Safe Community Songpa No. 141

Name of the Community: Songpa district
Country: South Korea
Number of Inhabitants: 682,110

Program started year: 2005
International Safe Communities Network Membership:
Designation year - 2008
Info address on www for the Programme: http://www.songpa.go.kr

Full application available at:
http:// www.songpa.go.kr/user.kdf?a

http://www.songpa.go.kr/user.kdf?a=songpa.menu.MenuApp&c=1001&cate_id=AE0406009000_2_

For further information contact:

Oh Hae Gun
Health Sanitary Division
#326 olympic-ro, Songpa District Health Center
Song-pa 138-702
South Korea
Phone: 82-2-2147-3420
Fax: 82-2-2147-3895
E-mail: ohg213@songpa.go.kr ohg213@songpa.go.kr
www.ehealth.songpa.go.kr

The programme covers the following safety promotion activities:

For the age group
Children 0-14 years:

• Safety Doctor Program,
• Songpa Dadoongyi Insurance,
• Visiting Safety Training for Children,
• Production/Distribution of Safety Manual,
• Kid Safety Expo,
• Songpa Safety Sheriff Operation,
• Safe Teaching Tools/Materials Contest.
  

Youth 15-24 years:

• Safety Experience Hall Training,
• Youth Safety Training,
• School Zone Patrol Operation.
  

Adults 25-64 years:

• Safety Training for Parents,
• CPR & First Aid Training,
• Safety Training for Female Drivers,
• Safety Training for Transportation Workers,
• Green Mother Volunteers Corps,
• Traffic Park Operation
  

Elderly 65+ years:

• Silver Safety Zone Operation,
• Safety Management for Senior Welfare Facilities,
• Fall Protection Program,
• Songpa Mental Health Center Operation
  

At the following environments :

Home:

• Safety Check for Homes with Songpa Dadoongyi Insurance,
• Home safety Awareness Survey by Civil Defense Corps personnel.
  
  Traffic:
• Child Safety Vehicle Certification Program, 
• Road Appurtenance Installation for Pedestrian & Traffic Safety,
• Creation of Safe Bicycle Lanes.
  
  

Occupational:

Safety Management of Large/General Construction Sites and Large Distribution Facilities.

School:

• Safe School Commuting Zone Program,
• Creation of Safe School Environment,
• Installation of CCTVs in Vulnerable Areas
  

Sports: Safe Children's Park Creation Program, Distribution of Bicycle Head Gear/Hood, Creating of Safe Jogging Track.

Leisure: Safety Management for Lotte World and Children's Museum.

Natural Disaster:

• Flood/Snow-clearing Alert Service,
• Flood Prevention Facility Control System, 
• Safety Inspection Day,
• Text-messaging for inspection of facilities subject to special management,
• Safety Inspection Day Tsunami Warning System, earthquake safe houses).

Other:
Child Care Facility Safety Improvement Program,
Establishment of Injury Surveillance System.

Violence prevention:

• Violence-free School Life Program,
• Operation of Counsel for Domestic Violence and Women's Shelter,
• Sungdong Detention Center Inmates Violence Prevention Program,
• Neighbourhood Patrol Operation.
  

Suicide prevention:

• Songpa Mental Health Center,
• Suicide/Depression Prevention Program,
• Mental Health Family Program,
• Community Survey for Suicide Prevention,
• Mental Health Program per Age Groups (Children, Adolescents, Adults, Seniors),
• Mental Health Reception Center,
• Mental Patient-Community Relationship Network,
• Weekly Rehabilitation Service for People with Serious Mental Illness,
• Mental Health Seminar.
  

Programs aiming at ”High risk-groups”:

 - Children Safety Program: Safety Doctor Program, Visiting Safety Training for Children,

Children Safety Expo, Songpa Dadoongyi Insurance, Children Safety Musical, Safety Training for Childminders, Child Safety Vehicle Certification, Songpa Safety Sheriff Operation, Child Safety Training Center Operation, Child Care Facility Safety Improvement, Safe Show House

- Senior Safety Program: Silver Safety Zone Operation, Safety Management for Senior Welfare Facilities, Safety Inspection/improvement of Senior Community Centers, Fall Protection Program

- Safety Program for the Disabled: Safety Inspection of Living Spaces for the Disabled, Operation of Driving Academy for the Disabled, Love House Makeover Program

Surveillance of injuries

Numbers per year:

- Deaths from Injury (Source: Statistics Korea): 220 people out of 1,925 died from injury in

2007

- Injury due to traffic accident (Source: Songpa Police) : 5,205 accidents occurred in 2007, leaving 11,903 people injured

- School Safety & Insurance Association's Injury Data (Gangdong Office of Education) : 249 persons in 2004, 190 in 2005, 262 in 2006

 - Infant/Child Injury Data (data submitted by child care facilities for Injury Surveillance System) : 912 cases from 37 Child Care Facilities in 2008; 785 cases from 68 Child Care Facilities in 2009

Population base:   

 - In 2007, the total number of deaths in Songpa-gu stood at 1,925 and deaths caused by injury accounted for 220, which is 11.43% of the total. It means 35.26 people out of 100,000 die from injury, and injury deaths account for 11.43% of the total number of deaths. 

- Injury death status (1998 - 2007)

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Started year:2005

Produced information material, pamphlets :

Production/Distribution of Safety Manual

Staff

Number: 5 people

Full-time 5 people

Permanent:5 people

Organization: Songpa-Gu Public Health Center Health hygiene Section Safe Commusity Part

Specific intersectoral leadership group: Songpa Safe Community coalition member,Seoul Metropolic, Ministry of Public Administration and Security

General public health/health promotion group: Health diagnosis Section,Medicines section

Songpa-Gu Safe Community Network System

International commitments:

Study visits: 2th

- Wonju Safe Community Designation Ceremony and Symposium (Wonju)

- Cheonan Safe Community Designation Ceremony and Symposium (Cheonan)

Participation in Safe Community conferences: 2th

- 5th Asia Safe Community Conference (Beijing)

- Towada International Seminar (Japan)

Hosting Safe Community Conferences: -

Hosting ”Travelling Seminars”: Songpa Safe Community 1st Anniversary Symposium(Songpa)

Other: 9 National Safe Community Annual Conferences and Workshops