The Potential of the

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The Potential of the International Safe
Communities Model to prevent childhood
injuries Successful approaches and strategies
for child injury prevention Presentation at the
launch of the WHO Child Report FROM VIETNAM TO
THE WORLD Ha Noi, Vietnam Dec 10, 2008 Leif
Svanström, Chair WHO CC Community Safety
Promotion
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1. Priorities of the national policy in
Vietnam Traffic injuries Occupational
Injuries Childhood injuries Other Injuries in
community 2. Role of health sector Standing
agency of National Steering Committee Advocacy
and raise awareness for community on injury
prevention Injury surveillance system Safe
community development Prehospital care and trauma
care in health facilities
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Communities in Vietnam designated in 2006 and
2008 104. Lang Co 11,868 inh 105. Loc Sonh 7,650
inh 106. Da Trach 5,188 inh 107. Dong Tien 6,000
inh 108. Xuan Dinh 23,124 inh 145. Duc Chinh
(2008) 12,730 inh (two more in dec 2008)
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104. Lang Co 11,868
inh Mr.Tinh- The head of Steering Committee
of Injury Prevention/Safe Community
Development Child Safety The most common
injuries of children in the town are drowning and
falls during the daily life activities.
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104. Lang Co 11,868
inh Achievements There is a Steering
Committee with 23 members representing different
branches, sections and organizations. Ten working
groups meet regularly. Up to the end of 2005,
72 of households achieved the Safe Home
standards 70 of schools achieved the Safe
School standards. The number of injury has been
annually reduced by 10 since 2003. The injury
risks have been minimized by 83 in 2005 compared
to that of 2003.
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105. Loc Sonh 7,650 inh
Childhood Injury prevention with intervention
measures to reduce the incidence of drowning,
falls, burn, poisoning, choking, traffic injury
in children- since 2004. Providing information
on safety for parents, child care givers,
teachers, volunteers as well as the children
through materials, education, household visits by
volunteers Building kindergartens for
children under 5 years old
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106. Da Trach 5,188
inh Mr. Thuy- Head of communal health
station Steering Committee with 15
members Implementation of Safe Home and Safe
School Provide information, education
and communication materials for young mothers
having children under 5 years old and among
children, such as falls, burns, drowning,
electrocution, food poisonings.
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107. Dong Tien 6000 inh
Safe home and school programs have been
launched on such as drowning, falling, burn,
food poisoning, electric stroke. The
activities of the program are also through
exhibition of home and school safety as well as
encouragement and support of the use of safe
devices such as children resistance containers.
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108. Xuan Dinh 26,124 inh
Provide information for young mothers and
teachers on the prevention of falls, burns,
drowning, electrocutions, poisonings and traffic
injuries by health workers, health volunteers
Disseminate the checklist of safe home and safe
school integrate the safe promotion concept
into the school subjects such as road safety,
drowning prevention and poisoning control, etc
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The Safe Communities Network Designated Members
NorwayAlvdal BergenFredrikstadHarstadHøyanger
Klepp KvamLarvik Os Rakkestad Sogn
FjordaneSkiSpydebergStovner Trondheim Vågå
Årdal
South KoreaJeju Suwon Songpa VietnamDa
Trach Dong Tien Duc Chinh Lang Co Loc Sonh Xuan
Dinh China Financial Sub-district Hong'qiao Huamu
Jianwai Jing Ge Zhuang Jingan Kangjian
Luan Maizidian Qianjiaying Wangjing Yayuncun Y
outh Park Yuetan Alishan (Province of Taiwan)
Dungshr (Province of Taiwan) Fongbin (Province
of Taiwan) Neihu (Province of Taiwan) Kwai Tsing
(Hong Kong) Sham Shui Po (Hong Kong) Tuen Mun
(Hong Kong) Tai Po (Hong Kong) Tung Chung (Hong
Kong) Tsuen Wan (Hong Kong)
DenmarkHorsensFinlandHyvinkää KouvolaEstoniaR
aplaNetherlandsRotterdamAustriaVorarlbergPola
ndTarnowskie Góry Serbia Backi Petrovac Czech
RepublicKromeriz Bosnia (BH)Konjic IranArsenja
nBardaskanKashmar Israel RaananaSouth
Africa Eldorado Park Broadlands Park Nomzamo
CanadaBrampton Brockville CalgaryWood
Buffalo Rainy River Sault Ste. Marie USAAnchorage
Dallas Omaha Springfield
JapanKameokaAustraliaDenmarkHume
CityLatrobeMackay/WhitsundayManlyMelbourneMos
man NoarlungaNorthcott Palmerston PittwaterRyde
Townsville Warringah New ZealandChristchurch New
Plymouth North Shore Porirua Taurange Waimakariri
Waitakere Wellington Whangarei
Peru San Borja ChilePeñaflor
SwedenArjeplogBoråsFalköpingFalunKatrineholm
KrokomLidköping LudvikaMariestadMotalaNacka Sk
övde Smedjebacken StaffanstorpTidaholmTörebodaU
ddevalla

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Safe Communities have1. An intersectoral
approach 2. a long-term, sustained program
covering everybody3. but also targets on
high-risk groups and environments 4. a
documentation of injury incidence5. evaluation
measures and 6. participation in international
networks.
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All 148 designated Safe Communities havechild
injury prevention/safety promotionMost of them
report incidence changes and program
contentsSome report in international scientific
journals(See next!)
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Childhood injuries (Scandinavia)Falköping,
Sweden (3 years)Roads, home and work 27-28 ,
(pre-school children 45 ) decrease (control
community unchanged) Motala, Sweden(5 years)
26 decrease - (control community unchanged)
Lidköping, Sweden (27 years)41 decrease (from
10.3 to 6.1/ 1000) Harstad, Norway (10 years)
Burns and scalds decrease in iv areas (52
resp. 40) and increase in the control area
(18)Traffic 59 decrease (control area 3
increase)
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0-14 group significantly decreased in injury
admissions compared with controls
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Safe Communities- A WHO Concept and a worldwide
policy movement 1975- Falköping in Sweden
starts 1980s- WHO developed their Safe
Community Concept. 1989- WHO establishes The
Safe Community Program in Stockholm and The
Collaborating Centre on Community Safety the
Stockholm Manifesto on Safe Communities adopted

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Chair Leif Svanström
Co-ordinator Moa Sundström