Department of Public Health Sciences
Division of Social Medicine

Safe Community Monthly NewsIssue No.14

September 2008^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Dear Colleagues,

In this issue
Safe Community in China
News from Youth Park
North American Regional NetworkNesws from Huamu
SC Report: Greater Skovde, Sweden
Christchurch is calling
Forthcoming Conference
Courses

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New guidelines for Safe Community membership are underreview. We invite your suggestions.
We have started to provide you the Safe Community
reports. The report will highlight the annual/bi‐annual brief
activities/development of the designated Safe Communities. Inthis issue we have report from Skovde, Sweden.
News and reports of this issue are appended below. Sameissue is also available at our WHO Collaborating Centre onCommunity Safety Promotion website:
http://www.phs.ki.se/csp/who_newsletters_en.htm
With warm regards
Leif Svanström, Responsible Editor
Koustuv Dalal, Editor

Designation Ceremony, Financial Sub-district and Yuetan Community,Beijing, PR China
From 29 May to 2 June 2008 site visits were conducted by the Australian Safe Communities Foundation Inc(ASCF) in Yuetan Community and the Financial Sub‐district in Xicheng District, Beijing, PR China. Henk Harberts,Chair, ASCF, led the site visits along with Meegan Brotherton, Secretary, ASCF and Catherine Wong, GeneralManager, Occupational Safety & Health Council, Hong Kong, an Affiliate Safe Community Support Centre.
Financial sub‐district showcased programs on Traffic Safety, Elderly Safety (in the home), School Safety, Firesafety, Health promotion, and Emergency response education program.

L‐R ‐ Liu Ming, Party Secretary Financial Sub‐district Community, HenkHarberts, Chair ASCF and Yu Xueqiang, Director, Financial Sub‐districtCommunity Safe Community Promotion Committee sign the Safe
Community Agreement as community 139

Yuetan community showcased programs on
Elderly Safety, Home Safety, School Safety,
Traffic Safety Education in Kindergarten, Healthpromotion, and Injury surveillance program.
Both communities also highlighted the work
they are undertaking with people withdisabilities and also a focus on mental health.
It was established that both communities had
successfully met the 6 indicators for membershipof the International Safe Community Network.
A designation ceremony for bothcommunities took place on Friday 27 June 2008,
hosted by the China Occupational Safety andHealth Association (COSHA) in the Financial
Sub‐District of Xicheng District in Beijing.

1Over 300 guests who included theDeputy Mayor of Beijing and Ministers ofthe Peoples Republic, representatives fromestablished and aspiring Safe Communities
in China, as well as Wah Sing Tang, Chairof the Asian Safe Communities Network
were present at this gala event. The
designation ceremony also featured
presentations by both of the applicant
communities including a very moving
poetry piece about ‘what a safe community
means to the people’ by Li Hongbin,
Director of Yuetan Community. The
Financial Sub‐District became member 139
and Yuetan member 140 of theInternational Safe Community family.
Welcome.

L‐R ‐ Li Hongbin, Director of Yuetan Community Safe Community
Promotion Committee, Henk Harberts, Chair ASCF and Wang Qi,Communities Seeking Designation
City of Casey (Victoria) submitted an
application for designation as aninternational Safe Community to the ASCF
in April. A site visit was undertaken on 12
and 13 June 2008. Stay tuned for further
information.
Cairns Regional Council (Queensland)
has provided the ASCF with theirapplication for designation as aninternational Safe Community. The site
visit is scheduled for the end of August2008.

Representatives from Financial Sub‐district and Yuetan Communities
celebrate their designation as International Safe Communities

Reporter: Meegan Brotherton, Australia.

Youth Park: Safe Community Movement
To fulfil the obligation to promote and disseminate the conception of Safe Community, Youth Park
Community actively promoted the Safe community conception, and shared the experience of establishing Safe
Community without any reservation. So far Youth Park received 196 visiting communities, about a total of 880
people. Youth Park has also published Safety Knowledge Handbook, Youth Park Safe Community Monthly Bulletin,
Photography Activities of Create Safe Community, How to become a member of the International Safe Community Network,
Summary Regulations of Safe Community. A total of ten thousands of promotional materials were distributed to thecommunity residents and visitors for free of charge. Youth Park believes that these materials will get more people
and communities involved in creating safe communities in China.

Safety Knowledge Handbook

How to become a member of the International
Safe Community Network2

North American Regional Network of International Safe Communities
The North American Regional Network of International Safe Communities will next convene in Winnipeg,
Manitoba, during the 11th annual national conference of Safe Communities Canada. The Network, which issponsored by Safe Communities America and Safe Communities Canada, consists of all the international safecommunities in both countries.
The key event of this gathering is a training session which will be led by Diana Stark‐Ekman of theCollaborating Centre to certify community adjudicators. These adjudicators will be assessing applications forinternational designation , conducting site visits, and making designation recommendations to the Certifying
Centre.
The inaugural class will be comprised of community leaders from International Safe Communities in both
Canada and the United Sates and the plan is that, once certified, Canadian adjudicators will work with American
applicants and US adjudicators will work with Canadian applicants.
“Both Safe Communities Canada and Safe Communities America believe”, says Donna Stein Harris of Safe
Communities America, “that the best ambassadors for the movement are citizens in communities who are
personally committed to the cause of Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion and who have had previousexperience with the international designation process.”
The adjudicators are going to be very busy! In Canada, 19 designated members of Safe Communities Canada
have indicated interest in international designation. They will join the six internationally designated communities
Canada. In the US, there are currently 18 communities working on international designation, and many more
have expressed real interest in doing so. They will join the four internationally designated safe communities in theUS.
Clearly this network is going to grow significantly over the next few years

Reporter: Ron Waldie, Canada.

Huamu Safe Community Construction Office Welcomed
Dr. Medhati from IranIn the afternoon of July 30th, Shanghai Huamu
International Safe Community Construction Officewelcomed the Dr. Medhati from Iran. The person in chargeof the office, Guo Cheng, the deputy director of the Injury
Prevention Department of Shanghai Disease Control Center,
Li Yanhong attended the reception.
Dr. Medhati always devoted himself to the safe
community construction in his own country, and his visiting
is aiming on enhancing the international exchange of thesubject. During the reception, Guo Cheng and Li Yanhonggave a very detailed introduction on the specific methods ofoperating system of the organization and the carrying out
program in constructing the safe community to Dr. Medhati
who showed great interests and further inquired about thedata investigation and effect evaluation and shared his own
experience. Both of them highly appreciated theachievement of each other.
After the meeting, Guo Cheng presented Dr. Medhati the album of paintings and stamps of Huamu
International Safe Community and took photos with him. The reception which was ended in harmony not only
promoted the international exchange on the experience of constructing safe community but also provided many
new ideas for the future development of both sides.
Reporter: Ms. Chen Fang3

Safe Community Report: Skovde – Sweden
Skovde Municipality, Sweden was re‐designed Safe Community in February 2007. Skovde Safe Community has
several activities during 2007 concentrated in four major areas:
Elderly Care,
Schools and activities for schoolchildren,
Traffic Safety,and other activities.
Safety for Elderly:
Information about Safe Elderly on 10 occasions for the organisations for elderly care.
5 personnel at the Department for Elderly have had special training for Safety for Elderly.
Schools:The school department has a database with all accidents and near accidents in all schools in Skövde. In all schools
we have pupils with a special training to discover hazards in the environment. For students between 12‐16 years,
we have a special drug‐information Programme. The pupils can sign a contract that they should not drink andsmoke and this contract give them special benefits that are very attractive for the kids, like free entrance to sport
arenas and cheaper hamburgers. There is also a Walking – School bus Programme. The kids walk to school insteadof being transported to school in their parent’s cars. Improved air quality and lesser accidents in the schoolyard isthe result. There are also a lot of Safe School Activities in the schools.
Safe Traffic:‘Reporting near accidents’ is a very efficient Programme. The Traffic Department has a lot of telephone calls aboutideas to make the traffic safer for everyone. We have also rebuilt Round‐abouts to make the traffic in the city safer.
Many Traffic – Safety Activities at all levels are going on in Skovde.
Special Programmes:
Drug information at the local Food‐festival and a lot of other information, activities at all levels in the municipality.
For more information contact:Håkan Elwér
Skövde kommun
Konsult och Service
e-post: hakan.elwer@skovde.se

17th International Safe Communities Conference
Christchurch, New Zealand, 20-23rd October 2008
HURRY LAST DAYS REGISTER NOW
Safe Communities Foundation New Zealand (SCFNZ) and Christchurch City Council are proud to be hosting the17th International Safe Communities conference. The conference is supported by the World Health Organisation(WHO) Collaborating Centre on Community Safety Promotion we have put together an exciting programme which
can be viewed online at www.safecom2008.org.nz click on programme.
Register now to attend this exciting conference, and hear from International and New Zealand renowned speakers.
Registrations are live on the conference website www.safecom2008.org.nz or alternatively you can email
registration@conference.co.nz for a registration brochure to be sent to you.
This website is regularly being updated so be sure to keep checking it for updates.
MORE INFORMATION
Should you have any further enquiries regarding the conference or any of the details in this newsletter, please do
not hesitate to contact the Conference Secretariat:
Megan O’Brien,
E: megan@conference.co.nz
T: +64 3 379 0390
F: +64 3 379 0460

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Forthcoming Safety and Injury Conferences
2008
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The 1st safe society conference,
October 8-9, 2008, Tehran, I.R. Iran.
Email address: www.tehransafe@yahoo.com.

2nd European Conference on Injury Prevention & Safety Promotion
October 9‐10, 2008
Paris, France
http://www.eurosafe.eu.com/paris2008
17th International Safe Communities Conference
Working together to make a difference
20th – 23 October 2008Christchurch, New Zealand
For further information visit: Conference pamphlet
http://www.safecom2008.org.nz/
email: contact@scfnz.org.nz or robyn.steel@ccc.govt.nz
Leaders for Tomorrow. The11th Annual Safe Communities Canada Conference
November 2,3,4, 2008
Winnipeg, Manitoba
For information : dwilson@safecommunities.ca
2nd Asia Pacific Injury Prevention Conference
3‐6 November 2008
Hanoi, Vietnam
For information: apacph_injury2008@hsph.edu.vn
http://apacph2008.org/ www.meliahanoi.com

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1st Eastern Mediterranean Regional Conference
Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion
Development and Safety ‐ Together
10‐12 February 2009, Cairo, Egypt
15 August 2008 Close of abstract submissions. For information: http://www.emro.who.int/vip/ipsp•
18th International Conference on Safe Communities
Community Safety Policies as an axis for development
August 13 – 15, 2009, Cali, Colombia
For information: www.cisalva.univalle.edu.co•
5th Asian Regional Conference on Safe Communities (ARCSC)
15‐18 September 2009
Beijing, China
China Occupational Safety & Health Association (COSHA)
2010•
19th International Safe Communities Conference
Sustainability of Safe Community Programs23‐ 26 March, 2010
Suwon, Korea
For information: jpcho@ajou.ac.krCourse
RESEARCH EDUCATION Course 2008
• Ph.D. Level COURSE:
5th International Course - A Ph.D. Level Course
Research in Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion: Designs, Methods & Analysis
20 October - 21 November 2008
Stockholm, Sweden
7,5 Credits
5For further information: Course Organizer: Reza Mohammadi, MD, MPH, PhD
Email: Reza.Mohammadi@ki.se
Phone: +46 8 7373775, Fax: +46 8 30 73 51
Courses 2008 / 2009
3rd International Ph.D. Course on Internet
INJURY SURVEILLANCE AND CODING
1 October 2008 - 31 March 2009 (25% rate)
7,5 Credits
Course information: http://www.phs.ki.se/csp/pdf/courses2008/webinjury_surveillance_2008.pdf
For further information:
Contact immediately: Professor Lars-Gunnar Hörte lars-gunnar.horte@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 )6