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NewsNovember 2008 For further information click here ........................................................................... ROAD COLLISION STATISTICS FOR IRELAND 2007 NOW AVAILABLE! For further information click here ........................................................................... ROAD ACCIDENT STATISTICS IN SCOTLAND 2007 NOW AVAILABLE! To download the report and for further information click here ........................................................................... ROAD CASUALTIES IN WALES 2007 NOW AVAILABLE! To download the report and for further information click here ........................................................................... ROAD CASUALTIES IN ENGLAND 2007 NOW AVAILABLE! To download the report and for further information click here ........................................................................... NEW VIOLENCE PREVENTION WEBSITE The WHO Collaborating Centre for Violence Prevention have recently launched a new website providing a violence prevention resource for policy makers, practitioners and others working to tackle and prevent violence. To access this website click here ........................................................................... UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND EXPERT ARGUES WHO 'IGNORES' INJURY PREVENTION The University of Queensland's Professor Alan Lopez argues that the World Health Organization (WHO) must allocate more funds to non-communicable diseases and injury prevention. Writing in the November 1 issue of the UK-based journal, Professor Lopez, Head of UQ's School of Population Health said that WHO is making a "substantial over-investment in the control of communicable disease at the expense of injury prevention, funds for which are virtually non-existent". He said that injury caused 12-13 percent of the entire global burden of disease and injury yet received 1 percent of WHO's regular-budget and extra-budgetary (ie. donated, often by governments) contributions. For further information click here ........................................................................... CHILD SAFETY ACTION PLAN UPDATE! Following the success of the first phase of the initiative from July 2004 to March 2007, the European Commission has provided co-funding for all remaining eligible EU Member States and candidate countries to participate in developing national child safety action plans and the original 18 are back along with Cyprus to continue with their own plan development and implementation and to share their experiences with new countries. In addition to the EC funded countries, Israel, Switzerland and Wales have confirmed they will join the initiative as self-funded partners and several others are considering this option. CSAP II is slated to run from October 2007 to December 2009. For further information click here ........................................................................... THE GRIM REAPER'S ROAD MAP: AN ATLAS OF MORTALITY IN BRITAIN Bethan Thomas and Daniel Dorling from the University of Sheffield, together with Mary Shaw and George Davey Smith from the Department of Social Medicine at the University of Bristol , have created this impressive atlas of death in Britain. The Grim Reaper's road map analyses over 14 million deaths over the 24 year period 1981-2004 and gives a comprehensive overview of the geographical pattern of mortality in Britain. For more information on the Grim Reaper's road map please click here ........................................................................... WHY CHILDREN DIE - REPORT FROM CEMACH The Confidential Enquiry into Maternal and Child Health (CEMACH) has published a report entitled 'Why Children Die: A Pilot Study'. This contains the results of a large confidential enquiry into child death across three regions of England, all of Wales and all of Northern Ireland in 2006. To download this report and for more information please click here ........................................................................... REVIEW OF THE S1/S2 PERSONAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (PSD) ROAD SAFETY EDUCATION RESOURCE In October 2007 the Scottish Government and the Road Safety Scotland commissioned Colin Buchanan, in association with RSN Associates, to review existing S1/S2 PSD Road Safety Education Resource and provide recommendations on how to update and improve the materials. For more information and to access the full report and research findings please click here ........................................................................... 10th WORLD CONFERENCE ON INJURY PREVENTION AND SAFETY PROMOTION TO BE HELD IN THE UK! It was announced this month that the World Health Organisation officially awarded the 10th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion to the UK! This event will be held in London in September 2010, however, the exact date and venue have yet to be confirmed. More information will be available shortly at the link below; http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/en/ ........................................................................... The ScotPHO publisked a set of local health profiles for Scotland earlier in the year which include alcohol realted deaths and hospital admissions. To access these profiles please click here October 2008 APOLLO Project - The Vunerable Road Users data report 'Injuries to vulnerable road users and falls in pedestrians in the EU’ & the 'Safe school ways by implementing school travel plans in primary schools in Vienna’ is an evaluation of an intervention on the prevention of child pedestrian injuries in Austria.’ are both AVAILABLE NOW! In conjunction with the European Road Safety Day being held today in Paris, the European APOLLO-project, 'Strategies and Best Practices for the Reduction of Injuries', launched two reports on vulnerable road users. The first offers a comprehensive view on injuries to vulnerable road users and falls in pedestrians in the European Union, and the second is an evaluation report of an intervention on the prevention of child pedestrian injuries in Austria. Both reports are available at: ........................................................................... APOLLO project - European Code Against Injuries (ECAI) AVAILABLE NOW! The EC co-financed APOLLO project, 'Strategies and Best Practices for the Reduction of Injuries', launched the European Code Against Injuries (ECAI) on 9th October at the 2nd European Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion in Paris. ECAI comprises simple, appealing and straight-forward messages that could help save thousands of lives across Europe. In total ECAI comprises 60 messages which are divided into 8 prioritised unintentional injury types, plus a category on cross-cutting risk factors. The European Code Against Injuries is currently available in 10 languages at: ........................................................................... AdRisk Project Results - AVAILABLE NOW! The AdRisk project, 'Community Action on Adolescents and Injury Risk' has officially launched its project results today. The AdRisk project has created a range of innovatie materials that can serve to fill the gaps in tackling injuries among 15-24 year olds. For more information and project results click here
British Medical Journal article calls for UK investment in injury surveillance In a recent edition of the British Medical Journal, Graham Kirkwood and Allyson Pollock from the Centre for International Public Health Policy at the University of Edinburgh, call for investment in injury surveillance in the UK. To read more click here ........................................................................... New strategies produced by the World Health Organisation (WHO) have been added to the Strategies section (hosted on IOBI) ........................................................................... NEW NEWSLETTERS New newsletters produced by the
have been added to the newsletter section (hosted on CAPIC) ........................................................................... More than fifty teenagers have died as a result of violent incidents in London alone in the past two years – with many of the victims succumbing to horrific knife attacks by other young people. The Government has responded with the Youth Crime Action Plan 2008, which was published in July, and aims to send out a strong and clear message to young people that violent crime in all its forms will no longer be tolerated. This major one-day national conference will provide a timely opportunity for local practitioners to assess the key objectives of the action plan in relation to tackling knife possession and reducing knife-related violence amongst young people. To download ‘Youth Crime Action plan 2008’ click here To find out more information on the forthcoming conference please click on one of the links below; ........................................................................... New publications added to the systematic reviews of injury prevention database. August 2008 INTEGRIS – Research and technical development boost for IDB data collection The further development and expansion of the European Injury Database, or IDB for short, has received a positive boost in the form of INTEGRIS, a new project co-funded under the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research and technological development, FP7 and R&TD for short. INTEGRIS, ‘Improved methodology for data collection on accidents and disabilities – Integration of European Injury Statistics’ will start very shortly and will end early 2011. For more information please click here ........................................................................... 4th European Red Cross Road Safety Campaign: efforts stepped up to reduce road crashes by launching new interactive road safety tool On 6 June 2008 the EU Red Cross National Societies launched a new interactive road safety training tool designed as a support for Red Cross Societies and other organisations, as well as teachers, youth workers and road safety practitioners who want to set up road safety programmes in their countries. Click here to read more. ........................................................................... Child Safety Action Plan Initiative continues... Following the success of the first phase of the initiative from July 2004 to March 2007, the European Commission has provided co-funding for all remaining eligible EU Member States and candidate countries to participate in developing national child safety action plans and the original 18 are back along with Cyprus to continue with their own plan development and implementation and to share their experiences with new countries. Click here to read more. ........................................................................... New Conferences and Events are listed. ........................................................................... New publications added to the systematic reviews of injury prevention database. July 2008 New publications added to the systematic reviews of injury prevention database. June 2008 The June 2008 editon of Eurosafe Alert can now be downloaded in our newsletter section ........................................................................... New publications added to the systematic reviews of injury prevention database. ........................................................................... CHILD SAFETY WEEK - 23rd - 29th June! This year, Child Safety Week runs from Monday 23 to Sunday 29 June, with the theme: “Make a change. Make a difference” This years message is that even small changes in our everyday lives can make big differences to children’s safety. For a parent or grandparent, this could mean driving more slowly in areas where children are out playing, getting their gas boiler serviced, fitting safety equipment such as smoke alarms or moving household cleaners where a young child can’t reach them. For a child or young person, this could mean stopping at the kerb rather than running straight across the road, taking on the weekly job of checking that the smoke alarms are working or remembering not to overload electrical sockets in their room. If you work with parents, carers, children or young people, we hope that Child Safety Week provides you with inspiration and resources to raise awareness of child accident prevention and run local activities and events. To download a free copy of the Child Safety Week booklet click here Or to find out more information on the event click here ........................................................................... Minister backs Road Safety Events for Scottish Firms Stewart Stevenson MSP, the Scottish Government’s Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change, has welcomed four free seminars that aim to improve the safety of workers who have to drive as part of their jobs. Click here for the full story. ........................................................................... £10 million per year for Public Health Research A new research programme which will help the Government to continue to improve public health and reduce health inequalities was launched by Public Health Minister Dawn Primarolo on the 23rd May. The Public Health Research (PHR) Programme is being established by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and will evaluate a wide range of public health interventions. These could include social marketing for the promotion of safe sex, to the prevention of obesity in children, and speed bumps for the prevention of road traffic accidents. The funding will rise over each of the next three years to reach £10 million a year. For more information on this story click here May 2008 2ND ISSUE OF INJURY PREVENTION NEWS - NOW AVAILABLE! IPN is the joint electronic newsletter of the Injury Observatory for Britain and Ireland (IOBI) and the Collaboration for Accident Prevention and Injury Control (CAPIC) The purpose of this newsletter is to support injury prevention practitioners working in all areas of injury prevention and dealing with all age groups. IPN is a FREE source of information on new initiatives, publications of statistics, research findings, forthcoming conferences and events and will highlight new additions to IOBI and CAPIC websites. To download the second edition, click here ........................................................................... £500,000 SCHOLARSHIP TO SAVE LIVES AND REDUCE INJURIES The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents and BNFL today announced a major, new, long-term scholarship scheme for students to undertake research aimed at saving lives and reducing injuries. Click here for the full story ........................................................................... New Conferences and Events are listed. ........................................................................... New publications added to the systematic reviews of injury prevention database. April 2008 'HOUSE OF PAIN' - a new interactive home safety tool produced by ROSPA and the Times Online is now available. ........................................................................... New publications added to the systematic reviews of injury prevention database. ........................................................................... April 2008's editon of 'Road Safety Wales Low Down', (Issue 8) produced by Road Safety Wales can now be downloaded in our newsletter section
GUIDE FOR IMPLEMENTERS - LEARN FROM THE EUNESE PILOT PROJECTS EXPERIENCE Click here to download a 7-Step Guide to implement a successful intervention for injury ........................................................................... The European Commission has been concerned with the issue of Elder abuse and wishes to explore what is happening in relation to such abuse in different European countries. A survey is being conducted by the Centre for Health and Social Care Studies & Service Development, University of Sheffield in order to inform a review on issues of abuse and neglect amongst the elderly. It will include the extent of awareness about elder abuse, what is known about the nature and extent of abuse in EU countries, causes and risk factors, as well as interventions and responses to elder abuse. The survey’s goal is to provide as many and useful information for the review as possible. Dr Bridget Penhale, Reader of Gerontology at the University of Sheffield has been assigned by the European Commission to undertake this survey (which you can download by clicking here). If you think this project interests you, would like to take part in it and need more details, please contact Dr Bridget Penhale, who is responsible for the project and shall fill you in appropriately. Contact details: Dr Bridget Penhale ........................................................................... New publications added to the systematic reviews of injury prevention database. ........................................................................... The March 2008 editon of Eurosafe Alert can now be downloaded in our newsletter section ........................................................................... The January - February 2008 editon of EUNESE News can now be downloaded in our newsletter section February 2008 POLICE COLLECTED ROAD TRAFFIC INJURY DATA UPDATED (STATS 19) Data on road traffic injuries collected by the police (STATS 19) has now been updated to include figures from 2004 & 2005. It must be emphasised that the figures cover only road accidents reported to the police and involving personal injury. There is some possibility of under-reporting and under-recording as well as misclassification of accidents. Click here to be redirected to the 'Injury Statistics in Wales' section. ........................................................................... INJURY PREVENTION NEWS - NOW AVAILABLE! IPN is the joint electronic newsletter of the Injury Observatory for Britain and Ireland (IOBI) and the Collaboration for Accident Prevention and Injury Control (CAPIC) The purpose of this newsletter is to support injury prevention practitioners working in all areas of injury prevention and dealing with all age groups. IPN is a FREE source of information on new initiatives, publications of statistics, research findings, opportunities and training events and will highlight new additions to IOBI and CAPIC websites. To download the first edition, click here January 2008 PEMBROKESHIRE – HAVE YOUR CHILD’S CAR SEAT CHECKED FREE Pembrokeshire County Council is providing a free in-car child’s safety seat check for all parents, grandparents and child minders at: Haverfordwest Tesco Store Car Park Pembroke Dock Tesco Store Car Park Fishguard West Street Car Park Highly Trained officers on hand to give free advice. A badly fitted child car seat may offer little or no protection for your child. This event is sponsored by the Welsh Assembly Government and co-ordinated by Pembrokeshire County Council Road Safety Unit. For more information contact Road Safety Unit, County Hall, Haverfordwest 01437 775144 ........................................................................... Road Safety and Bike Safety events in Wales have been added to the Conferences and Events Section. ........................................................................... January 2008's editon of 'Road Safety Wales Low Down', (Issue 7) produced by Road Safety Wales can now be downloaded in our newsletter section ........................................................................... NEW STRATEGY - CHILDRENS PLAN The Children's Plan - Building Brighter Futures was recently released by the Department for Children, Schools and Families. Chapter 2 'Safe and Sound' discusses how the governement will fund a new home safety equipment scheme to prevent accidents which happen to young children in the home. They will also encourage local authorities to create 20mph zones, where appropriate, because they can reduce child pedestrian deaths by 70 per cent. Click here to download 'The Children's Plan' and for more information. ........................................................................... JOB VACANCY for a Behavioural Scientist (Road Safety) – Plymouth University 'Behavioural Scientist' (Road Safety) working with Devon County Council, Exeter, Devon Salary: from £18k pa (dependent upon qualifications and experience) Qualifications: BSc (hons) degree 2:1 or above in Behavioural Science, Psychology, Research Methods or similar. The project aim is to integrate Evidence Bases into the decision making process for road casualty reduction in making Devon roads safer. Click here for more information. ....................................................................... CHRISTMAS DRINK-DRIVE FIGURES SHOW ENFORCEMENT IS KEY A 20 percent fall in the number of people failing breath tests over the christmas period clearly demonstrates the need for tough enforcement if the battle against drink-driving is to be won, ROSPA said this month. For more information on this story click here to be redirected to ROSPA's Press Office. ....................................................................... PARLIAMENTARY GROUP TO CHAMPION ACCIDENT PREVENTION A new all-party parliamentary group has been formed to champion the cause of accident prevention. Its aim is to provide a voice for the relatives of the 12,000 people killed in accidents in the UK each year and millions more who suffer injuries. For more information on this story click here to be redirected to ROSPA's press office. ........................................................................ New national awareness days/weeks listed in the Conferences and Events section. ......................................................................... New publications added to the systematic reviews of injury prevention database. ............................................................................ ........................................................................... EUNESE Injury Prevention Factsheets, Advice and Information focused on the elderly, can now be found in the Injury Prevention Guides Section .......................................................................... New Conferences and Events are listed. Past News StoriesFor past injury prevention news stories click here NewslettersFor newsletters relating to injury prevention click here |
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