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Introduction |
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It doesn't seem two months since the last edition of IP News. It
has been a busy couple of months. Welcome to our new subscribers -
we hope you are finding our publication useful and informative.
Don't forget to pass on our subscriber link to your friends
and colleagues.
The warmer weather is on the way, already there have been some
nice Spring days. It won't be long before we are out enjoying
Summer activities. Water Safety New Zealand are preparing for their
summer marketing with new radio adverts to air in January. You can
have a listen to them in our National Updates
section as well as some tips from NZ Transport Agency on driver
fatigue - very timely with Labour Day on Monday 26 October.
With Spring comes Daylight Saving. This is a good reminder to
check your smoke alarms. If you didn't do this while putting all
your clocks forward, do it now!
Enjoy the longer evenings and, as always, be safe.
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National Updates |
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Road User Rule Amendment 2009 |
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Changes to the Road
User Rule, which comes into force on 1 November 2009, will
affect all road users. The most high-profile change is the
impending ban on the use of hand-held mobile phones while
driving but there are 23 other amendments which are detailed in
a
Q&A format.
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Road Safety Innovation and Achievement Awards 2008/2009 |
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The winners of the Road Safety
Innovation and Achievement Awards were recently
announced.
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Driver Fatigue |
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If you are intending driving long distance, don't forget to observe
the guidelines for preventing driver fatigue. The NZ Transport
Agency have a factsheet available.
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TIRF Fatigued Driving |
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The Traffic
Injury Research Foundation (Canada) have released new
publications on fatigued driving.
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National Safety Culture Survey |
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The report of the results of the second survey 'Monitoring the New
Zealand Injury Prevention Strategy, The General Public's Attitudes
and Beliefs towards Injury in New Zealand' will be on the
NZIPS website shortly.
It provides a snapshot of the public's attitudes and beliefs as
at April/May 2009 and also compares these results with those
from the 2007 Baseline Survey. There is a wealth of information
on attitudes about road, workplace, home and water injuries.
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Community Injury Prevention Workforce Education and Training Development Needs Analysis |
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One of the objectives of NZIPS is to 'strengthen injury prevention
capacity and capability' and one of the cornerstones in the
2008-2011 implementation plan is an 'Informed workforce and
networks'. As one of the actions to progress these, the Secretariat
commissioned Alistair MacDonald to conduct a needs analysis on
training for community injury prevention workers. The report, which
includes a review of recent relevant reports and the results of
interviews with a range of stakeholders, will be on the NZIPS website in late October.
There will be follow on work to develop an action plan based on the
findings.
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New Zealand Water Safety Awards 2009 |
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The New Zealand Water Safety Awards will be presented at the New
Zealand Water Safety Conference Gala Dinner on 26 November. More
information on their website.
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New Pool Alone Radio Ads |
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New Zealand Recreation Association and Water Safety New Zealand have
produced a series of three new Pool Alone radio ads to be aired
in January.
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Safekids New Zealand Strategic 5 Year (2011-2015) Planning Meeting |
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Safekids is convening the next Safekids Strategic 5-Year
Planning Meeting (2011-2015) early next year. The goal of the
meeting is to redefine the role of national agencies in the
Safekids Campaign, and provide guidance and leadership to injury
prevention workers and Safekids Coalitions across the country.
For further information email Ann Weaver.
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Safekids New Zealand Information & Planning Workshops '09 |
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Safekids New Zealand concluded the 2009/10
Campaign Information & Planning Days. 23 workshops were
held across the country and attracted close to 400 participants.
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New Zealand Suicide Prevention Action Plan 2008-2012 Report on Progress: Year One |
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Follow the progress of the Action Plan on the
Ministry of Health website.
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Congratulations to Laurie Gabites - Recently Appointed as Regional Director for Australasia of the International CPTED Association (ICA) |
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Laurie has been appointed by the ICA Board as the Director to
represent the Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific area. The
role of the Director includes participation in regional/chapter
events and meetings, report activities of the ICA, promote ICA and
CPTED in the Region and
encourage membership.
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Influenza A (Swine Flu) Update |
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Read the
latest information on the swine flu pandemic.
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Regional Updates |
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Water Safety Promoters Wanted |
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WaterSafe Auckland is forming their Safe Summer promotions team
and is looking for two or three outgoing people. See their
website for further information.
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Auckland Regional Water Safety Forum - Moving Forward, Tuesday 6 October 2009, 9.30am-12.15pm |
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We currently sit on the cusp of significant change for the
Auckland region. WaterSafe Auckland seeks
your perspective and collective wisdom moving forward.
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Taranaki Business House Safety Challenge |
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New Plymouth injury Safe Trust held their first ever
Business House Safety Challenge during Safety NZ Week. This
event invited local businesses to submit teams for a practical
safety competition designed to test their home safety knowledge and
skills.
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Gateway Safety Challenge 2009 |
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New Plymouth injury Safe marked the start of Safety NZ Week with a
practical safety competition aimed at Gateway students in
Taranaki secondary schools. The event, which is in its second year,
provides students with an opportunity to test their practical
safety skills in a range of scenarios including first aid, road
safety, chemical handling and fire safety.
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Kids Patrol CBD on Fluoro Friday |
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Students and volunteers from school crossing patrols across North
Taranaki took to the streets on 14 August to make 'visible' the
work of
student road safety teams in their district. It is hoped that
the event, designed to acknowledge the contribution made by road
safety patrols to keeping children safe around schools, will become
an annual event.
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Mayor Honours Safety Heroes |
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Wellington Mayor Kerry Prendergast has honoured those who have done
their bit for safety at the fifth annual Safety
in the City awards.
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Strategies Update |
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Evaluation of NZIPS Strategy |
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The NZIPS team have completed their workshops around the country
aimed at gathering feedback for the evaluation of their Strategy.
You can keep up to date with progress on the evaluation via the
website.
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Saving Ourselves |
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Saving Ourselves is a discussion document put together by the
AA on the Ministry of Transport's consultation document 'Safer
Journeys'. It is a useful resource for those wishing to make a
submission.
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Safekids Leads Discussions on Child Restraints in NZ's Road Safety Strategy to 2020 |
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The Government is giving Kiwi kids the chance for
booster seats in the discussion document for the new road
safety strategy to 2020, Safer Journeys.
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AA Submission for 2020 Road Safety Strategy |
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Read the New Zealand Automobile Association's
submission for the 2020 Road Safety Strategy. Further updates
will be available via their website.
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Public Consultation |
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Food and Nutrition Guidelines for Healthy Older People: A Background Paper - Draft for Consultation |
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Have your say. Details on the
Ministry of Health website. Submissions close at 5 pm on 6
November 2009
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Safer Journeys: Have Your Say for Booster Seats! |
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Safekids are taking up the opportunity to bring our child car
restraint law in line with international best practice by
commenting on the new road safety strategy to 2020, Safer
Journeys. Make sure you have your
say.
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Comings And Goings |
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ACC |
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Geoff Wilson has resigned from the position of Manager, NZIPS.
Geoff has moved onto a new safety role with Site Safe New Zealand.
In the meantime, any enquiries can be directed to either
Bhama Rajiv
Kumar or Moira
Kelling.
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Events |
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Ten Things the Alcohol Industry Won't Tell You About Alcohol, September-November 2009, Nationwide |
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Alcohol
Action NZ are running a series of public meetings. More
details on their website.
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Mental Health Awareness Week, 5-11 October 2009, Nationwide |
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Read about activities planned during this week on the
website.
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Living in an Ageing Society - Shaping Tomorrow Today, 7-9 October 2009, Wellington |
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Age Concern New Zealand and the New Zealand Association of
Gerontology are joining together to host a major
conference. The call for papers is now open.
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IPNANZ 2009 Conference, 7-9 October 2009, Hoani Waititi Marae, Waitakere City |
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This year IPNANZ celebrate their 10th year. Read all about their
conference here.
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Strengths-Based Practice with At-Risk Children and Families, 12-13 October 2009, Auckland |
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This workshop
is designed to challenge professionals working with children,
youth and families labelled dangerous, deviant, delinquent and
disordered to better understand 'problem' behaviours.
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Ageing and Spirituality Workshops, 12 and 19 October 2009, Auckland |
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The Selwyn Centre for Ageing and Spirituality is offering two
interactive seminars on ageing
and spirituality.
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Suicide Intervention Skills Workshop, 15-16 October 2009, Auckland |
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A two day skills-based, practical workshop
teaching skills to recognise suicide signals, intervene and
support with confidence.
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National Pacific Provider and Workforce Development Fono 2009, Liga Maopo (In Good Hands) - Better, Sooner, More Convenient Health Services for Pacific, 16-17 October 2009, Auckland |
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Places are limited for this two day fono.
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IPNANZ Foundation Certificate in Injury Prevention: Te Aho Tapu, 2 November 2009, Wellington |
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Learn the basics of how to run effective, best-practice injury
prevention programmes while gaining six NZQA unit standards made up
of 22 credits. For more information see the website. Late enrolments
may be accepted - register your interest now with Bev Jarvis.
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m-health NZ: Using Mobile Technology to Improve Health, 6 November 2009, Auckland |
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This one-day conference will
bring together research, health services and mobile
communications technology expertise, with a focus on sharing
experience and looking ahead to the future of m-health in New
Zealand and beyond.
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The Unspoken Issues - Critical and Sensitive Research Issues Symposium, 9 November 2009, Auckland |
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The symposium will provide an initial international indigenous
dialogue to consider ways of addressing the unspoken issues, the
critical and sensitive issues of violence and abuse we face and
observe in our communities. Focus will include the research
context, practice and intervention, ethics, policy and responses.
The symposium has a broad range of speakers from local, national
and international contexts and will include time for participants
to discuss topics. More information on the website
under the Issues Symposium section.
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"Charting the Future" - New Zealand Water Safety Conference, 26-27 November 2009, Wellington |
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A two day, information packed
event that offers a unique opportunity to participate in
discussions addressing the challenges facing the water safety
sector.
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AMDIG Workshop 2009, 2-3 December 2009, Wellington |
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The topic of this year's Australasian Mortality Data Interest Group
(AMDIG) workshop is
external causes of death (i.e. injuries, poisoning etc).
Call for Abstracts closes 18
September 2009. This year AMDIG will be conducted
in conjunction with Statistics New Zealand's forum on The Injury
Information Program Friday 4 December 2009.
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Results Based Accountability (RBA) Training in New Zealand, 10 December 2009 Wellington & 11 December 2009, Christchurch |
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RBA is a disciplined way of thinking and taking action that can be
used to improve the quality of life in communities, cities, states,
territories and nations. RBA can also be used to improve the
performance of programs, agencies and service systems. See
attached
flyer and information on their
website.
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New Zealand Bioethics Conference, 29-31 January 2010, Dunedin |
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The conference
will focus on bioethical issues in the aftermath of great harms.
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6th Annual Managing Hazardous Substance and Dangerous Goods Conference, 16-17 February 2010, Auckland |
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The 6th Annual Managing Hazardous Substance and Dangerous Goods
Conference is going to be held on the 16 & 17 February next
year. The draft agenda is attached.
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Building Bridges National Community Mental Health and Addictions Conference 2010, 14-16 April 2010, Wellington |
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The theme of this fifth conference is 'Evolving
Communities Beyond Services'.
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16th Annual Canadian Conference on International Health, 25-28 October 2009, Ontario |
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This conference will
examine inequities of health status, and the impact on the
health of marginalized, vulnerable and indigenous populations to
changing environments.
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Global Forum on Trauma Care, 28-29 October 2009, Brazil |
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The goal of this Forum is to draw greater attention to the
affordable and sustainable improvements in
trauma care services which could be applied globally.
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First Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety, 19-21 November 2009, Moscow |
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The UN General Assembly has requested this
conference to address, amongst other things, progress on the
implementation of the World report on road traffic injury
prevention and the UN General Assembly resolutions.
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19th International Safe Communities Conference, 23-26 March 2010, Suwon, Korea |
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The theme is Sustainability safe Community Programs.
Abstract submission closes 31
October 2009. Further information on the
website.
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Safety 2010 World Conference, 21-24 September 2010, London |
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Safety 2010 is a
major world conference bringing stakeholders in the prevention
of unintentional injuries and violence from around the world to
debate, discuss and exchange information and experiences.
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Research |
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IPRU Research |
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Check out what research is underway at the IPRU
based at Otago University.
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NZ Injury Statistics |
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The National Injury Query System (NIQS) is
a service available via the Injury Prevention Research Unit at
Otago University.
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HRC Pacific Travel Conference Grants |
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The HRC provides the Pacific Travel Conference Grants to assist and
encourage new and emerging researchers to attend health related
Pacific Conferences within the Pacific region. Grants of up to
$2,000 are available to students of Pacific descent to attend.
This is the second round for 2009 and applications close 5pm Friday
16 October 2009. Details regarding eligibility, guidelines,
applications forms and contact information available on their
website under the
Pacific Health Research Section.
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Information/Resources |
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Need for Better Policies to Address Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder |
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The Alcohol Advisory Council (ALAC) is calling for better
policies to address Fetal Alcohol
Disorder Spectrum.
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Farmers Reminded of the Importance of ATV Safety on Farms |
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The Department
of Labour is urging farmers to ensure that employees
required to use All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) in their work are
given proper safety equipment.
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White Ribbon Ambassador Announced |
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The Families Commission have announced that, as the first White
Ribbon Ambassador, Ruben Wiki will be actively raising awareness of
men's violence against women as part of
White Ribbon Day.
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Are You a Safe Driver? |
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Test your road
safety awareness.
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Eat Smart, Work Right |
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Shiftwork Services
have produced useful guidelines for commercial drivers and shift
workers on what to eat to stay alert.
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Integrating Aquatics Education into Literacy |
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WaterSafe Auckland has created a wide range of task sheets
for students to aid integrating aquatics education into their
literacy programme.
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Community Based Rehabilitation for Acquired Brain Injury |
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Brain Injury
New Zealand are offering a rare opportunity to study with
two experts in the area of rehabilitation. Courses are being
run in Palmerston North in November and Wellington in December.
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The Help House |
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This interactive
site provides a virtual tour through a house, highlighting
safety and security issues.
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Injury Prevention Events Calendar (New Resource) |
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The Injury Prevention Information Centre has created a calendar
of injury prevention-related conferences, courses and other
events. Please contribute details of your upcoming events to
keep this calendar up to date.
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Injury New Zealand Directory (based on the INZED database) |
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The 4th edition will be published in October 2009. Printed copies
will be available to those included in the directory and to others
while stock lasts. To view the current edition and access the
database visit the website.
If you are not included, contact the Information Specialist.
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IPLit Update |
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The latest monthly list of items added to the Injury Prevention
Literature database can be downloaded from their
website. If you have published injury prevention research or
news, which should be included in this database, or you would like
to receive the monthly updates by email, please contact the
Information
Specialist at the Injury Prevention Information Centre, The
University of Auckland.
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Police Ten-One Newsletter |
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Latest
edition
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Safekids News |
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September
2009
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Safekids Information Centre Kidsinfo |
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August
2009
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IPNANZ Update |
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Latest Issue
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HRC Pacific News |
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September
2009 edition
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HRC Update |
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September 2009
edition
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INFOIRSST Newsletter |
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VOLUME 07-09 - September 2009
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Disability Support Services e-Newsletter |
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August 2009 edition
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WAIORA Snapshots Term 3 |
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WaterSafe Auckland's latest schools newsletter
is now online. This issue focuses on aquatic literacy
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NCFV E-Bulletin - Public Health Agency of Canada |
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September
Newsletter
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Events |
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- Ten Things the Alcohol Industry Won't Tell You About Alcohol, September-November 2009, Nationwide
- Mental Health Awareness Week, 5-11 October 2009, Nationwide
- Living in an Ageing Society - Shaping Tomorrow Today, 7-9 October 2009, Wellington
- IPNANZ 2009 Conference, 7-9 October 2009, Hoani Waititi Marae, Waitakere City
- Strengths-Based Practice with At-Risk Children and Families, 12-13 October 2009, Auckland
- Ageing and Spirituality Workshops, 12 and 19 October 2009, Auckland
- Suicide Intervention Skills Workshop, 15-16 October 2009, Auckland
- National Pacific Provider and Workforce Development Fono 2009, Liga Maopo (In Good Hands) - Better, Sooner, More Convenient Health Services for Pacific, 16-17 October 2009, Auckland
- IPNANZ Foundation Certificate in Injury Prevention: Te Aho Tapu, 2 November 2009, Wellington
- m-health NZ: Using Mobile Technology to Improve Health, 6 November 2009, Auckland
- The Unspoken Issues - Critical and Sensitive Research Issues Symposium, 9 November 2009, Auckland
- "Charting the Future" - New Zealand Water Safety Conference, 26-27 November 2009, Wellington
- AMDIG Workshop 2009, 2-3 December 2009, Wellington
- Results Based Accountability (RBA) Training in New Zealand, 10 December 2009 Wellington & 11 December 2009, Christchurch
- New Zealand Bioethics Conference, 29-31 January 2010, Dunedin
- 6th Annual Managing Hazardous Substance and Dangerous Goods Conference, 16-17 February 2010, Auckland
- Building Bridges National Community Mental Health and Addictions Conference 2010, 14-16 April 2010, Wellington
- 16th Annual Canadian Conference on International Health, 25-28 October 2009, Ontario
- Global Forum on Trauma Care, 28-29 October 2009, Brazil
- First Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety, 19-21 November 2009, Moscow
- 19th International Safe Communities Conference, 23-26 March 2010, Suwon, Korea
- Safety 2010 World Conference, 21-24 September 2010, London
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