,theyhave
keptcloserelationshipwithcrosssectional
groupsandprofessionaldepartments.
Jungjaelementaryschoolwillmakecontinualefforttomakeschoolsaferandbetter.Inthe
ceremony,PrincipleLimJongSaengsaid.“Notbeingsatisfiedwiththecurrentresult,wewillmakeaneffortto
makeourschoolabetterplace”Finally,theyrevealedtheirstrongambitionstoimprovementalsafetyaswellas
physicalsafety.Reporter:EunABae,ChoungAhLee,Korea
Award for the Safety Promotion Program Contest in Korea
OnNovember4,2011,MinistryofPublicAdministrationandSecurityheldaContestforSafetyPromotionProgram.Thiscontestisdividedinto4sectors(public,education,lifesafety,andprivatesector)andofferedsectional
casestudiesonsuccessfulprogramforsafetypromotionandinjuryprevention.Inthepublicsector,“SafetyandHealthPromotionFestival”ofCheonancity(the169thinternationalsafecommunity)wasawardedthetopprize.
Thisfestivalhasstartedsince2010andthemainthemeis“SafetyandHealth”.
Jungjaelementaryschool(the18thInternationalSafeSchool,Suwon)wasawardedthetopprizeintheeducationsector.JungjaelementaryschoolgaveapresentationaboutinjurypreventionandusageoftheWebBasedInjurySur
veillanceSystem.Theyhaveawelldeservedreputationforcreativeprogramandsafetyculture.
Reporter:EunABae,ChoungAhLee,Korea

Canadian Falls Prevention Curriculum
RegistrationisnowopenforthenextCanadianFallsPreventionCurriculum(CFPC)ELearningsession,scheduledforFebruary17–March16.Pleaseseetheattachedflyerforfurtherinformation,andpleasecirculatethisnoticeand
flyertoanyrelevantcontacts.Also,pleaseincludeinanynewsletterorwebsitesthatarerelevant.
Registrationisavailableonlineathttp://www.uvcs.uvic.ca/aspnet/Course/Detail/?code=HPCF215

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The 8th Workshop for National Safe Community Network in Korea
The8 WorkshopforNationalSafeCommunity/SafeSchoolNetworkinKoreawasheldonOctober2728,2011inth

Wonju,SouthKorea.TheworkshopwashostedbyaCenterforCommunitySafetyPromotion(AffiliateSafeCommunitySupportCenter,Ajouuniv.)andWonjucity.Approximately40publicofficersfrom10citiesinKorea,partici
patedintheworkshop.
Onthefirstday,Dr.Kim,theguestspeaker,gaveusa
lectureabout“BurdenofFallinjuryattheelderly”and“EffortforSustainableSafeCommunity”.Next,there
werelectureabouthowtointerpretthegraph,following
bydiscussionofcrosssectionalgroups.Thissectionwas
fornonexpertstomakethebestuseofinjurystatistics
andtodiagnoseissuesofcommunitybythemselves.Fi
nally,theypaidavisitoffieldworkofWonjuasadesig
natedcommunity.Wonjuintroducedaneducationprogramforroadtrafficsafety,whichwasconductedincoop
erationwithacivicorganization.Thecivicrepresentativegaveapresentationontheiractivities.Onthesecondday,
ProfessorLeeKangHyungaveusalectureaboutinjurysurveillancesystem.Thelastprogramwasaroundtable
discussionaboutPlanningandEvaluationofSafetyPrograms.Thisworkshophasbeenheldtwiceayeartoimprove
workinglevelofficials’performance.IthasbeendecidedthatthenextworkshopshallbeheldinCheonan,the169th
internationalsafecommunity.Reporter:EunABae,ChoungAhLee,Korea

Safe School at Atsugi city, Japan
AtsugimunicipalShimizuelementaryschool,whichisInternationalSafeSchool,hasbeencarryingoutvariousprogramsforSafeBicyclesince2008which7studentswereinvolvedtrafficaccidents.6of7accidentswereregardingBicycle,soShimizuElementarySchoolhasbeenfocusingonbicyclesafetyinparticularsince2008.Therearetheir
programsforsafetybicycles.
Firstoneistoimprovetheirawarenessandbehaviorforsafetypromotionamongstudents.Theydistributefliersto
promotewearingbicyclehelmets,andpostupthegraphstoshowhowmanystudentsarewearingbicyclehelmets.
Studentsalwayscanmakesuretheireffort.
SecondoneisapromotionofparentstopurchasebicyclehelmetsbyPTA.Besidesapproachestostudents,PTAworktoimproveawarenessandunderstandingaboutsafetyamongparentsby
callingforparentstopurchaseandwearbicyclehelmetstoparents.
AtthePTAforumin2009,varioustypesofhelmetsweredemonstratedandsurveywasconductedtofindreasonablepriceofhelmets.In2010,
PTApresidentemphasizedimportanceofwearinghelmetsonbicyclebywearingahelmetduringhisspeech.Thirdoneistrainingsforsafebik
ing.SafeBicyclingTrainingisconductedtoteachrightbicycleride,man
nersofbicycleride.Asaresultofthetrainings,in2009,studentspartici
patedtothebicycleridecompetitioninKanagawaPrefectureandwon
4thplace.Forthoneisimprovementoftrainingcourseforbicycleriding.
Training course for improvement of bicycle skills on campus was reno
vated to provide better environment to student. So that students canhavetrainingtoparticipatetothebicycleridecontest.
Reporter:NaoyaHatta,Japan.

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Forthcoming Safety and Injury Conferences
2012
RegionalSafeCommunityConferencesx The3rdEuropeanRegionalConferenceonSafeCommunities
ThefutureroleoftheFireandRescueServiceinthesustainabilityofSafeCommunitiesinEurope45June2012,Falköping,Sweden
Contact:TittiWalterumtitti.walterum@falkoping.sex 2ndRegionalSafeCommunitiesConferencefortheAmericas
SafeCommunitiesandClimateRisk:ChallengesandProposals
2da.ConferenciaRegionaldeComunidadesSegurasparalasAméricas
ComunidadesSegurasyRiesgoClimático:RetosyPropuestas
2628September2012
SanBorja–PerúContact:conf2012comsegura@msb.gob.peconf2012comsegura@gamil.comx 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
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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