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| 2nd European Conference on
Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion |
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October 9-10, 2008 in Paris, France
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Making Europe a safer place
As injury prevention and safety promotion initiatives gain momentum in Europe, the 2nd European Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion will be a milestone opportunity to take stock of these developments and help move actions at European and national levels forward. In this respect, the conference builds on two very important policy papers from the World Health Organization and European Commission: the WHO Regional Committee Resolution RC55/R9 and the EU Council Recommendation on the prevention of injuries and the promotion of safety.
Final call for registration with provisional conference programme
Please register as soon as possible.
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Conference objectives
The main objective of the conference is to help move the implementation of the EU Council Recommendation forward which was adopted in May 2007. The Recommendation invites Member States to:
- make better use of existing injury data and develop national injury surveillance and reporting systems; and
- set up national plans for injury prevention that include safety promotion in education and professional training.
The conference will assist this process and in particular help to facilitate capacity building and the development of national plans for injury prevention and safety promotion by:
- highlighting evidence of successful injury prevention policies and programmes;
- sharing examples of comprehensive injury data collection systems and national safety programmes;
- involving stakeholders from government, civil society, private sector and academia; and
- providing European and national networks for safety promotion with opportunities for discussion of the best way to move forward.
| Concurrent sessions and workshops |
- consumer safety
- safety of children
- adolescents and risks
- safety for older people
- vulnerable road users
- sport injuries
- work safety
- suicide prevention
- interpersonal violence
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| Cross-sectional issues |
- enhanced European injury data sharing;
- understanding common risk factors such as alcohol and social deprivation;
- developing a knowledge base for evidence-based practices in injury prevention;
- improving methodologies for effective risk communication;
- capacity building and training of professionals;
- networking and development of national plans.
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Target groups
Major target groups are senior policy makers in government, public health and safety institutes, NGOs and interest groups representing high risk groups and victims, regulators, enforcers and those working in standardisation and product design, product and business compliance experts, private sector representatives and businesses, health professionals and consumer protection officers, injury prevention experts and safety promotion practitioners, researchers and academia.
Call for abstracts for poster presentations
During the poster sessions, take the opportunity to share your experience in injury prevention and safety promotion with leading European stakeholders. Submit an abstract describing how you have developed methodologies for research and interventions, or ways you have adapted evidence-based practices to help make your community or country a safer place. In particular, abstracts that provide lessons for implementing actions on injuries in diverse settings and regions in Europe are encouraged. The topic of the abstract should relate to the main objectives of the conference and more specifically to one or more of the priority issues as identified in the EU Recommendation and the WHO Resolution. These documents are available above.
Upon submission the Programme Committee will review and select abstracts for poster presentation. All accepted poster abstracts will be included in the Conference Abstract Book and will be published on the conference website. Prizes will be awarded for the best posters.
To submit your abstract please use the online abstract form which will be available here shortly. The deadline for submitting is March 1, 2008. Confirmation of acceptance will be sent out before May 1, 2008.
Organisers
The conference is being organised by EuroSafe in collaboration with the French Consumer Safety Commission (Commission de la Sécurité des Consommateurs) under the auspices of the French presidency of the EU Council.
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