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Safety 2010 World Injury Conference, London, Abstract:
Safety 2010 World Injury Conference, London, Abstract:
Karolinska Institutet, Division of Social Medicine, Sweden, was designated as a WHO Collaborating Centre on Community Safety Promotion 1989, because of its long experiences with community oriented safety promotion programmes. The role of the WHO Collaborating Centre is to:
Spread the WHO Safety Promotion Programme Safe Community world-wide;
Review applications from communities related to six Indicators for Safe Communities; Affiliate Centres and Certifying Centres for Safe Communities and Safe Schools;
Organise together with Safe Communities annual International Safe Community Conferences and Regional (Africa; Asia; European; Nordic and Pacific Rim) Safe Community Conferences;
Co-ordinate education on Master and Ph.D. level in safety promotion and training courses sc "Travelling Seminars";
Publish a newsletter: Safe Community Monthly News;
Involve in other conferences like the biannual "World Conferences on Injury Prevention and Control";
Conduct methodological development and transfer of technology;
Organise networks for community programs;
Conduct research. |