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- 13. QUESTIONS?
Hinweis der Redaktion
- Communities that can document a systematic approach to defining local injury prevention and safety issues, a collaborative process to address them, and a commitment to evaluate the effectiveness of their efforts are eligible to be designated as a Safe Community by the World Health Organization’s Collaborating Centre on Community Safety Promotion.
- focusing on the leading causes of injury—falls; poisoning; traffic crashes; suicide; homicide; key childhood issues
- 5-yr period: 2004-2008: Falls – 122 deaths; 5,806 hospitalizations; $222,841,147 Motor Vehicle Crashes – 141 deaths; 952 hospitalizations; $56,254,501 Poisoning (Unintentional and Self-Inflicted) - 188 deaths; 1,909 hospitalizations; $44,126,108 Suicide – 159 deaths; 1,598 hospitalizations (includes self-inflicted poisoning and cutting); $25,697,718 FORMATIVE GOALS: Raise awareness that injuries can be prevented. Build a strong infrastructure for injury prevention. Coordinate local injury prevention efforts. Increase availability and utilization of injury data. Ad vocate for injury prevention policies at the local, state, and national levels. Work for changes in products and enforcement to reduce the causes of injury. Promote safety education campaigns and policies that change social norms.
- Special Guests representing Safe Communities America, Safe Communities Canada, and the World Health Organization: Donna Stein-Harris, National Safety Council Shelli Stephens-Stidham, Dallas Injury Prevention Center Barry King, retired Police Chief, Safe Communities Canada Other invited Guests: Jack Daneri, DA (accepting for Barry Grossman) Andy Glass, Director, Erie County Dept. of Health Jane Earll, Pennsylvania Senator, 49 th Senatorial District Tom Corbett, PA Attorney General Keynote Speaker: Dr. Mark Lovell, UPMC Sports Injury Prevention