Safe Community Dongshan

Name of groups

Group members

Task details

Reference Group

Committee chairman, deputy chairman, advisory group, health care volunteer squad

Integrate available societal resources, and utilizing them for the safety promotion and injury prevention programs

Task Force Groups

Secretariat

Staffed with one director-general and one executive secretary

Data compilation and program implementation

Injury Surveillance

Community health promotion volunteers; health clinic; township administrative office; heads of neighborhoods and villages; fire, household registration and social work departments; Mental Rehabilitation Association

Establish injury surveillance system and compile injury data; provide educational trainings; implement school and community injury surveillance programs; implement safety promotion programs

Home Safety

Association for community development; evergreen club of the village administrative office; community health care volunteers; neighborhood watch; representatives of the community mothering class

Promote home safety programs for seniors and children.

Farming Safety

Dongshan Township Farmers' Association; community health care volunteers; members of the production and marketing class; representatives from the company that designed the traceability system of agricultural products; owner's representative of tea plantations

Provide training for: proper usage of pesticide protection equipments, management of storage facilities, and application of the traceability system of agricultural products.

School Safety

School faculties and nurses; lollipop lady; community health care volunteers; representatives of PTAs

Evaluation of the school environment; promote student safety education programs; advancement safety promotion skills

Road Safety

Police department; construction division of the township administrative office; members of the neighborhood watch; community health care volunteers; resident representative

Road safety inspections and traffic injury prevention.

Recreation Safety

Forestry Bureau; association for community development; community recreation center; community health care volunteers; Bureau of water resources; bed and breakfast development association; temples

Inspection of the safety of recreation environment and promote recreation safety.

Programs

Improvement Plans

Target Age Groups (for both genders)

0-6

7-14

15-24

25-64

65+

Home safety-

* Elderly safety

* Environment

safety

* Child safety

Home visits and safety inspections

*

*

*

*

*

Conduct and follow up on home safety improvement plans

*

*

*

*

Home safe behavior education training plans

*

*

*

*

Installation of handrails and anti-slippery measures in bathrooms

*

*

Falling prevention training for seniors

*

Collision prevention training for children

*

Safe medication usage seminar

*

*

*

*

*

Promotion of home safety education programs

*

*

*

*

*

Farming safety-

* Safe farming

environment

* Farming

machinery and

storage safety

* Safe usage of

pesticide

Conduct survey and evaluation of farming environments

*

*

Training for farm working

*

*

Education and training courses on the correct use of pesticides

*

*

Farming machinery and storage management training

*

Improvement of unsafe farming environments

*

*

*

*

*

Educational sessions on safe farming equipments

*

*

Establish traceability system of agricultural products

*

*

Road Safety-

* Safe roads

* Safe road

environment

* Children's helmet

wearing

* Safe usage of

roads

Inspection for high-risk roads

*

*

*

*

*

Diagnosis of high-risk environments

*

*

*

*

Education program for prospective road safety personnel

*

*

Community education on road safety

*

*

Improvement plan for high-risk roads

*

*

*

*

Conduct on-site evaluation, investigation and analysis

*

Promote safety education

*

*

*

*

Police intervention in safety promotion

*

*

*

*

*

School Safety-

* School safety

* Safe school environment

* Safe usage of

school facilities

Promote traffic safety education for children

*

*

Education and training courses on school safety

*

*

*

Education and training courses for school faculties and parents

*

*

Establish school emergency response mechanism

*

Inspect for hazardous areas in schools

*

*

Regular maintenance and repair of facilities

*

*

*

Education

*

Safe cycling training camps

*

Drowning prevention trainings

*

Recreation Safety-

* Safety of trails

* Recreational

environment

safety

* Recreation facility

usage safety

Evaluation of high-risk trails

*

*

*

*

*

Visit and diagnose high-risk areas

*

*

*

*

*

Education and training courses on recreation safety for prospective personnel

*

*

Community education and training courses on recreation safety

*

*

Management of recreational trails and facility renovation

*

*

*

*

*

Regulate unsafe recreation environment

*

*

*

*

*

* Safety promotion

program for

foreign spouses

Traffic safety education

*

*

Scooter riding course

*

Recruit foreign volunteer to assist in safety promotion

*

*

*

*

Safe child care-taking training for foreign spouses

*

*

Scooter license exam for foreign spouses

*

* Suicide

prevention

Establish suicide gatekeeper squad

*

*

Manage and visit patients with mental illness

*

*

*

*

Visit and follow-up on suicide cases

*

*

*

Community training courses on suicide prevention

*

*

Training course for prospective gatekeeper squad members and volunteers

*

*

Employment services by Mental Rehabilitation Association

*

*

Data sources

Time of registration

Place of registration

Registrar

Community injury registration stations

No designated timeframe

Office of heads of

villages and neighborhoods

Heads of neighborhood, health care volunteers, public health nurses

Dongshan Police Station

Upon receiving emergency calls

Police station

Police officers on duty

Ambulance journey records

At the time when ambulance is deployed

The fire department

Firemen on duty

Injury record at school health centers

When student are injured

School health center

School nurses

Death records at the household registration office

Upon notification of death cases

Township household registration office

Nurses at Dongshan Township health clinic

Type of Injury

Traffic

Falling

Struck by objects

Injury by Cutting

Caught in between objects

Animal bites

Burn

Sport

Others

Total

2007.01~

2007.12

12

18

8

22

2

3

1

1

3

70

2008.1~

2008.12

43

60

23

61

3

8

15

7

0

220

Total

55

78

31

83

5

11

16

8

3

290