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Call for papers on injuries: Chronic Diseases and Injuries in Canada

2012-02-28T19:33:00Z

Le français suit.

Call for papers on injuries: Chronic Diseases and Injuries in Canada

Chronic Diseases and Injuries in Canada (CDIC) [www.publichealth.gc.ca/cdic] has formally changed its name to include the word "Injuries". The editors of the journal would be interested in seeing papers that support or challenge current platforms for injury risk assessment and/or make novel use of available data sources to report on injury risk factors. They would also be interested in receiving manuscripts of structured reviews of population interventions meant to reduce injury risk in the Canadian population.

Published by the Public Health Agency of Canada, this quarterly peer-reviewed journal discusses important issues in chronic disease and injury prevention, surveillance and epidemiology. The journal is indexed in MEDLINE, Scopus, SciSearch, Journal Citation Reports, CAB Abstracts/Global Health and the Canadian Virtual Health Library.

While still a niche publication, CDIC has tripled its submissions since 2008. It has just received its first impact factor (1.09). As CDIC is open access and fully bilingual, its articles are picked up by francophone researchers in Europe and Africa.

Submission guidelines may be found at: http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/cdic-mcbc/authinfo-eng.php

For more information about our focus on "Injuries": http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/cdic-mcbc/31-3/ar-01-eng.php

Submission deadlines are as follows: May 15, 2012, August 15, 2012, November 15, 2012, January 1, 2013, etc.

Appel de soumissions sur les blessures : Maladies chroniques et blessures au Canada

Maladies chroniques et blessures au Canada (MCBC) [www.santepublique.gc.ca/mcbc] a officiellement changé son nom afin d’inclure le mot « blessures ». Les éditeurs de la revue souhaiteraient recevoir des articles faisant une évaluation, positive ou négative, des processus actuellement utilisés pour l’estimation des risques associés aux blessures, ainsi que des articles traitant de manière novatrice des sources de données disponibles sur les facteurs de risque associés aux blessures. Ils seraient également heureux de recevoir des manuscrits proposant des bilans structurés des mesures d’intervention visant à réduire les risques de blessures et de traumatismes au Canada.

Publiée trimestriellement par l’Agence de la santé publique du Canada, cette revue bilingue traite, dans ses articles, qui sont soumis à l’examen par les pairs, de dossiers importants ayant trait à la prévention, à la surveillance et à l’épidémiologie des maladies chroniques et des blessures. Elle est répertoriée dans MEDLINE, Scopus, SciSearch, Journal Citation Reports, CAB Abstracts/Global Health et la Bibliothèque virtuelle canadienne de la santé.

Bien qu’elle soit encore une publication de créneau, MCBC a vu son nombre de soumissions tripler depuis 2008. La revue vient également de recevoir son premier facteur d’impact (1,09). Étant une revue complètement bilingue à accès libre, ses articles sont consultés par des chercheurs francophones en Europe et en Afrique.

Les lignes directrices pour la présentation des manuscrits sont disponibles à la page : http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/cdic-mcbc/autinfo-fra.php

Pour de plus amples renseignements sur l’importance accordée aux « blessures », veuillez consulter la page : http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/publicat/cdic-mcbc/31-3/ar-01-fra.php

Les échéances pour les soumissions sont les suivantes : 15 mai 2012, 15 août 2012, 15 novembre 2012, 1^er janvier 2013, et ainsi de suite.

Child Passenger Safety Conference 2012

2012-02-28T19:28:00Z

Child Passenger Safety Conference 2012

Child Safety Link, Atlantic Car Seat Safety and the Child Passenger Safety Association of Canada are pleased to be offering a one day conference April 27, 2012 in Truro, Nova Scotia.

A variety of sessions are planned, including updates on car seat safety regulations and seats, tools for conducting excellent presentations, networking with other car seat advocates, and much more.

Main Conference: $60. Bursaries will be available.

Friday April 27, 2012

Truro, Nova Scotia

Glengarry Best Western Hotel

Pre and post conference courses:

· Children’s Restraint Systems Technician Recertification Course, April 27 and 28^th (participants attend the conference on April 27^th , and practice skills and participate in a car seat clinic on April 28^th.

· Becoming an Instructor: April 26-28, 2012

Experienced technicians who have an interest in teaching others may apply to become an instructor of technician training through the Child Passenger Safety Association of Canada.

There will be a one day introduction to course planning on Thursday April 26. Instructor Candidates will then attend the conference on April 27 and assist with teaching the technician recertification course on April 28^th. For more information and an application form, please contact Kim Mundle at kim.mundle@iwk.nshealth.ca

Safe Kids Canada, Safe Communities Canada, SMARTRISK, ThinkFirst Canada to Merge

2012-02-20T14:19:00Z

Over the past couple of years, there has been discussion among Safe Kids Canada, Safe Communities Canada, SMARTRISK, and ThinkFirst Canada toward greater consolidation or a “merger” of our operations. In 2009, the CEOs/EDs of the four organizations sat down to explore ways to work together more formally. This was followed up with a national consultation that looked at everything BUT governance and resulted in the One Voice, Safer Canada report released in June 2010. In September 2010, the four organizations signed a Memorandum of Understanding and began to investigate a merged entity. Ultimately the best course of action was believed to be the creation of a new organization with a new brand that combines the best of all four key players, and is designed to meet future challenges and need. This initiative remains in the early stages for now, and much of the detail has not yet been finalized.

At present, this new organization is being referred to as “One Voice NewCo”. It will be a national organization with equal voice across Canada and a vision of being the strategic injury prevention partner for government, the health system, researchers, business, and communities. The new organization's mandate will encompass all ages as well as intentional and unintentional injuries (it may partner with other existing organizations on parts of the mandate in order not to duplicate/overlap). Its exact structure is yet to be finalized. The next step in its creation will be the hiring of a CEO, who will then help determine that structure. Its location has yet to be determined, although we do know it will be in Toronto. It is anticipated that the new organization will be staffed utilizing the experience found in the four existing organizations. “One Voice NewCo” should formally become an organization between April and September 2012.

"I ThinkFirst" Contest 2012

2012-01-27T12:52:00Z

Got a kid in your life who is creative and wants to win helmets for their entire classroom?? Then we have a contest for you! ThinkFirst is pleased to run our annual “I ThinkFirst!” Contest for 2012! Working with TD ThinkFirst For Kids, we want to know how the kids in your life think first before participating in their favourite activities! All creative projects are welcome and must be post-marked before/on March 02, 2012. More contest details are below and on our website at www.thinkfirst.ca! If you have any questions, please contact Greer Brabazon, National Program Coordinator, in the ThinkFirst national office for details: greer@thinkfirst.ca. What do I submit?We invite students, classrooms, and schools to submit creative art projects explaining in their own words how and why they think first. These projects can include photos, paintings, videos, poems, posters, short stories, songs or collages. We’re asking kids:

What did you learn about preventing injury?
Why is it important to think first?

Who can enter?

The contest is open to all children and youth under the age of 18 who live in Canada and to all Canadian schools teaching students from JK to Grade 8. Note that the TD TFFK program is aimed at JK through Grade 8.

What can I win?

You could win one of three exciting prizes, like helmets for your entire class.
Your art could also be used in future publications and on the ThinkFirst website.

When is the deadline?

Submissions must be postmarked by March 02, 2012.

Mail your entry to: I ThinkFirst! Contestc/o ThinkFirst Canada/ Pensez d’Abord CanadaSuite 3-314, 750 Dundas Street WestToronto, ON, M6J 3S3

Active & Safe Initiative - Brain Injury Prevention in Team Sports in Canada

2012-01-27T12:50:00Z

ThinkFirst Pensez d’Abord Canada (TFC) is pleased to announce their collaboration with The Canadian Centre for Ethics and Sport (CCES), Coaching Association of Canada (CAC), Hockey Canada on a national project aimed at reducing brain injuries in team sports in Canada as part of the federal government’s Active and Safe Initiative.

Despite their ability to positively influence the health and well-being of Canadians, sports activities contribute to a significant number of injuries among children and youth, yet many of those injuries are predictable and preventable. With the support of the Public Health Agency of Canada, the project partners will work together to reduce injuries, particularly as it relates to brain injuries and concussions, while creating the conditions for active and safer play throughout the Canadian sport system. The project will produce an increased national awareness of head injury and concussion know-how, targeting coaches, trainers, educators, health professionals, community leaders, parents and athletes.

Each project partner brings a unique network, reach, expertise, and set experiences to the initiative that will combine to effectively reach Canadians across a broad geographic scope and will provide opportunities to engage a host of individuals through active engagement opportunities and to train those who directly administer the sport experience to millions of children and youth across Canada. Overall, the project partners’ combined efforts will contribute to creating awareness, building capacity, engaging communities and their citizens as well as educating and training those who deliver sports through activities that focus on brain injury and concussion prevention and treatment using a common, united, consistent and reliable message.

To view the news release(s):

http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/media/nr-rp/2012/2012_0119-eng.php

http://thinkfirst.ca/aboutus/documents/IPAnnoucement-TFCreleaseJanuary19thFINAL.pdf

coverage: http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/01/19/pol-concussion-funding.html

SSNS March 28 - 30 Annual Safety Conferences - registration open

2012-01-23T16:46:00Z

The most anticipated learning and networking events of the year are here!

Safety Services Nova Scotia’s 30^th Annual HSE Conference and Tradeshow, March 28-30 and the 3^rd Annual Road Safety Conference, March 27.

Please follow the links below to access a copy of the program for either event.

Occupational Health Safety & Environment Conference http://tinyurl.com/HSE-Program

Road Conference http://tinyurl.com/Road-Program

To register, visit www.safetyservicesns.ca , click on ROAD OR OHS and follow the links. Or contact us at 902-454-9621, for questions or assistance with registration.

Safety Services Nova Scotia looks forward to meeting you at one or both of these outstanding events!

BCIRPU 2012 Web Conference Schedule

2012-01-04T15:57:00Z

The BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit is offering the following web conferences on various intentional and unintentional injury topics throughout 2012. To register or for more details go to: http://www.injuryresearch.bc.ca/categorypages.aspx?catid=7&catname=Teleconference%20Registration

Session 1: January 19, 2012

Presenter: Dr. Maureen Dobbins

Title: Facilitating Evidence-Informed Injury Prevention Strategies in Canada

Session 2: March 15, 2012

Presenter: Mr. Neil Arason

Title: Countermeasures to Improve Pedestrian Safety: A report produced by a working group of CCMTA

Session 3: May 17, 2012

Presenter: Dr. Shelina Babul

Title: Concussion in Sport? The Need for Standardized Care in BC.

Session 4: September 20, 2012

Presenter: Ms. Dammy Damstrong Albach

Title: Suicide Intervention & Risk Assessment: Review & Update

Session 5: October 18, 2012

Presenter: Ms. Morag MacKay

Title: Child Safety Action Planning in Europe

Session 6: November 15, 2012

Presenter: Dr. Bonnie Leadbeater

Title: Mental Health of Children & Adolescents, Peer Violence Prevention and the WITS Program

New online concussion resource from Think First Canada

2012-01-04T15:51:00Z

CONCUSSION: SILENT EPIDEMIC IN YOUTH SPORT

New online training course by ThinkFirst Canada can protect young players from serious long term health consequences

Toronto, ON, December 15, 2011 - ThinkFirst Concussion Education Online is now immediately accessible to Canadians, thanks to the collaborative efforts of ThinkFirst Pensez d'Abord Canada and Safe Communities Canada, two not-for-profit organizations dedicated to injury prevention. Dr. Charles Tator, founder of ThinkFirst Canada and widely known for his strong public profile on brain injury and sport, celebrates this launch as an opportunity to provide comprehensive online concussion education, accessible across Canada.

Dr. Charles Tator notes, "The decisions made following an impact to the head are extremely important and too often we see young players being left in the game when they should be removed and assessed by a physician. Also, some players return to play before they have fully recovered from a concussion."

Now, parents, teachers, coaches, trainers and youth athletes can learn more about concussion prevention by taking ThinkFirst Concussion Education Online. Course content is based on material reviewed by ThinkFirst Canada's Concussion Education and Awareness Committee, a group which includes neurosurgeons, researchers, and leaders in sport-injury prevention. The course can be completed in less than an hour, from any location, with technical support available 24/7. Participants who pass the course test can download and print a Certificate of Completion.

Misunderstanding about the nature of concussion can result in unsafe choices for player health, and lead to more serious, long-term health consequences. A concussion is a brain injury and education is a key component to protecting young athletes’ health. This includes learning how to recognize a concussion as well as how to properly manage a safe and healthy return to play. This online initiative, in addition to ThinkFirst Canada’s concussion education resources, will help parents, coaches, trainers and teachers to gain the knowledge and confidence to make appropriate in-the-moment decisions and the understand the return to play protocol for concussion - every time, in every sport.

Both ThinkFirst Canada and Safe Communities Canada believe that Canadians want to learn more about preventing injury and that they will take the personal initiative to take concussion training if it is affordable and convenient. “Build it and they will come” is more than the catch phrase from an old baseball movie. It is the heartfelt belief of two organizations dedicated to injury prevention.

ThinkFirst.ca before you play and return to play.

Contact:

Information about the delivery of ThinkFirst Concussion Education Online:

Kim Scaravelli Program Specialist, Safe Communities Canada http://www.safecommunities.ca

Tel: 1-855-423-4628 or (902) 221-0256 Email: kscaravelli@safecommunities.ca

Information about ThinkFirst Canada Programs and Resources:

Paula Tymchyshyn National Program Coordinator, ThinkFirst Pensez d’Abord Canada www.thinkfirst.ca Tel: 1-800-355-6076 ext. 222 Email: paula@thinkfirst.ca

Do you need helmets?

2011-11-24T18:42:00Z

Looking to purchase helmets? Safe Kids Canada and Canadian manufacturer, Seven Star Sports, announce a new relationship to provide low-cost helmets for all sports, including cycling, skiing, snowboarding and hockey. A portion of all sales will go to supporting Safe Kids Canada. Visit our website to download an order form and view the models available. Please share this with your family, friends and colleagues!

Sincerely,

Safe Kids Canada

For more information and to download an order form, please click on the link below:

http://www.safekidscanada.ca/Professionals/Tools-and-Resources/Helmet-Order-Forms/Order-helmets.aspx

CPHA Call for Abstracts

2011-11-03T11:37:00Z

Conference Presentations

Abstracts accepted for the CPHA 2012 Annual Conference may be presented in the form of either an Oral or Poster Presentation. Submission of an abstract implies the submitter’s agreement to register for the conference, pay the appropriate conference registration fee, and make this presentation as scheduled.

Oral presentations
Oral presentations will focus on issues related to research, practice and policy. Each presentation will be 10 minutes followed by a 5-minute discussion period.

Posters
Each poster will be displayed Tuesday-Thursday. Presenters will be asked to be available at their posters at designated times during the conference to answer questions. Posters may include photographs, statistical tables, figures, charts or other graphic material relevant to the project. The abstract should address: purpose of the study, methods or approach, and findings.

Submission Deadline: Friday, December 2, 2011. Go to www.cpha.ca for more information.

Embrace Life Campaign from YOURS - Youth for Road Safety

2011-11-03T11:24:00Z

The Embrace Life Campaign is our 2011 road safety campaign powered by YOURS-Youth for Road Safety. This year's campaign is all about appreciating life and recognizing that our actions to keep safe on the road has enabled us to live, while many have been taken on the road.

By embracing life, we hold the values of road safety high and move forward in life with road safety a priority in our minds. While we embrace life, we also remember the tragic loss of life on the road where many have lost loved ones. This campaign remembers them and in their name, we go forward promising to spread the message of road safety to help prevent future tragedies.

This year, we launch the 'Embrace Life' photo competition and you can take part today. The best entry will receive 1000 euros for their chosen road safety project and their photos will be used in YOURS publications as well as in our media. The best photos will be the most creative and innovative and captured in a poignant and positive light.

What is the Embrace Life Photo Competition?

We want you to show us how you embrace life! We all cherish the precious nature of life and we know that 1.3 million people are killed every year on the world's roads and millions more are seriously injured. So, as supporters of road safety, we want you to take a picture of yourself (and of your loved ones if you want) holding one of your favorite items showing that you embrace life and promise to stay safe on the road.

This can be done in two or more ways:

Reasons to embrace life: Embracing your own life by taking a picture holding your favorite item, this item will be something that symbolizes your love of life: (candle, flower) or an object of choice (family picture, football or other sport item, indispensable item: mobile, pen and pad, paint brush and easel, a young family member, baby etc)
Remembering a road crash victim by holding a photo of them or holding their favorite possession and taking a a photo of this.
Taking a picture of road safety in action - this could be a photo of you holding/wearing your hemlet, a seatbelt or even high visibility clothing. This is an option if you can't think of your favorite Embrace Life items!

We then want you to send us your photo via email to embracelife@youthforroadsafety.org and add a 1 line description to the email for each photo telling us what your item is along with the following in the name of the photo file: name, age and country - e.g JoeBloggs19Canada.

All information can be found in our instruction video!

We will then brand the photos like this...(example as above) and use them in an online photo exhibition as well as create a publication and exhibit the photos in hard copy at our next YOURS events.

By taking part in this campaign, you embrace the value of road safety by appreciating what you hold dear in your life; we realize that the things we hold dear in our lives mean nothing if we are not here to appreciate them. By taking a photo of yourself and your loved ones, you commit to safeguarding your lives while on the road and promise to follow road safety commitments so that you can continue to embrace life and enjoy it.

Deadline is November 13, 2011. Go to www.youthforroadsafety.org for more information.

New Community Water Safety Campaign Project

2011-10-31T18:40:00Z

On October 13, the Minister of Health, the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, has confirmed the approval for funding of a project proposal jointly submitted by the Royal Lifesaving Canada and the Canadian Red Cross. Entitled Community Water Activity Safety Campaign (CWASC) the project is a significant national drowning prevention effort funded under the Active and Safe Injury Prevention Initiative. The Lifesaving Society and the Red Cross will, in the next 18 months, engaged more than 250 communities across the country in a major educational initiative to increase the safety of the youth (0-19) near, on and in the water. The Lifesaving Society and Red Cross want to sustain ongoing awareness and lifejacket access in communities to prevent drowning and reduce incidents of near drowning. Supported by social marketing tools, the campaign intent is to disseminate 25,000 lifejackets package with educational resources kit particularly in rural, remote, northern and open-water communities.The project is inspired by successful similar campaigns run by the Lifesaving Society in Manitoba and Alberta and by Red Cross throughout Atlantic Canada. The funding contribution agreement has been signed and we are already working on the staffing process. Next week you should see a job posting for the Project Manager position. We plan to start the initiation phase of the project at the beginning of November and more details will be released at that time.The Lifesaving Society and the Red Cross would like to thank the Canadian Government for this $1.46 M contribution. We also wish to commend the excellent work of the proposal team composed of Barbara Kusyanto from Alberta, Carl Shier from Manitoba, Shelley Dalke and Caroline Tees from British Columbia.

Further details will be shared as the campaign progresses.

Child Passenger Safety Symposium/Symposium sur la sécurité des enfants en voiture --November 15 2011

2011-10-19T11:45:00Z

Hello/Bonjour:

English:

Safe Kids Canada and the AUTO21 Research Team invite you to attend a Child Passenger Safety Symposium on November 15, 2011 from 9:00AM – 4:00PM in Vancouver, British Columbia. This is a pre-conference session attached to the National Injury Prevention Conference. You may also attend the session by web-conferencing from the convenience of your own community. Please see the attached advertisements for more information or contact Kristen.gane@sickkids.ca.

Everyone is welcome to attend this session. However registration for “on-site” attendance is required due to space limitations. Registration for the web-conferencing option is also required. There is no fee for either option. Please contact Kristen Gane at kristen.gane@sickkids.ca to register. Indicate whether you will be attending in person or by web-conferencing. There may be some locations where participants will have the option of coming together in groups for the web-conferencing in order to network with each other and to more actively participate in the discussions. If you are willing to host one of these group sessions, please contact Kim Mundle at kim.mundle@iwk.nshealth.ca .

Francais:

SécuriJeunes Canada et l’équipe de chercheurs d’AUTO21 vous invite à assister au Symposium sur la sécurité des enfants en voiture le 15 novembre 2011 de 9h à 16h, à Vancouver, Colombie-Britannique. Ceci est une session pré-conférence attachée à la Conférence canadienne sur la prévention des traumatismes et la promotion de la santé. Vous pouvez aussi assister à la session par conférence Web dans le confort de votre communauté. S’il vous plait, regardez les advertisement attaché ou contacter Kristen Gane à kristen.gane@sickkids.ca pour l’inscription.

Tous sont bienvenus à participer à cette session. Par contre, dus aux nombres de places limitées, une inscription est requise pour ceux désirant assister sur place. L’inscription pour la conférence Web est aussi requise. Il n’y a aucun frais pour l’une ou l’autre des options. S.V.P. contacter Kristen Gane à kristen.gane@sickkids.ca pour l’inscription. Veuillez mentionner si vous serez présent sur place ou si vous utiliserez le service de conférence Web. Il pourrait y avoir des endroits où les participants auront l’option de se regrouper pour la conférence Web afin de réseauter et de participer plus activement aux discussions. Si vous voulez être l’hôte d’une de ces sessions de groupe, S.V.P. contacter Kim Mundle à kim.mundle@iwk.nshealth.ca.

Protect Your Melon: Snow Sport Helmets Round 2

2011-10-19T11:37:00Z

Café Scientifique
Nov. 16, 2011 from 1-4pm
Stanley Park Room II, Westin Bayshore Hotel in Vancouver

ACIP is pleased to be supporting Protect your Melon: Snow Sport Helmets – Round 2 which will be held in conjunction with the Canadian Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Conference and continue the discussion from the 2009 Café Put a Lid On It. Warm drinks and light refreshments will be served at Café style tables designed to set an “après ski” ambiance. A local media celebrity will introduce our panelists: Alison Macpherson, York University; Brent Hagel, University of Calgary; and Shelina Babul, University of British Columbia who will discuss the research related to helmet use, from both an engineering and behavioural perspective. This will be followed by a short Q & A from the audience, before breaking out into a World Café style discussion of powerful questions that will tap divergent thinking and allow for generation of collective wisdom.

Please RSVP: gscime@cw.bc.ca

CMRSC 2012 Call for Papers

2011-09-30T18:39:00Z

Canadian Multidisciplinary Road Safety Conference XXII

Conférence canadienne multidisciplinaire sur la sécurité routière XXII

Call for Papers / Demande de communications

Abstracts by October 31, 2011 / Résumés avant le 31 octobre 2011

Conference - June 10-13, 2012, Banff, Alberta

Conférence- Le juin 10-13, 2012, Banff, Alberta

The organizing committee for the 22nd Canadian Multidisciplinary Road Safety Conference is inviting authors to submit abstracts on a road safety topic for presentation at next year’s meeting. The conference is aimed at everyone who works in road safety including health professionals, engineers, government officials, crash reconstructionists, insurers, researchers, enforcement, and more. International delegates are particularly encouraged to attend this conference.

The theme for the conference is ‘Safe roads for everyone – Coming together from all directions’. The theme emphasizes the importance of sharing strategies whose aim is safe roads for all road users by focusing on lowering crashes among over represented groups. Through our different viewpoints delegates can address the issue of road safety ‘coming from different directions’. The theme will be highlighted at the conference by means of panel discussions and the plenary sessions.

One week before CIPSPC registration fee rises $100!

2011-09-30T18:31:00Z

Our special discount offer ends Oct. 7, for the Canadian Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Conference, to be held Nov. 16-18, 2011, in beautiful, downtown Vancouver. Remember, here’s what the conference hosts have negotiated for you, good only until Oct. 7:

A $100 registration discount for the Conference; and
A deal with Air Canada for a 10% discount off its Tango Plus fares for Conference participants only. See the registration page athttp://www.injurypreventionconference.ca/ for the special promotion code to use when booking at http://www.aircanada.com/

This Conference is designed to appeal to everyone with an interest in preventing injury. Hear from leading experts from Canada and around the world and attend sessions in these topic streams: Aboriginal issues, sports injury, motor vehicle, surveillance, determinants of health, workplace, falls, trauma and social media.

Visit http://www.injurypreventionconference.ca/ for details, including confirmed speakers, and register soon to take advantage of the savings and to ensure your stay in the Conference hotel, the well-appointed Westin Bayshore on Vancouver’s waterfront.

Reminder: CCCIP Accepting Nominations for Award for Collaborative Excellence

2011-09-20T18:38:00Z

The CCCIP is still accepting nominations for the Award for Collaborative Excellence. The deadline for the award has been extended until September 30, 2011. To learn more about the award or for information on how to make a nomination, please go to www.cccip.ca.

The CCCIP Award for Collaborative Excellence will recognize a Collaborative that has systematically identified a significant injury challenge, that has recognized that the best approach for addressing that challenge is a collaborative one, that has worked together effectively to address it. The core of any effective collaboration is the quality of the relationships amongst its partners and this nomination process assumes from the outset that those quality relationships exist in each nominated Collaborative, and it requires that they be articulated. A second underlying assumption of this award is that it is project based.

Update from the 11th World Conference on Injury Prevention & Safety Promotion

2011-09-20T14:39:00Z

Kia ora!

On behalf of the National Organising Committee we wish to thank all of those who have registered their interest for the 11th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion, taking place in Wellington, New Zealand on 1 - 4 October 2012. For this inaugural newsletter we would like to give you an overview of the conference, as well as New Zealand, and provide you with further programme details and important dates.

What is the Safety 2012 World Conference?
It’s the 11th biennial, international conference on injury prevention and safety promotion, co-sponsored by the World Health Organization.

The conference will bring together the world’s leading injury prevention and safety researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and advocates, to debate, discuss and share information and experience.

Theme for 2012 conference
The key theme of Safety 2012 is Connecting pathways for a vibrant and safer future. This theme reflects the intellectual and philosophic approach towards injury prevention of the host country New Zealand’s injury prevention sector. It’s also consistent with the aspirations of the WHO Western-Pacific Region Framework for Action on Injury and Violence Prevention 2008-2013.

Who’s organising the 2012 event?
Safety 2012 is organised by the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC), Safe Communities Foundation New Zealand (SCFNZ), and the University of Otago’s Injury Prevention Research Unit (IPRU). Numerous partners and colleagues in New Zealand, Australia, and internationally will also contribute to the planning and success of the conference.

We are delighted to release further details of the conference programme, now available via the programme page of the conference website www.safety2012.org.nz

You will also find details of the Satellite Meetings that have been confirmed pre and post-conference.

Important Dates

September 2011	Call for abstracts & scholarship application submissions open
February 2012	Online registrations open
March 2012	Call for abstracts & scholarship application submissions close
August 2012	Early bird registration closes
1 - 4 October 2012	Safety 2012 World Conference

Sponsorship & Exhibition Opportunities

A range of sponsorship opportuntities and an exhibition floor plan are currently being confirmed and a full Sponsorship and Exhibition Prospectus will be available on the conference website in the next few weeks. Should you wish to register your interest in becoming a sponsor or exhibitor, we invite you to contact our Conference Manager:

Kelly Taylor
Conference Manager
Conference Innovators
T: + 64 3 379 0390
E: kelly@conference.co.nz

Fall seat sale – join us at CIPSPC!

2011-09-08T11:29:00Z

The kids are back in school – and now that you’re back to work, it’s time to think about investing in your education. To make your decision even easier, Canada’s injury prevention leaders have organized their version of a seat sale to their 2011 national Conference.

This special discount offer starts now and ends Oct. 7, for the Canadian Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Conference, to be held Nov. 16-18, 2011, in beautiful, downtown Vancouver. Here’s what the conference hosts have negotiated for you, good only until Oct. 7:

· A $100 registration discount for the Conference; and

· A deal with Air Canada for a 10% discount off its Tango Plus fares for Conference participants only. See www.injurypreventionconference.ca for the special promotion code to use when booking at www.aircanada.com

This Conference is designed to appeal to everyone with an interest in preventing injury. Hear from leading experts from Canada and around the world and attend sessions in these topic streams: Aboriginal issues, sports injury, motor vehicle, surveillance, determinants of health, workplace, falls, trauma and social media.

Visit www.injurypreventionconference.ca for details, including confirmed speakers, and register soon to take advantage of the savings and to ensure your stay in the Conference hotel, the well-appointed Westin Bayshore on Vancouver’s waterfront.

For more information, contact Hans Kung at hans.kung@pr1me.ca or 604-689-3446, ext. 450.

Child Safety Link Launches Falls Prevention Information on Professionals' Website

2011-09-06T18:21:00Z

The professionals' section of Child Safety Link's website now features new information about children's falls prevention. The new section includes:

- Maritime Falls Prevention Strategy for Children and Youth

- Good practices, near and far

- Networks and resources in your community

- Downloadable tools and more!

For more information please contact Child Safety Link toll free at 1-866-288-1388 or visit www.professional.childsafetylink.ca

Canadian Falls Prevention Curriculum E-Learning - Registration Open!

2011-08-16T13:34:00Z

Registration is now open for the next Canadian Falls Prevention Curriculum (CFPC) E-Learning session, scheduled for October 14 – November 12, 2011. Registration is available online at http://distance.uvic.ca/login/cfpc.htm

Join the SMARTRISK Youth Advisory Team

2011-08-10T17:39:00Z

What is SMARTRISK?
SMARTRISK is a national organization dedicated to preventing injuries and saving lives by helping Canadians to see and manage the risks in their lives. One of SMARTRISK's lead programs is No Regrets, a peer leadership program that operates in over 100 high schools across Canada.

What does the Youth Advisory Team (YAT) do?
The YAT are a group of youth, aged 16-25, who assist SMARTRISK youth staff and No Regrets teams across Canada in their work to help young people learn the importance of taking smart risks. Team members use their knowledge of what works with their peers to help SMARTRISK staff develop, implement and improve youth focused projects and initiatives.

Why should I join YAT?
YAT members enjoy:

Opportunities to take part in injury prevention, health promotion and leadership projects
Valuable volunteer experience and volunteer hours for secondary school
A reference letter and professional experience on resume
Honorarium paid to each member on an annual basis

Applications are due September 2, 2011
Visit us at www.smartrisknoregrets.ca

Road Safety Research and Outreach Contribution Program/Programme de contribution de recherche et de promotion

2011-06-01T13:13:00Z

A Message from the Road Users' Division of Transport Canada:

We would like to take this opportunity to tell you that we are now accepting applications for the Road Safety Research and Outreach Contribution Program. Applicable projects will support Canada’s Road Safety Strategy 2015 (http://ccmta.ca/crss-2015/index.php). Applications are due on June 21, 2011. Further information can be found at (http://www.tc.gc.ca/eng/roadsafety/roadsafety-1171.htm).

Road Users’ Division

Transport Canada

Bonne après-midi,

Nous aimerions saisir cette opportunité pour vous dire que nous acceptons maintenant les demandes pour le programme de contribution de recherche et de promotion en matière de sécurité routière. Les projets admissibles porteront support à la Stratégie 2015 sur la sécurité routière au Canada (http://ccmta.ca/crss-2015/index.php?lang=fr_CA). La date d’échéance pour recevoir les demandes est le 21 Juin 2011. De plus amples informations peuvent être trouvées au (http://www.tc.gc.ca/fra/securiteroutiere/securiteroutiere-1171.htm).

Division des usagers de la route

Transports Canada

Innovation at Work RFP 2011

2011-06-01T12:38:00Z

Request for Proposals 2011
INNOVATION AT WORK

WorkSafeBC is pleased to issue a second Request for Proposals for INNOVATION AT WORK, in partnership with the Workers' Compensation Boards of Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan, and New Brunswick; the Workplace Health, Safety and Compensation Commission of Newfoundland and Labrador; and Alberta Employment and Immigration.

WorkSafeBC is dedicated to achieving a vision of workers and workplaces safe and secure from injury, illness and disease. To achieve this vision, WorkSafeBC, together with its partners, must encourage and support the development and use of the best scientific evidence on issues that workers, employers, and the organization itself face in seeking to prevent injury and illness, to return injured workers to health and to work, and to provide fair compensation.

To this end, WorkSafeBC offers research grants under its program FOCUS ON TOMORROW. Under its category INNOVATION AT WORK, grants are made available to a broader group of applicants (including workplace parties, unions, employer organizations, and educators). These grants are intended to support research for the development of new knowledge and/or practical problem-solving at the workplace level. Principal Applicants must be Canadian residents.

Notice of intent deadline: July 4, 2011.

Application deadline: August 8, 2011.

For further information the research program, please visit http://www.worksafebc.com/contact_us/research/default.asp

WHO releases new series of short courses on violence and injury prevention

2011-05-30T12:08:00Z

Violence and injury prevention short courses provide a complete training resource for facilitators around the world. Each course addresses a specific injury or violence area and is designed to be delivered over 2-5 days. These "trainings in a box" can be downloaded from our website free of charge: http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/capacitybuilding/courses/en/index.html

Four courses are available for download at the moment:

· Child maltreatment prevention

· Intimate partner and sexual violence prevention

· Trauma care system planning and management

· Trauma care quality improvement

Each short course follows the same modular format and contains: a facilitator's guide to orient the facilitator to the material; training modules which include PowerPoint presentations and notes for facilitators; and supporting resources such as handouts and case studies. The courses have been developed on the basis of a wide range of WHO materials and additional courses will be developed in the future.

To download course materials, visit http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/capacitybuilding/courses/en/index.html.

World Health Assembly adopts resolution targeted at saving the lives of children from injury

2011-05-24T14:12:00Z

Today, the Sixty-fourth World Health Assembly adopted a resolution on child injury prevention, the first ever on the topic. The resolution, spurred by the WHO/UNICEF World report on child injury prevention, provides a platform to support action on preventing child injuries, which are the leading cause of death for children over the age of 5 years. More than 830,000 children die each year from road traffic crashes, drowning, burns, falls and poisoning.

The resolution urges Member States to prioritize the prevention of child injuries; implement the recommendations of the World report on child injury prevention; and develop and put into practice a multisectoral policy and plan of action with realistic targets. It calls upon the WHO Director-General to collaborate with Member States in establishing science-based policies to prevent child injury; to encourage research, build capacity, and mobilize resources for child injury prevention; and to continue providing technical support to countries to develop and implement child injury prevention measures and strengthen emergency and rehabilitation services. The resolution also calls upon the WHO Director-General to establish a network with organizations of the United Nations system, international development partners and nongovernmental organizations to ensure effective coordination and implementation of activities for child injury prevention.

In adopting the resolution, around 20 Member States voiced their strong support for the initiative, many making note of the toll that injuries take on the lives of children in their countries. The delegate from Bangladesh noted that child injury is a "national catastrophe", while the delegate from the United States stated that child injury prevention should be part of each country's plan for child and adolescent health and that child injury prevention should be integrated within child survival programming.

The adoption of this historic resolution by the World Health Assembly is a landmark accomplishment, as it firmly frames child injury as a major child survival issue and highlights the need to expand child survival programming and financing streams to include child injury prevention.

Notice of ACIP Annual General Meeting

2011-05-24T12:32:00Z

ACIP's annual general meeting will be held Thursday, June 9 at 3:00 pm Atlantic, 3:30 pm Newfoundland via teleconference. Supporting materials and forms for proxy voting will be sent out in advance.

CHNET-Works – New upcoming “Fireside Chats” on health

2011-05-24T12:29:00Z

Hosting weekly Fireside Chats: FREE pan-Canadian discussions
For population health professionals and stakeholder sectors
No registration fees, no travel costs or green house gas emissions. Sharing leading edge research and application |
Supporting discussions, mobilization and networking

Participants join in via simultaneous Telephone and Internet 'conferences'.
A backup PowerPoint Presentation is available on the day of the 'chat'

We hope you will join in the Fireside chats and share the information with your colleagues.
We would love to have a picture of your group showing participation in a Fireside Chat - to post on www.chnet-works.ca (you'll be anonymous and 'famous')

More Fireside Chat audio recordings have been posted for 2010 and 2011

NEW Section below re: 'FYI' Some Resources of Value

'How to register' click here

View Full List of Upcoming Fireside Chats

Date/Time Check your Time Zone	Fireside Chat Title (click on the title for more info)
May 18, 2:00-3:30 PM Eastern Time	From Cradle to Spirit World – Cultural Context of Identifying and Supporting Aboriginal People with Disabilities: FASD and Alzheimer Debbie Dedam-Montour, Executive Director, National Indian & Inuit Community Health Representatives Organization (NIICHRO) Robin Shawanoo, Alzheimer Society's First Nations First Link Program, Oneida First Nation of the Thames ________________________________
May19,1:00-2:30 PM Eastern Time	Racial Discrimination + Employment insecurity = Poor Health Yogendra Shakya, Access Alliance Multicultural Health and Community Services and Dalla Lana School of Public Health ________________________________
May 26, 1:00-2:00 PM Eastern Time	Public Health and Land Use Planning Kimberly Perrotta BES, MHSc Clean Air Partnership (CAP) ________________________________
June 8 2:00-3:00 PM Eastern Time	Linking Transportation, Air Quality, Climate Change and Health Impacts Dr. Michael Brauer School of Population and Public Health The University of British Columbia ________________________________
June 15, 1:00-2:00 PM Eastern Time	Urban Landscapes: health or health inequalities Elizabeth Kristjansson Faculty of Social Sciences, School of Psychology, University of Ottawa ________________________________
June 23, 1:00-2:00 PM Eastern Time	The Rich and the Rest of Us Armine Yalnizyan, Senior Economist Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives ________________________________
June 28, 1:00-2:00 PM Eastern Time	The Registry of Methods and Tools: Accessing knowledge translation resources to improve public health practice Jaime Brown, PhD, Research Coordinator, NCCMT and Sunita Chera, Research Assistant, NCCMT
	*More Fireside Chats to be posted*

Partner with CHNET-Works!: All Fireside Chats are in partnership with organizations in Population Health and Stakeholders. CHNET-Works! operates on a cost-recovery or cost-sharing basis. We are now scheduling Fireside Chats for Sept - Dec 2011.

Host a Fireside Chat Group in your community!
1. Invite colleagues in your organization and networks.
2. Book a conference room (teleconference and internet access) in your organization or community.
3. Use the Fireside Chat to support discussions and mobilization with your colleagues.

FYI: Some Resources of Value:
"Integrating Social Determinants of Health and Health Equity into Canadian Public Health Practice: Environmental Scan 2010" by the NCC-DH:
http://www.nccdh.ca/supportfiles/Environmental-Scan-2010.pdf

Could you survive for a week on a Food Hamper Diet? The Food Providers Networking Group and Kingston Community Roundtable on Poverty Reduction invite you to follow the Do the Math participants throughout the week as they blog about their experiences. www.dothemathkingston.com/index.html

Canadian Child Safety Good Practice Guide Released

2011-05-24T12:19:00Z

The Canadian Edition of the Child Safety Good Practice Guide provides the first seminal, comprehensive document in the country from which decision-makers, practitioners and legislators can base their work and recommendations. It is designed to enable Canadian injury prevention practitioners to examine Canadian strategy options for unintentional child injury, move away from what has ‘always been done’ and move toward good investments - strategies that are known to work or have the greatest probability of success.

This document is based on the 2006 European Child Safety Good Practice Guide, which was launched by the European Child Safety Alliance (the Alliance) in order to provide guidance on proven, effective injury prevention strategies. Safe Kids Canada formally partnered with the Alliance to bring the Guide to Canada.

Evidence-based good practices are provided in this guide for those considering uptake, transfer and implementation of specific strategies or interventions. In particular, evidence "at-a-glance” tables include referenced evidence statements and transfer / implementation points on 11 child safety topics, and 17 case studies demonstrate ‘real world’ success in at least one Canadian context.

To see the online resource, please visit the link below.

English

http://www.safekidscanada.ca/Professionals/Tools-and-Resources/Guide/Good-Practice-Guide.aspx

French

http://www.safekidscanada.ca/Professionnels/Outils-et-ressources/Guide/Guide-bonnes-pratiques.aspx

CDC Recommends Against Privatization of Alcohol Sales

2011-04-12T16:18:00Z

The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC)'s Task Force on Community Preventive Services announced the decision and rationale for recommending against further privatization of alcohol sales. The website states, "Based on its charge to identify effective disease and injury prevention measures, the
<http://www.thecommunityguide.org/about/task-force-members.html> Task Force on Community Preventive Services <http://www.thecommunityguide.org/about/methods.html#categories> recommends against the further privatization of alcohol sales in settings with current
government control of retail sales, based on strong evidence that privatization results in increased per capita alcohol consumption, a well-established proxy for excessive consumption."

The Task Force finding, presented on the CDC website, was made in February 2011. It was based on a systematic review of all available studies, conducted on behalf of the Task Force by a team of specialists in systematic review methods, and in research, practice and policy related to excessive alcohol consumption.

The following link will take you to the statement and rationale for this decision.

http://www.thecommunityguide.org/alcohol/RRprivatization.html

Abstract Submission Deadline Extended - Canadian Injury Prevention & Safety Promotion Conference

2011-04-08T12:20:00Z

The deadline for abstract submission for the Canadian Injury Prevention & Safety Promotion Conference has been extended to April 30, 2011. To submit your abstract or for more information please go to www.injurypreventionconference.ca .

Brain Injury Association of PEI - Facebook Conversation on mTBI

2011-04-08T12:17:00Z

Over the last number of years brain injuries has been brought to the forefront by professional athletes receiving concussions(mTBI) or locally by the Brain Injury Association and their presentation on prevention and awareness, by Operation Headway raising the issue of bike helmets and by Island Police all doing there thing to raise awareness and other events in the communities. There is still more to be done.

Recently researchers have given the name mTBI to concussion, reffering to a mild Traumatic Brain Injury

The Brain Injury Association has created a discussion on their facebook page where we would like to involve you. Be it concussions(mTBI) in hockey or helmet legislation or anything in-between we would like to hear from you.

New federal funding for injury prevention in children's sports and recreation

2011-03-18T13:16:00Z

On behalf of the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, Minister Lunn announced the Government's support for injury prevention initiatives in sports and recreation among children and youth.

The Government of Canada is providing $5 million over two years to non-governmental organizations involved in injury prevention and sports and recreation, for injury prevention initiatives that will reach Canadians children, youth and families in the communities where they live and play. The "Active and Safe" initiative will focus on the prevention of serious injuries such as concussions and drowning and will focus on high participation sports and recreational activities. This initiative is part of the Government's ongoing commitment to the health of children and youth.

I hope that your organization and others involved in injury prevention and safe sports and recreation for young Canadians will welcome this announcement. Over the next few weeks, the Public Health Agency of Canada will have additional information on the "Active and Safe" initiative, including opportunities for organizations to participate.

Public Health Surveillance Course - University of Alberta

2011-03-18T13:12:00Z

The University of Alberta, School of Public Health, will be offering a series of Public Health Surveillance courses in Edmonton, Alberta from May 30 - June 14, 2011. Courses will range from two to five days.

Registration is open, information can be found in the attached announcement and at the websites provided below.

Additional details are available on the course web-page,

http://www.publichealth.ualberta.ca/en/pd/surveillance.aspx

The courses are designed for front-line public health staff and will have an applied focus. It will be of interest to nurses, health inspectors, physicians, health system managers, health system planners, and policymakers. The courses will cover the fundamentals of planning, implementing and evaluating surveillance systems for communicable and non-communicable diseases, injury, and risk factors. They will also provide practical knowledge in the use of modeling, geographic information systems, and communication and dissemination.

Faculty lecturers are from:

Alberta Health and Wellness

Alberta Health Services

McMaster University

U. S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Public Health Agency of Canada.

University of Alberta, Faculty of Nursing University of Alberta, School of Public Health University of Calgary, Faculty of Medicine

For additional information, please contact Ashley Orleski (Ashley.Orleski@ualberta.ca).

Year of Road Safety - 2011

2011-03-02T20:50:00Z

The Canadian Global Road Safety Committee, where governments and stakeholders work together to improve national road safety, has declared 2011 to be the National Year of Road Safety in Canada. The year aims to raise public awareness and promote road safety across Canada. Transport Canada (TC) is currently the chair of the CGRSC.

The Canadian website for the National Year of Road Safety can be found at:

http://www.tc.gc.ca/roadsafety2011

http://www.tc.gc.ca/securiteroutiere2011

New ACIP Webinar - April 4th

2011-02-23T12:32:00Z

ACIP will be hosting a webinar on April 4^th at 2 pm Atlantic, 2:30 pm NL. Webinars are free for Atlantic Canadian injury prevention practitioners. To register for the webinar, email ACIP at jheatley@acip.ca The Impact of Alcohol Privatization on Alcohol Use and Related Harms: Lessons Learned from British Columbia

Presenter: Dr. Tim Stockwell, Director of the Centre for Addictions Research BC and Professor at the University of Victoria

Webinar: Dr. Tim Stockwell will present on recent research examining the public health impact of alcohol privatization in British Columbia. The study examined 20 types of alcohol-related death including injuries, suicide, strokes and cancers in 89 BC local health areas during a rapid rise in the number of private liquor stores between 2003 and 2008.

WHO Webinars - Violence and Injury Prevention

2011-02-17T21:25:00Z

World experts on topics such as child injury, injury surveillance, suicide prevention, intimate partner and sexual violence and others are providing high quality, interactive lectures in a webinar format. Webinars allow for sharing information and interaction with the presenter in real time, but archived recordings are also available for those who cannot attend. Registration is free and open to everyone. For a schedule of upcoming WHO-VIP webinars, please go to: http://www.who.int/violence_injury_prevention/capacitybuilding/webinars_schedule/en/index.html

Call for a National Suicide Prevention Strategy

2011-02-17T12:59:00Z

Halifax MP Megan Leslie has put forth a private member's bill calling for a National Suicide Prevention Strategy, first introduced in the House of Commons in November 2010. The Act directs the Federal government to establish a national suicide prevention strategy, in consultation with the provincial, territorial, and First Nations governments.

“Since introducing the bill, I have received calls and emails of support from individuals, organizations, and politicians across the country,” said Leslie. “The enormous impact suicide has on families, friends and communities is clear from the stories I’ve been hearing. There are many people out there working to prevent suicide, and we know from other countries that a coordinated national strategy would expand and strengthen their efforts.”

Each day ten people die as a result of suicide in Canada, with over 3500 Canadians dying each year. It is the third leading cause of death among 25 to 49 year olds, and the second leading cause of death in the 10 to 24 age group. The suicide rate for Aboriginal youth is four to six times higher than that of non-Aboriginal Canadians. Other vulnerable groups include seniors, and lesbian, gay and transgendered individuals.

Leslie is launching a campaign to build support for the bill which will include a letter, petition, postcard, and ways to participate through social media. The information and requests for endorsements will be sent to health care organizations, governments, community groups and individuals throughout the country.

“I want to let people know there is a way to communicate with the federal government,” said Leslie. “The need for suicide prevention efforts at a national level is a message that must be heard and acted upon.”

A Facebook page in support of a National Suicide Prevention Strategy has been set up at: http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/National-Suicide-Prevention-Strategy/198017713546416

Safe Kids Week 2011 - Child Passenger Safety - May 30-June 5

2011-02-17T12:52:00Z

Safe Kids Canada is the national injury prevention program of The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. Each year, sponsor Johnson & Johnson and Safe Kids Canada join forces to run a major national campaign called Safe Kids Week. The Safe Kids Week campaign raises awareness about a specific type of injury, and educates the public about prevention strategies. A different safety issue is chosen as the focus each year. The theme of Safe Kids Week 2011 is Child Passenger Safety.

To reach the campaign goals, Safe Kids Canada:

Coordinates a national media awareness campaign to capture public interest on the issue and to provide public education messages.
Provides support for community campaigns with downloadable educational materials and grants to assist organizations running local campaigns on the topic during Safe Kids Week.

To learn more about Safe Kids Week 2011 or to access resources please go to: http://www.safekidscanada.ca/Professionals/Programs/Safe-Kids-Week/Index.aspx

Communities Addressing Suicide Together HRM Information Meetings

2011-02-16T15:26:00Z

Is suicide prevention important to you? Has suicide affected you or someone you know? Do you believe that something needs to be done to prevent suicide in your community?

Communities Addressing Suicide Together, also known as CAST, helps the communities of Nova Scotia come together to address suicide: prevention, intervention & postvention. Attend one of the free Information Meetings taking place in Halifax Regional Municipality to find out what the initiative is all about, what CAST can help you to bring to your community and how you can get involved. Light refreshments will be provided.

1. Thursday March 31 @ 1:30pm

Keshen Goodman Library

Thomas Raddall Room

Clayton Park

2. Friday April 1 @ 1pm

Musquodobit Harbour Library

Program Room

3. Monday April 4 @ 3:30pm

Alderney Gate Library

Helen Creighton Room

Dartmouth

4. Tuesday April 5 @ 2 pm

Tantallon Library

Program Room

For more information or to RSVP

Angela Davis,

Coordinator, CAST `

CMHA-NS

Dartmouth, NS

(902) 466-6600

davisacmhans@eastlink.ca

Update - Decade of Action for Road Safety

2011-02-09T21:15:00Z

The years 2011-2020 have been declared a Decade of Action for Road Safety. Please visit the website www.decadeofaction.org to learn more about the campaign. The international day to launch the Decade is May 11, 2011.

Wear It Proud - Show Us Your Helmet Hair!

2011-02-09T21:13:00Z

What do all helmet-wearing skiers and snowboarders have in common? They all have really bad helmet hair!

Helmet use has risen dramatically over the last decade as winter athletes have become more aware of the benefits of helmet use, as well as the risks and consequences of sustaining a brain injury. In Nova Scotia, helmets are worn by 70-80% of skier s and snowboarders on the province’s three ski hills. Although pleased with the high rates of usage, the ski hill operators, in partnership with Canadian Ski Patrol and several injury prevention organizations, wanted a fun way to increase helmet wearing among those still not using helmets. As a result, the Wear It Proud campaign was developed to celebrate the official hair-do of Canadian winters – helmet hair. Wear It Proud asks Nova Scotia ski and snowboard helmet wearers to submit photos of their helmet hair to www.wearitproud.org where people can vote for the “best” worst hair. There are several great prizes for runners-up and the person with the most votes will win a ski trip to Mont Tremblant.

Research has shown that helmets are highly effective at preventing head injuries to skiers and snowboarders of all ages. Traumatic brain injuries are responsible for the majority of deaths on Canadian ski hills. Survivors of brain injuries may have permanent disabilities and often face a long and difficult recovery process. However when done safely skiing and snowboarding are wonderful ways for Canadians to enjoy winter and keep active. Increasing helmet use is thus an important part of keeping skiers and snowboarders safe on the slopes and is encouraged for people of all ages on all terrain.

Canada's New Road Safety Strategy

2011-01-31T12:25:00Z

OTTAWA, Jan. 26 /CNW/ - The Ministers Responsible for Transportation and Highway Safety have approved a new five-year Road Safety Strategy under which Canada will continue to strive to have the safest roads in the world. The strategy will be used by individual jurisdictions to develop federal/provincial/territorial action plans to address key highway safety concerns and priorities for their respective and unique situations.

Road Safety Strategy 2015 will carry on the progress that has been achieved in reducing fatalities and serious injuries on Canada's roads since 1996 when Canada's first road safety plan was introduced. The provisional fatality total for 2009 is 8.7% lower than the number of road users killed in traffic crashes during 2008 and represents a 25.1% reduction over the 1996-2001 baseline figure. This is the lowest death toll on record in Canada in more than 60 years.

The new Road Safety Strategy is the result of a broad collaborative effort between all levels of government, public and private road safety stakeholders and the enforcement community. It provides each province and territory with a wide variety of solutions to address key road safety risks - initiatives that are focused on road users, the vehicles they use and the roadway infrastructure on which they operate. The Canadian Council of Motor Transport Administrators (CCMTA) will lead the implementation of the strategy and support stakeholders in the process.

"This strategy represents Canada's desire to be a leader in road safety," said Chuck Strahl, the Federal Minister of Transport and Co-Chair of the Council of Ministers Responsible for Transportation and Highway Safety. "It highlights our ambition to have the best possible road safety outcomes for Canada."

"The number of road fatalities and serious injuries is declining nationwide," said Luke Ouellette, Minister of Transportation of Alberta and Co-Chair of the Council of Ministers Responsible for Transportation and Highway Safety. "These results are encouraging and we look forward to continued improvement over the next five years."

The unveiling of Road Safety Strategy 2015 coincides with the National Year of Road Safety in 2011, an ambitious undertaking which aims to raise public awareness and promote road safety activities nationwide. The Canadian Global Road Safety Committee, whose membership is made up of injury prevention and road safety professionals, is leading this initiative.

It is expected that Road Safety Strategy 2015 will continue to inspire all Canadians to work together toward the common objective of making Canada's roads the safest in the world. Road Safety Strategy 2015 will be officially launched at CCMTA's 2011 Annual Meeting, to be held May 15-19, 2011, in Victoria, B.C.

ROAD SAFETY STRATEGY 2015 - BACKGROUNDER http://ccmta.ca/english/pdf/RSS_2015_Backgrounder.pdf

CCMTA is a non-profit organization comprising representatives of the provincial, territorial and federal governments of Canada which makes decisions on administrative and operational matters dealing with licensing, registration and control of motor vehicle transportation and highway safety. It also comprises associate members whose expertise and opinions are sought in the development of strategies and programs.

For further information:

please visit www.roadsafetystrategy.ca or contact Valerie Todd, Programs Manager, CCMTA, tel.: (613) 736-1003 x 251; email: vtodd@ccmta.ca

Government of Canada's child health and safety campaign

2011-01-31T12:24:00Z

What’s the healthiest diet for your child? Is the car seat you bought right for your vehicle? How important are vaccinations in protecting children from disease?

Now you can access a wide range of dependable, up-to-date information on all kinds of topics in one place at: www.healthycanadians.gc.ca/kids/. A Government of Canada web site that features key information from Health Canada, the Public Health Agency of Canada, Transport Canada, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, and Public Safety Canada.

You will find information about toy safety, injury prevention, nutrition and care of infants, as well as the latest recalls and safety alerts. In addition to the website, tools such as a customized interactive booklet and a Facebook page are also available.

Visit the website regularly for news, information and advice about health and safety topics for your family!

WHO's Executive Board adopts resolution on child injury prevention

2011-01-31T12:21:00Z

During its 128th Session, the World Health Organization's Executive Board discussed a draft resolution on child injury prevention. Member States expressed strong support for the resolution, and the inclusion of child injury prevention within the child survival agenda. There were many strong statements of support from members of the Executive Board. Included amongst these were statements from China and the United States, which both made reference to the fact that it will be difficult to achieve Millennium Development Goal 4 to reduce child mortality in some countries without addressing child injury. Seychelles, speaking on behalf of the countries of the WHO African Region, added that investments and efforts made in immunization programmes and other infectious disease programming stand to be undone if children are to die a few short years later from injury. These three statements are illustrative only; globally the entire discussion was very supportive.

Following a number of proposed amendments - many of which either directly strengthened the resolution or made it more comprehensive - the resolution was adopted by the Executive Board on 24 January 2011. The resolution will now pass to the next session of the World Health Assembly (WHA) in May 2011 with the recommendation that it be adopted by the WHA.

The resolution may be further amended during the WHA, but currently calls for Member States to: prioritize the prevention of child injury and ensure necessary intersectoral coordination mechanisms are established or strengthened; ensure funding mechanisms for public health programmes for child survival or child health cover child injury prevention; and implement as appropriate the recommendations of the WHO/UNICEF World report on child injury prevention, among others. The resolution also requests the Director-General of the World Health Organization to: collaborate with United Nations organizations, international development partners and NGOs to establish a mechanism for communication and coordination of child injury; facilitate the adaptation of child injury prevention interventions from developed to developing settings; and support capacity building, data collection, and emergency care within Member States, among other initiatives.

For further information, please contact Dr David Meddings (meddingsd@who.int).

2011 Canadian Association of Suicide Prevention Conference - Call for Abstracts

2011-01-31T12:17:00Z

The Vancouver CASP Conference Planning Committee is honoured to host the 2011 Canadian Association of Suicide Prevention Conference – NEW CONVERSATIONS ON SUICIDALITY – on the shores of English Bay in beautiful Vancouver, BC, October 3-5, 2011. Join with people from across the country interested in exploring, expanding and building upon the spectrum of what is known about suicide; prevention, intervention, postvention and research. The intention of this conference is to generate inclusive dialogue and stimulate new conversations on all aspects of suicidality.

We are curious about conversations that explore such matters as:

Deepening our understanding of cultural issues related to suicidality including exploration of diverse forms of culture, cultural competence, and cultural safety
Innovative approaches to capacity building across the spectrum of care including family-centered approaches, shared care and collaborative practice models, crisis response, community follow-up and after care
Spotlighting new and promising practices and strength-based approaches in workplaces, institutions and/or community settings
Moving through crisis response and risk reduction helping to build lives worth living
Impacts of the CASP Blueprint, various provincial strategies and the work of The Mental Health Commission of Canada on suicide prevention

The deadline to submit abstracts is February 28, 2011. Please visit: http://www.casp2011.ca/Call_For_Abstracts.html for more information.

Update - Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020

2010-12-17T18:14:00Z

Launch: The launch date for the Decade has been set for 11 May 2011. Governments, international agencies, civil society organizations and private companies are encouraged to release their plans for the Decade on this day. If your plan for the Decade is finalized, please let us know by emailing traffic@who.int .

Plan: A Global Plan for the Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020 has been developed by the UN Road Safety Collaboration and revised based on comments from a number of stakeholders following open consultation through the Web. The Plan calls for action on the following: building road safety management capacity; upgrading the safety of road infrastructure; further developing the safety of vehicles; enhancing the behaviour of road users; and improving emergency services. Visit: http://www.who.int/roadsafety/decade_of_action/plan/en/index.html . Please make use of the Plan to guide you in identifying the types of activities you will support during the Decade.

Symbol: The symbol for the Decade - the yellow road safety tag - has been finalized in the six UN languages - Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish - and is being finalized in Indonesian, Japanese, Javanese, Khmer, Portuguese, Swahili, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, and Vietnamese. All language versions will be available on the tag's web site noted below. If there are other national languages in which you would like the tag to appear, please provide the translation for "Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020", ensuring that this translation is officially recognized by the government. We will then ask our designers to prepare a version of the tag in this language.

Web sites: The global web site for the Decade is http://www.who.int/roadsafety/decade_of_action/en/ . As it develops, this web site will host key data and information on road safety; a toolkit for organizers of launch events; a listing of national focal points for the Decade; a calendar of launch events around the world; video statements from high-profile dignitaries; and other advocacy and media materials. A complementary web site dedicated to the tag is http://www.decadeofaction.org . On this web site, you may order the road safety tag; download the artwork for the tag for use for events and materials related to the Decade; and learn about ways to contribute to a newly established road safety fund.

Calendar of launch events: Once your plans for the launch of the Decade are finalized, you may inform us by completing this online form http://www.who.int/roadsafety/decade_of_action/launch/planned_events/en/index.html . Based on information provided, a calendar of launch events around the world will be developed for the official global web site.

Other actions:

Groups are encouraged to:

Advertise the Decade at every opportunity, flagging its potential to save millions of lives;

Invite governments to prepare and launch a national multi-sectoral plan for the Decade on 11 May 2011, in line with the Global Plan for the Decade;

Encourage governments to identify a national focal point for the Decade to facilitate coordination at national level;

Plan a high-profile national launch event on 11 May 2011, involving dignitaries from all sectors of society, road traffic victims and their families;

Engage with the media on the 11 May 2011 to cover related launch events and activities.

This Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020 is everybody's Decade. Let us use this opportunity well!

New Canadian product safety law passed

2010-12-17T18:09:00Z

Injury prevention advocates are applauding the passage of the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act. Safe Kids Canada pushed hard for an overhaul of the old product safety legislation and sent out a news release congratulating the government for passing the act, “just in time for the holiday gift-giving season.” The legislation will allow for more effective enforcement measures such as mandatory testing and recalls.

See the Safe Kids website for the full release and visit the Health Canada website for its news release.

WHO Launches New Series of Webinars on Violence & Injuries

2010-10-27T12:31:00Z

WHO is launching a series of webinars, which will begin with several of the superb State of the Art presentations given at the 10^th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion held in September 2010 in London. The webinar format permits interaction with the speaker, including written and spoken questions to the speaker. All webinars in the series will be recorded and subsequently made available on the website of WHO's Department of Violence and Injury Prevention and Disability. Kindly find below the announcement for the first in the series of webinars, which will be presented by Dr Fred Rivara on the topic of child injuries. People wishing to be invited to register for this webinar or others in the series should send an email to vipwebinars@who.int providing the email address on which they would like to be invited to register.

For further information about the webinars, please contact Dr David Meddings (meddingsd@who.int).

IWK Community Grants Program

2010-10-18T12:01:00Z

We are now accepting applications!!

Hi there! It's that time of the year again: as of Monday, October 4, the IWK Community Grants Program is now accepting applications for our 2011/2012 grant program. The IWK Community Grants program contributes $300K annually to non-profit and charitable projects across Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick that promote wellness and healthy living and that support at least one of the following IWK Health Centre priorities:

Supporting the healthy growth and development of children 0-6 years, including the prenatal period.
Preventing child/youth obesity.
Supporting parents of children 0-16 in their parenting role.
Addressing the needs of "at risk" youth.
Improving women's wellness across the adult and senior years.
Reducing incidence/severity of child and youth injuries.

I have attached the grant application form to this email. More detailed information on the grant program, including Frequently Asked Questions, can be found on www.iwk.nshealth.ca or www.iwkfoundation.org. Please also find attached our annual newsletter, detailing the grants that were given out last year.

Please note, the deadline for applications is 4:00 p.m. on November 30, 2010.

For more information, please contact Julie Harrington, IWK Community Grants Coordinator at (902) 443-2563 or by email at julie.harrington@iwk.nshealth.ca.