A Global Strategy on Safety Promotion in Asia

1
A Global Strategy on Safety Promotion in Asia

• Nam-Soo Park, Ph.D
• Affiliate Safe Communities Support Center
• Certifying Center for a Safe Community
• Center for Injury Prevention and Community Safety
  Promotion
• Department of Emergency Medicine, Ajou University
  School of Medicine
• Suwon, Korea

2
Safety Promotion ?More effective Outcome?

• Share the role and responsibility for Multi-level
• Regional Level
• - Support and Share
• National Level
• - Policy
• - Goal (Object)
• - National Infrastructure etc
• Local Level
• - Tailored Data Intervention
• - Community infrastructure etc

3

• Asian Safe Community Network
• Strategies for Community Safety promotion
• in Asian Region

4
Asian Safe Community Network

• 2002 (1) Korea Suwon (63rd )
• 2003 (2) China, Hong Kong Tuen Mun, Kwai
  Tsing
• 2005 (5) China, Hong Kong Tai Po
• China, Taiwan Fongbin, Dongshr,
  Alisan, Neihu
• 2006 (9) China, Youth Park (Jinan)
• China, Hong Kong Tsuen Wan, Shan Shui
  Po, TungChung
• Vietnam Lang Co, Loc Sonh, Da Trach,
  Dong Tien,
• Xuan Dinh
• 2007 (13) Korea Suwon(re), Jeju
• China Wangjing, Maizidian,
  Yayunchun, Jianwai (Beijing)
• Jinggezhuang,
  Qianjiaying (Kailuan, Hervei),
• Luan Group
  (Shanxi)
• Huamu, Jingan,
  Hongqiao, Kangjian (Shanghai)
• 2008 (1) Japan Kameoka (Kyoto, 132nd )

5
Asian Safe Community Network

• Project designation in 2008 5
• Korea (1), Vietnam (3), China, Hongkong
  (1)

• Under-preparation Community over 55
• Korea (4), Japan (2), Vietnam (5),
  Thailand (9),
• Bangladesh (1), China (25), China,Taiwan (7),
• China, Hongkong (2) etc

6
Asian Safe Community Network

• Official Establishment of Network
• Logo (October, 2005)
• Establishment of the bylaw (Nov. 23th, 2007)
• Election of Chairperson (Wa shing Tang, Lu Pai)
• Steering committee (6 countries)

7
Asian Safe Community Network

• Conference, Seminar, or Education courses
• Asian Regional Safe Community Conference
• Regular assembly meeting of Asian SC Network
• Pre-conference on Special Issues
• Training courses under planning

8
Asian Regional Conference on Safe Communities

• 2002, Feb(1st) Suwon, Korea
• 2004, Jan(2nd) Dhaka, Bangladeshi
• 2005, Oct (3rd) Taipei, Taiwan
• 2007, Nov(4th) Bangkok, Thailand
• 2009, Sep(5th) Beijing, China

9

• Asian Safe Community Network
• Strategies on Community Safety Promotion
• In Asian Region

10
CCSC ASCSC in Asian Region

• CCSC
• Korea (CIPCSP)
• ASCSC
• Korea (CIPCSP)
• Bangladesh (CIPRB)
• China, HongKong (OSHC)

CCSC Certifying Center for Safe Community
ASCSC Affiliate Safe Communities Support Center
11
Communities in Asia

• Language Issue
• International English
• National language
• Contextual Environment
• Nature, socio-economic environment
• Health care Sys. Political Sys
• Administrative system
• Government initiative
• Bureaucratic, Hierarchial
• (Top down)
• Rotation by every 2-3 years

12
Current Issues in Asia

• Lack of Concept on Injury and Safety
• Initiative Top down ? Bottom Up?
• Injury Prevention as National Policy Vietnam
• Nationa Gov / Local Government / NGO ?
• Limited Capacity and Difficulty on Injury
  Surveillance
• Quality Improvement of Safe Community Project

13
What we need ?
From Research
to Action

• What?
• Injury data
• Effective Intervention
• Guideline on
• How to practice

• By Whom?
• Policy maker
• Officers in Local gov.
• Related Organization
• Community Residents
• Professional Experts

14
Strategy 1 Infrastructure

• To All Community members
• Understanding to the Concept on Injury and safety
• Injury as health problem, Comprehensive view on
  Injury
• Education and Persuade
• Recommend Injury prevention as National Policy
• Collaborative efforts with cross-sectional groups
• Finding focus groups, Ordinance
• Regular meeting how to use and cooperate with
  resources
• Enjoy the project !!
• Involvement of community people
• Human resource development for sustainable
  development
• Creative and active participation

15
Strategy 2 Injury Surveillance

• To professional experts and officers
• Training on Injury surveillance for scientific
  approach
• Host the Pre-conference seminar during Asian
  regional conference
• International Standard and Guideline ( ICD-10(9),
  ICECI etc)
• National ISS / Community based ISS
• Hospital based ISS / community household survey
• Analysis and utilization of Injury data
• Evidence based Program development
• Collaborative efforts with diverse health sectors
• Joint Research on Community Household Survey
• Standardized questionnaire
• Korea (7)/ China, Shanghai/
  Japan,Towada
• Share the knowledge and experience on how to do
  and analysis
• Compare with each other

16
Strategy 3 Quality Improvement

• To Officers, other organizations and Experts
  (evaluation)
• Capacity building Training on How to Practice
  in Our community and How to Evaluation (under
  planning)
• Concept, Contents and How to Practice and
  Evaluate
• Planning on tailored project in our community
• Evaluation on Program Impact
• Trend of Injury Mortality, Morbidity, Behavioral
  and Environmental Risk factors, Subjective
  awareness on Injury and Safety
• Evaluation on Program management
• Formative / Process evaluation / for members in
  charge of safe community project (satisfaction,
  difficulties, etc)
• Share the experiences on Evaluation

17
Strategy 4 Active participation in SC Network

• National Level
• Annual Conference or Workshop on Community Safety
  promotion
• Training and Education Courses (ASCSC or CCSC)
• Asian Regional Level
• Asian Regional Conference on Safe Community
• Pre-Conference Seminar on Diverse theme
• Establishment of Sisterhood Relationship between
  Communities
• Training Course for Professional in each country
• International Level
• International Conference on Safe Communities
• Training and Education Courses in KI

18
Actions on Asian Regional Level

• Pre-Conference Seminar On Injury Surveillance
• (Nov. 2007, Thailand)
• National / community based Injury Surveillance
• Hospital based IS / Community Household Survey
• Collect, Analysis and Utilization of Injury Data
  etc.

19
Actions on Asian Regional Level

• The 1st Training Course on Certifying Process
• 
  (3rd 4th , March 2008 in Kyoto, Japan)
• New Revised Certifying process
• Discussion about Injury Classification Criteria
  (ICD-10 / ICECI), Injury Surveillance System,
  Injury Indicator, Evaluation using 2 cases
  (Kameoka, Songpa )

20
Actions on Asian Regional Level

• Establishment of sisterhood relationship between
  communities
• Songpa District, Korea with Chaoyang District,
  China
• Kameoka city in Japan looking for partner
• Asian Regional Safe Community Workshop
• Related on Site visit, Designation Ceremony

21
Actions on Asian Regional Level

• Under-planning
• Practical Guideline for Asian Safe Community
• Training Course for Professional Experts
• Development of Training Course for community
  members within Community

22
What do we need for Safety Promotion?

• How to Fish ?

• Fish ?

23
Nam-Soo Park, Ph.D nspark _at_ ajou.ac.kr
Affiliate Support
Center for Safe Communities Certifying Center for
Safe Community, Ajou University, Suwon, Korea