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Introduction |
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Welcome to the April edition of IP News which is packed full of
exciting resources and opportunities for you!
The editorial team would like to make special mention of Bridget
Kool who was awarded Best Oral Presentation Award for unintentional
injury at the World Conference on IP in Mexico. A wonderful
achievement at an international level. Well done Bridget!
As we mentioned last edition, the IP News Editorial Panel has
had requests to use subscriber's e-mail addresses to distribute
injury prevention related communications. If you consent to your details
being used to send out such communications (and you haven't already
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National Updates |
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Bridget Kool Receives Recognition in Mexico |
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Bridget recently attended the 9th World
Injury Conference in Merida, Mexico, where she received the
award for the best oral presentation (Unintentional Injury
Stream) for her presentation outlining the alcohol findings from
her falls research
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New Zealand Community Safety & Injury Prevention Awards, 1-5 September 2008 |
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Once again, ACC and SCFNZ are pleased to announce that entries for
the Awards are now open. This is your opportunity to showcase the
great initiatives that you are involved in. Entries close 1 July -
visit the Safe Communities website for
further information and an
entry form.
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Call for Abstracts for the 17th International Safe Communities Conference |
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Abstracts for the Working Together to Make a Difference Conference
on 20-23 October 2008 close on 1 May. For abstract submission
online, and registration online, visit 17th
International Safe Communities Conference.
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NZ Suicide Prevention Action Plan 2008-2012 |
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This plan provides detail about how the goals of the Strategy
will be achieved over the next five years.
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06/07 NZIPS Annual Report |
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The NZIPS
Annual Report details the progress in implementing the New
Zealand Injury Prevention Strategy in its vision of a safe New
Zealand, becoming injury free.
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Drowning Statistics |
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Water Safety New Zealand has released the drowning
statistics for the month of February.
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Annual Public Health Champion Award 2008 Nominations |
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The purpose of the
award is to identify outstanding individuals, and profile
the issue or work of the individual to raise the profile of the
PHA. Entries close 30 May 2008.
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Crash Test Results |
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We all want safer roads, lower fuel bills and clean air. The good
news is that the cars we
choose to drive can make a big difference, with airbags and
stability control making driving safer.
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Transport Research and Educational Trust Board Award 2007 |
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The Van der Veer Institute for Parkinsons and Brain Research
won this award for their scientific
approach to helping assess the fitness of elderly drivers to
continue driving.
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Regional Updates |
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Two New Booze Buses for Auckland |
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These provide state of the art technology, safer
and more spacious work areas and eye-catching graphics.
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KiwiRAP |
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Is an internationally
recognised road assessment programme that rates 172
stretches of state highway according to crash risk so that
drivers can adjust their driving to suit the conditions.
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Comings And Goings |
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NZIPS Secretariat |
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Megan Bly has returned to the NZIPS Secretariat
from her secondment as Private Secretary to the Minister for ACC.
Megan is working in a split role undertaking work for both NZIPS
and the ACC Policy team.
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ACC |
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Greg Gillard has recently been appointed as
Injury Prevention Consultant in
Tauranga. Greg joined ACC as a Case Manager and previously trained
at Waikato University as a physical education and economics
teacher. He is currently undertaking a Graduate Diploma of
Occupational Safety and Health.
Kirsty McInness has been appointed as an Injury
Management Consultant in the Hawkes Bay branch.
Shona Henderson from Rehabilitation Services is
to join the Falls and Intentional Injury Team. Shona will join the
older adults falls portfolio and commenced her new role on 25
March.
Sheryll Javier has just commenced as a Team
Administrator at the Injury Prevention office in Lower Hutt.
Sheryll previously worked in a consulting company in Singapore as a
Marketing Executive.
Gary Rainey has been appointed as Injury
Prevention Consultant in Palmerston North. Gary has a Batchelor of
Social Sciences / Psychology from Waikato and a Certificate in
Leisure and Sport.
Pip Edwards from Tauranga has been appointed as
the new Safety and Wellbeing Manager, working from the Tauranga
office.
Peter Oxley has been appointed Injury
Prevention Consultant in Auckland/Henderson. Peter was previously
an ACC case manager.
Jennifer Venimore has replaced Anna Hayward as
Injury Prevention Consultant in Auckland.
Robyn Begley has been appointed Executive
Officer in the new Serious Injury Unit.
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Events |
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ALAC Partnerships Conference 2008, Sustainable Partnerships, Opportunities & Challenges, 3-4 April 2008, Rotorua |
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Calling all Police, public health representatives, district
licensing inspectors, researchers, injury prevention people and
safer community co-ordinators to the ALAC Partnerships
Conference.
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ALAC Partnerships Conference 2008, Local Government - Planning for Alcohol in the Community, 10-11 April 2008, Nelson |
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Calling all elected members, planners, regulatory managers and
community organisations to the ALAC
Partnerships Conference.
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The Safeguard National Health & Safety Conference, 9-10 April 2008, Auckland |
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A
two day conference packed with information, innovation, and
inspiration, with leading national and international experts to
give you the tools you need to ensure your workplace is safe,
healthy, and productive.
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Central Region Addiction Network Forum - Models of Treatment Across Cultures, 23-24 April 2008, Palmerston North |
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For more
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Pacific Spirit Conference, 8-9 May 2008, Auckland |
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This sixth
biennial conference is about shifting our attitudes to the
next level within a forum where Pacific narratives form the
cutting edge of our evidence-based practice.
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PHA Conference, 2-4 July 2008, Waitangi |
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The title of the conference is "Tapu Noa
environmental, physical or both", which refers to health and
safety across social, cultural, political and physical
environments.
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Queensland Suicide and Self Harm Prevention Conference, 23-25 July 2008, Cairns |
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More
information.
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The Australian Conference on Safety and Quality in Health Care, 1-3 September 2008, Christchurch |
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The Australasian
Conference on Safety and Quality in Health Care will have
the theme of "Bold Aims - Bold Outcomes".
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Foundation Certificate in Injury Prevention, 5-9 August 2008, Auckland |
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This four-day intensive course teaches the basics of how to run
effective, best-practise injury prevention programmes. Register
your interest with Bev
Jarvis or phone 04 472 2562 - limited places are available. See
the IPNANZ
website for more information.
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Occupational Health & Safety Industry Group Conference, 10-12 September 2008, Auckland |
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This is a world's first event - the entire OH&S industry
spectrum will be in attendance, and the conference is to launch the
OH&S Industry Group in
New Zealand.
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17th International Safe Communities: Working Together to Make a Difference, 20-23 October 2008, Christchurch |
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SCFNZ and Christchurch City Council are proud to be hosting the
17th International Safe
Communities Conference. The conference is intended for
people involved in prevention, control and research activities
related to community safety. Registrations are now open. Should
you wish to receive a registration brochure and form in the mail
then please contact Sheryl Norton.
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The 2nd Asia Pacific Injury Prevention Conference, 2-6 November 2008, Ha Noi, Vietnam |
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This conference aims to
identify long-term policy solutions and practices for injury
prevention and strategic orientations for the development of
public health education and practice based on current research
and education in the Asia-Pacific region and worldwide.
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Information/Resources |
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INZED (Injury NZ e-Directory) |
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The 2nd edition of the INZED - a directory of injury
contacts throughout New Zealand, published by the Injury Prevention
Information Centre is now available to download.
For the most up-to-date contact information, search the INZED database which now
contains 300 entries.
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Injury Prevention Information Centre |
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The Injury Prevention Information Centre has a new
website. Feedback welcome.
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Statistics NZ one-stop-shop |
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Statistics NZ has
created a web page providing links to releases and reports
relevant to all forms of injury and specific injury topic areas.
The topic areas covered correspond to the New Zealand Injury
Prevention Strategy priority areas.
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IPRU |
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Offers a selection
of links to various statistics on NZ injury.
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The Development of Impairment-Related Injury Outcome Indicators |
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NZIPS Secretariat, along with the Injury Prevention Research Unit,
have released the January 2008 version of
this report.
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New Way of Finding Government Information |
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The launch of a new website offers a fresh, new
online experience making it easy to search and browse the online
information, services and resources offered by New Zealand
government organisations.
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The Department of Labour's Grim Harvest Campaign |
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This awareness-raising
campaign draws the public's attention to a definite and
consistent peak in workplace fatalities during the summer and
autumn months and introduces the Grim Reaper and his yearly
'harvest'.
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Health and Safety Makes Good Business Sense |
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Minister of Labour, Trevor Mallard, launched the
health and safety makes good business sense
information pack which includes the published findings of a
literature review that explored the business benefits on
productivity of health and safety in workplace and case studies
from four NZ businesses that have invested in health and safety,
and reaped the benefits.
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Taking the Plunge: What Youth Think and Do Around Diving into Water ... |
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Fact Sheet examining the
attitudes of New Zealand youth towards recreational diving,
determining the extent of dangerous diving practice, and
ascertain whether some young people are at greater risk of
spinal cord injury than others.
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Evaluation of Road Safety Outcomes to 2005 |
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The
evaluation updates and develops the analysis undertaken in the
2004 stocktake of the Safety Administration Programme.
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Safe Horses, Safe Riders |
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ACC has worked closely with the New Zealand Pony Clubs Association
to develop a DVD and accompanying booklet aimed at promoting safe
horse riding and horse handling practices. This can be ordered
online. Further
information can be found on the ACC website.
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Safe With Age |
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This
programme offers guidance, coaching and a free assessment for
older drivers.
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Road Transport Resources |
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Two new road transport resources have been developed - "Better Fuel
Guide" and "Fatigue is one of the biggest dangers on the road for
truck drivers poster", both of which can be downloaded from the
Road Transport resources page on the ACC website
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Hospital Responsiveness to Family Violence: 30 Month Follow Up Evaluation |
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This report is one in a series evaluating health care
responsiveness to Family Violence. It presents 30 month follow-up
hospital audit findings and compares them to baseline and 12 month
audit findings and is available in a
short report or
full report.
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Violence and NZ Young People Report |
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This report presents a snapshot of New Zealand secondary school
students' experiences
of violence.
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Elder Abuse and Neglect - Exploration of Risk and Protective Factors |
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The Families Commission has completed a study on elder abuse and neglect.
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Gambling Report |
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People's participation in and attitudes towards gambling 1985-2005:
final results from the 2005
survey.
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Web Guide for Community Groups |
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This guide will help you use the internet and set up and run an
effective community website. The guide is available online or is available free from CAB
and some public libraries. It has been designed for community
groups, iwi groups, and not-for-profit organisations.
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IPLit Update |
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The latest IPLit Update, listing new publications of interest to
the injury prevention sector is available here.
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Safe Community Monthly News |
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February
2008
March
2008
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NPiS Update |
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February
2008
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Safekids Information Centre Kidsinfo Bulletin |
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February
2008
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INFIRSST |
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Volume 06-01
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Events |
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- ALAC Partnerships Conference 2008, Sustainable Partnerships, Opportunities & Challenges, 3-4 April 2008, Rotorua
- ALAC Partnerships Conference 2008, Local Government - Planning for Alcohol in the Community, 10-11 April 2008, Nelson
- The Safeguard National Health & Safety Conference, 9-10 April 2008, Auckland
- Central Region Addiction Network Forum - Models of Treatment Across Cultures, 23-24 April 2008, Palmerston North
- Pacific Spirit Conference, 8-9 May 2008, Auckland
- PHA Conference, 2-4 July 2008, Waitangi
- Queensland Suicide and Self Harm Prevention Conference, 23-25 July 2008, Cairns
- The Australian Conference on Safety and Quality in Health Care, 1-3 September 2008, Christchurch
- Foundation Certificate in Injury Prevention, 5-9 August 2008, Auckland
- Occupational Health & Safety Industry Group Conference, 10-12 September 2008, Auckland
- 17th International Safe Communities: Working Together to Make a Difference, 20-23 October 2008, Christchurch
- The 2nd Asia Pacific Injury Prevention Conference, 2-6 November 2008, Ha Noi, Vietnam
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