WHO AND PARTNERS LAUNCH PEDESTRIAN SAFETY: A ROAD SAFETY MANUAL FOR...
Countries Covered: World Date: 2013 This manual equips the reader with necessary information on: the magnitude of pedestrian death and injury; key risk factors; how to assess the pedestrian safety...
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CHILD SAFETY WEEK 2013 THEME ‘BE A SAFETY HERO’
Child Safety Week is the Child Accident Prevention Trust’s flagship annual community education campaign, raising awareness of serious childhood accidents and how to prevent them, without wrapping...
View ArticleCONSULTATION ON WORKPLACE HEALTH, SAFETY AND WELFARE REGULATIONS
Countries Covered: Great Britain Date: 2013 A consultation on the revised Approved Code of Practice (ACOP) L24 – ‘Workplace health, safety and welfare’ has been issued by the Health and Safety...
View ArticleWHO’S GLOBAL STATUS REPORT ON ROAD SAFETY 2013 – SUPPORTING A DECADE OF ACTION
Countries Covered: World Date: 2013 The Global status report on road safety 2013 presents information on road safety from 182 countries, accounting for almost 99% of the world’s population. Read the...
View ArticleEXPERTS BACK REPORT ‘HEALTH FIRST – AN EVIDENCE-BASED ALCOHOL STRATEGY FOR...
Countries Covered: UK Date: 2013 More than 70 health organisations (PDF) from across the UK have backed a new independent alcohol strategy calling for the UK Government to prioritise Minimum Unit...
View ArticleREPUBLIC OF IRELAND’S: ROAD SAFETY STRATEGY 2013-2020
Countries Covered: Ireland Date: 2013 The Irish government is aiming to reduce the number of road deaths to 124 per year by 2020. Last year, 162 people lost their lives on Irish roads. The target is...
View ArticleNEW ROAD SAFETY OBSERVATORY
Countries Covered: UK Date: 2013 A Road Safety Observatory has been launched to offer access to independent road safety research and information for anyone working in road safety and for members of the...
View ArticleKNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES AND MOTIVATIONS TO HEALTH 2008-11
Countries Covered: Scotland Date: 2013 The report shows (amongst other things) that 84% of adults have the knowledge that heart disease is less likely among regularly active people. It also highlights...
View ArticleHIGH QUALITY PRACTICAL SAFETY EDUCATION – TRAINING CLASS
HQPSE training will be taking place in Scotland on Wednesday 30th October at the Risk Factory in Edinburgh. Please click here for more information and a booking form. Read the rest of this entry »
View Article16TH EDITION OF IPN NOW AVAILABLE!
The 16th edition of Injury Prevention News is now available! Click here to download the newsletter. Read the rest of this entry »
View ArticleNEW ACCIDENT PREVENTION HANDBOOK LAUNCHED
Countries Covered: UK Date: 2013 A new accident handbook titled ‘Delivering Accident Prevention at local level in the new public health system’ has just been launched by the Royal Society for the...
View ArticleCROSS PARTY GROUP ON ACCIDENT PREVENTION AND SAFETY AWARENESS
Countries Covered: Scotland Date: 2013 RoSPA Scotland recently supported an application by Clare Adamson MSP to establish a Cross Party Group on Accident Prevention and Safety Awareness, which has...
View ArticleTRENDS IN AVOIDABLE MORTALITY 2001 TO 2011
Countries Covered: England and Wales Date: 2013 The Office for National Statistics have produced a report on trends in avoidable deaths. An underlying data table includes a breakdown of trends for...
View ArticleCHILD POVERTY MAP
Countries Covered: UK Date: 2013 A child poverty map of the UK is now available on the End Child Poverty website. It provides a localised map of child poverty showing the level in each constituency,...
View ArticleASSET-BASED APPROACHES TO PUBLIC HEALTH IN SCOTLAND
Countries Covered: Scotland Date: 2013 An interesting article has been posted on the ScotPHO website which explains the latest thinking on assets and asset-based approaches to public health in...
View ArticleDUBLIN JOINS UNITED NATIONS WOMEN SAFE CITIES GLOBAL PROGRAMME
Countries Covered: Ireland Date: 2013 Dublin City Council has joined the United Nations Women Safe Cities Global Programme (SCGP). The programme was launched in 2010 and works in cities across the...
View ArticleCHILD SAFETY IN WALES; EXAMPLES OF INTERVENTIONS IN PRACTICE
Countries Covered: Wales Date: 2013 To highlight just some of the local accident prevention work taking place across Wales, Children in Wales have produced a document “Child Safety in Wales; Examples...
View ArticleSCOTLAND’S HOME SAFETY EQUIPMENT SCHEME
Countries Covered: Scotland Date: 2013 RoSPA have secured funding from the Scottish Government to roll out Scotland’s Home Safety Equipment Scheme (SHSES). This pilot project will involve working with...
View ArticleWHO AND PARTNERS LAUNCH PEDESTRIAN SAFETY: A ROAD SAFETY MANUAL FOR...
Countries Covered: World Date: 2013 Jointly developed by WHO, the FIA Foundation, the Global Road Safety Partnership and the World Bank, this road safety manual equips the reader with necessary...
View ArticleUN GLOBAL ROAD SAFETY WEEK
Countries Covered: World Date: 2013 The Second UN Global Road Safety Week took place on 6-12 May 2013. This week drew attention to the urgent need to better protect pedestrians worldwide. Read the...
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