RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 WHO collaborating centre on community safety promotion
JF Injury Prevention
JO Inj Prev
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP A102
OP A102
DO 10.1136/ip.2010.029215.367
VO 16
IS Suppl 1
A1 Svanström, L
A1 Sundström, M
YR 2010
UL http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/16/Suppl_1/A102.1.abstract
AB 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.