Department of Public Health Sciences
Division of Social Medicine

Safe Community Monthly NewsIssue No.12July 2008^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Dear Colleagues,
In this issue
Safe Community in Serbia
News from Rainy River Valley

Huamu Safe Community Report
New Guidelines for Safe
Community membership
Youth Park, China
Travelling Seminar
Forthcoming Conference
Courses12334556

New guidelines for Safe Community membership are underreview. We invite your suggestions.
We are proudly introducing the first Safe Community in theSouth Eastern Europe, Municipality of Backi Petrovac, Serbia.
From this issue we will provide you the Safe Community
reports. The report will highlight the annual/bi-annual brief
activities/development of the designated Safe Communities. In
this issue we have report from Huamu Safe Community.

News and reports of this issue are appended below.
Same issue is also available at our WHO Collaborating CentreonCommunity
SafetyPromotion
website:http://www.phs.ki.se/csp/who_newsletters_en.htm
With warm regards
Leif Svanström, Responsible Editor
Koustuv Dalal, Editor

Municipality of Backi Petrovac, Serbia: The 1st Safe Community in
the South Eastern Europe and 134th in the World
The idea of the Safe Community Project in Serbia was first introduced to Dr Jan Sabo, Mayor of
Municipality of Backi Petrovac by the beginning of 2004 when Dr Mirjana Milankov Safe Community Project
Leader, Republic of Serbia presented her paper on the subject of “Old people in a Safe Community”.
Dr Jan Sabo took to the concept of Safe Community. Since he wishes to improve the health, quality oflife and the safety of the Municipality of Backi Petrovac citizens, he suggested that the Project Safe
Community be promoted with their public.
The National Center for InjuryPrevention and Safety Promotion
representatives gave several healthpromoting lectures. The presentationsof the Safe Community Projectencouraged the people present todiscuss it. The summary was that they
all want their Municipality of Backi
Petrovac to become more healthy andsafer, a place where people could live,
work and have fun in a nicer andquality way. They have decided to join
the Safe Community Movement.
1Prof. Dr Ana Sabo, leader of Safe
Community Municipality of Backi Petrovac
formed the Safe Community Council withteams. The Safe Community Council withleader Prof. Tatiana Koros started working
diligently so that they summed up theresults achieved in realizing the six
indicators needed for the Municipality ofBacki Petrovac Safe Community to beconfirmed and joining the Safe
Community international family.
Dr Bo Henricson was in site visit in January this year. The designation was on April 23, this year. ProfDr Tomica Milosavljevic, the Repubic of Serbia Minister of Health, signed the Agreement, together with theMayor, Dr Jan Sabo and the Project Leaders, Dr Mirjana Milankov, Prof. dr Ana Sabo and Prof.Tatiana
Koros. The ceremony was attended by the Serbian authorities and the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina
representatives, as well as His Excellency the Ambassador of Slovakia and numerous guests from home andabroad.
Marking the designation, the first International conference of South European Safe Communities wasorganized and over 30 papers were presented.
On the Conference opening ceremony, Dr Branislava Belic, the Vice Chair person of the Autonomous
Province of Vojvodina Assembly organized a reception at the Banovina building in Novi Sad and invited themayors of other Vojvodina municipalities to join the Safe Community project.

Reporter: Miroslav Bakic

Rededication ceremony: Rainy River Valley
On May 28 the Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition held a rededication ceremony to commence its
second five year commitment to the safety of its citizens—a commitment that gained it a designation as aSafe Community by the World Health Organization Collaborating Centre on Community Safety Promotion
in 2003. Back then, the Rainy River Valley was the 35th International Safe Community. Now, the WHO
Collaborating Center on Community Safety Promotion has designated over 100 more communities aroundthe world.

Bessie Mainville, Elder for First Nations
Communities opened the celebration
ceremonies

Communities of the Rainy River District
took turns signing the documents:
Designating each of them as a SafeCommunity

Safety Coalition Partners celebrate redesignation

Mr Paul Kells, president of Safe Communities Canada re-designated the Rainy River District as a Safe
Community on behalf of the WHO CC on Community Safety Promotion.
Messages were heard from Donna Stein Harris of the National Safety Council in the United States ofAmerica, Gerry Armstrong Chair of the Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition and Bob Swing Co-Chair of theCoalition.
The Celebration was a platform to recognize the Municipalities, First Nations communities, and thecommunity partners of the Rainy River Valley that strive to make the District a safe place.

Reporter: Ron Waldie, SC Canada2

Safe Community Report: ‘Huamu Safe Community’
During the three-year construction work, Huamu community has mobilized all positive factors to launch
series of activities of injury prevention and safety promotion, which has achieved gratifying results: inSeptember, 2007, we successfully constructed the national safe community, and on December 18, it wasnamed by WHO Collaborating Centre on Community Safety Promotion as the first international safe
community in Pudong New Area and Shanghai.
This year on the basis of original projects, we have started the SAFE KIDS pedestrian safety programand implemented traffic-injury supervision system, aiming to promote children's pedestrian safety andprevent traffic accidents with the SAFE KIDS pedestrian safety program jointly promoted by Safe Kids
Worldwide, SCDC, Huamu Safe Community Program and FedEx. According to the prevention scheme madeby experts of disease control and prevention together with community health service center, traffic police,schools and community, we are to fix deceleration devices, modify zebra crossing in the vicinity of schools.
Besides, we organized activities of mapping out pedestrian safe route, the Yellow Hats Program and fixing
reflectors to minimize students' traffic accidents.
The Liuyi kindergarten, one of the demonstration kindergartens of children safety program of theHuamu International Safe Community, after meticulous plan and preparation, finished the Chinese-English
version of Creating a Safe Living Environment for Children and held a press conference for the new book on May
15. The book, containing education in amusement, is designed to strength safety promotion and filter theknowledge of children safety into people's mind.
At present, we have finished designing the table of traffic accident information, which has been used forthe survey and collection of traffic accident data.

The pilot project of SAFE KIDS
pedestrian safety program

A press conference for the new book

Contact Information:
Ms. Chen Fang
Huamu Safe Community Construction Office
Phone: +8621-50593659, E-mail: huamushanghai@gmail.com

New Guidelines for Safe Communities membership are under review
Safe Communities’ website, www.phs.ki.se/csp , is likely to get an increased number of hits over thenext few months, as representatives from safety promotion programmes around the world visit the site. Why
are so many web surfers visiting the site? Many will want to download material that describes proposedchanges to the SC model.
“Our network is growing at such a rapid pace that our old model has not been able to keep up,” states
Professor Leif Svanström, who heads up the WHO Collaborating Centre on Community Safety Promotion,at Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. “In the early days of the network, most of the tasks related toworking with SC applicants fell to volunteers and staff at the Centre. Today, the majority of this work is being
done by Affiliate Supporting and Certifying Centres. We needed a model that reflected the reality of thischange. We also want to strengthen the capacity of local organisations. We needed a revised model that willcontinue to promote excellence in community safety programming.”

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The proposed changes to the SC model have been developed in partnership with many volunteers
around the world. A final version of this document has now been posted to the SC website,
http://www.phs.ki.se/csp/pdf/guidelines/guidelines_for_sc_application_20080515.pdf for comments.
“Now, the most important part of the process begins,” says Diana Stark Ekman, who managed thisproject for the Centre. “The proposed changes will affect everyone in the network, so it’s vital that we getfeedback.” These include:• A requirement for current programmes to send a very short annual report each year. This willverify that programmes are still actively engaged in community safety promotion work.
• A re-designation for existing programmes every five years. Site visits will be required.
The most noticeable proposed changes to the model will affect new applicants to the network.
Proposed changes include:• A requirement for evidence of long term programme sustainability.
• The organisation must normally have been active in two years prior to application.
• The organisation’s reference group, or governing group, must be documented to haverepresentation from important community sectors.
• The applicant organisation must provide evidence of at least six Task Force groups, addressingspecific injury prevention and-or safety promotion issues in the community.
Feedback from representatives of current Safe Communities programmes, and volunteers andcommunity members living in areas where SC programmes are operating, is now being solicited. Commentsand concerns should be sent to Moa Sundström, at moa.sundstrom@sll.se, no later than 31 August 2008. At
that time, refinements will be made, if necessary, and the new guidelines are expected to be in effect on 01
January 2009.

Family first aid knowledge training inYouth Park Community, Jinan, China
Summer is an accident-prone season, such as scald ，drowning, lightning stroke and other unexpected
incidents. In order to popularize residents family first aid knowledge as well as what to do in emergencies
such as sudden diseases and in drown situation, medical staff of Health Service Centre in Youth parkcommunity recently made site demonstrations to the residents with plastic body models and showed them
useful tips on first aid at home. Almost all the residents in our community have received the training andlearned how to keep their families safe in emergencies at home before doctor comes. This also makes it
possible to save valuable time to rescue the patients. The training has been favourab1y reviewed and wascalled as "timely rain” by the residents.

Medical staff made site demonstrations to the residents withplastic body models and showed them useful tips on first aidResidents learning how to keep their families safe in emergencies

Reporter: Jake Lee4

International Safe Community Travelling Seminar15- 18 October 2008, South Island, New Zealand
Waimakariri, International Safe Community, is pleased to be hosting a Travelling Seminar that isbeing planned in association with the 17th International Safe Community Conference in Christchurch New
Zealand in October 2008.
Delegates to the Conference are invited to participate in this exciting event that has been organized
to showcase the best that New Zealand has to offer. You will visit some iconic New Zealand sights
including Queenstown, Mount Cook as well as experience some uniquely New Zealand safety initiatives
including seeing Waimakariri International Safe Community in action, as well as a visit to Professor John
Langley and his team at the world renowned Injury Prevention Research Unit in Dunedin.
This travelling seminar is a must for our international and national delegates. The programme has
been designed to practically showcase and compliment the themes of the Conference and we look forward
to being your hosts. We hope also that we can share and learn from each other as we travel around thevery picturesque South Island of New Zealand. There is an extensive sightseeing programme planned
and your registration will include a Jet Boat ride on the world famous Shotover Gorge, visits to a highcountry sheep station.
Bookings and payments must be made by Sunday 15th June 2008. To participate in the travellingseminar you must also register for the 17th International Safe Communities Conference as a full delegate,or the accompanying person of a full delegate. Contact sandra.james@wmk.govt.nz for more
information or register online at www.safecom2008.org.nz

Forthcoming Safety and Injury Conferences
2008•

Children and Injuries International Conference
31 August – 3 September 2008
Cape Town, South Africa
Abstract submission deadline (Extended): 30 June 2008
For information:Sebastian.VanAs@uct.ac.za
http://isviporg.datasenter.no/files/brief_isvip_2008.pdf
www.uct-cmc.co.za/Conferences/2008/ISVIP/•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 2008
Christchurch, New Zealand

Early Bird Registration closes: 18 July 2008.
For further information visit: Conference pamphlet
http://www.safecom2008.org.nz/
email: contact@scfnz.org.nz or robyn.steel@ccc.govt.nz
Call for Abstract and registration for Travelling Seminar 15-18 October•2nd Asia Pacific Injury Prevention Conference
3-6 November 2008
Hanoi, VietnamFor information: apacph_injury2008@hsph.edu.vn
http://apacph2008.org/ www.meliahanoi.com
52009
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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, ChinaChina 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.kr

CourseRESEARCH 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
For further information: Course Organizer: Reza Mohammadi, MD, MPH, PhD
Email: Reza.Mohammadi@ki.sePhone: +46 8 7373775, Fax: +46 8 30 73 51¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤¤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