Fellowship Baptist Church
Surveillance of injuries:
- ACICR (primary data collection)
- Health Canada
- Safe Kids Canada
Numbers per year: Population base: Started year: (see table below, data provided by Colleen Drule, Alberta Centre for Injury Control and Research, Edmonton Canada)
Northern Lights Health Region- Injury Data
Deaths Hospital Admissions Emergency Department Visits
Year Number Rate/100,000 population
Number Rate/100,000 population
Number Rate/100,000 population
2003 35 48.32 1020 2093.5 13947 19504.5
Publications:
Other: SEARCH is a two year program designed to train people in applied health research to increase professional and organizational capacity for evidence based practice locally and provincially. Participants come from across the province, from a variety of organizations and health disciplines. Locally there are 2 health professionals, Judy Corcoran and Keltie Paul, who recently completed this program.
Produced information material, pamphlets:
- Health Related Behaviours and Indicators of Social Adjustment in Fort McMurray, 1992: base line data from the Fort McMurray Demonstration Project in Social Marketing by Tee L., Guidotti, Lynda Watson, Malynda Wheeler.
- Pamphlet including mission statement, goals and slogan ‘to be safe and healthy in all we do’, revised March 2005.
- Let’s Talk Wellness- This is a formalized program education the public in health and safety issues. In conjunction with a radio show, the information is produced in local newspapers on a weekly basis.
- AORP- The Wood Buffalo region is currently undergoing a study to determine why there is such a high incident of not using seatbelts, a follow up to the information published in the Province of Alberta study.
- Traffic Safety Model- published by Keltie Paul as part of her SEARCH.
- Research on the effects of shift work and sleeping patterns through Keyano College and local work sites.
- ‘A Million Messages’ posters and documents- This provincial wide program has common posters and documents with characters and graphics unique to this program for easy identification. Our local posters have revised the characters to include and represent our aboriginal population. These are now widely used within the Northern Lights Health Region.
- Drinking and Driving Effects on teenagers- Dr. Peter Roth conducted this focus group study by of Albertan youths, and in particular Fort McMurray, has produced valuable documentation to assist with awareness and programming needs. The report is to be released this fall.
- Local clubs, organizations and businesses have produced numerous pamphlets, brochures and posters to heighten awareness of safety and wellness in our community. Some of the key projects include: A Million Messages (NLHR), Twisted Mister (SOS), workplace health and safety, helmet safety, ATV safety, …
- Wood Buffalo Safe/ Healthy Community Network Stakeholder Manual has been developed, and revised annually, to introduce new stakeholders to the Network.
- Wood Buffalo Safe/ Healthy Community Network Executive Manual has been developed and revised annually to orientate new Executive members to the business of the Network.
- Community needs assessments including teen needs, FCSS community needs, Community Plan on Homelessness…
Staff:
Number: 1
Professions: Coordinator
Permanent/ Temporary: Part time to full time pending workload, Volunteers recruited as needed
Organization: The Wood Buffalo Safe/ Healthy Community Network is a registered non-profit volunteer organization which is funded through community dollars and granting agencies. An Executive committee is elected annually at the Annual General Meeting. Stakeholders include representatives from a variety of sectors: health and wellness, RCMP, local government (Regional Municipality of Woof Buffalo), fire prevention, education, local business (corporate, large, small), workplace health and safety, and representatives from the community at large.
Specific intersectoral leadership group:
Wood Buffalo Safe/ Healthy Community Network includes membership from a variety of community organizations and business. Ongoing recruitment of stakeholders, volunteers and interested persons ensures a consistently updated representation from our Municiplaity. To date, our partners include:
- Albian Sands
- Alberta Brain Injury Network
- Alberta Construction Safety Association
- Alberta Motor Association
- Canadian Society Safety Engineers
- City Centre Business Revitalization Zone
- CJOK/ KYX 98 Radio
- Communities In Bloom
- Community Members at Large
- Fort MacKay Wellness Centre
- Fort McMurray Catholic School District
- Fort McMurray Public School District
- Fort McMurray Today
- Golosky Group of Companies
- Keyano College (Be Fit For Life Centre)
- Nexen Inc.
- Northern Lights Health Region, Physiotherapy Department
- Northern Lights Health Region, Emergency Department
- Northern lights Health Region, Health Promotion
- Northern Lights Health Region, Childhood Injury Prevention
- RCMP (Royal Canadian Mounted Police)
- Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo Fire Prevention
- Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo Community Services
- Regional Municipality of Wood buffalo Emergency Services
- Safety Builders North Inc.
- St. John Ambulance
- SOS/ Some Other Solutions
- Suncor Energy Inc.
- Syncrude Canada
- Tridon Communication
- Wood Buffalo Human Resources Association
- Workers Compensation Board
- Workplace Health and Safety
General public health/health promotion group:
Subcommittees of the Wood Buffalo Safe/ Healthy Community Network:
- The Childhood Injury Prevention Taskforce
- Traffic Safety Taskforce
- Substance Abuse Taskforce (to be launched 2006).
- Workplace Health and Safety Taskforce (to be launched 2006)
- A stakeholder partnership with local radio stations and newspapers.
- Wood Buffalo Tobacco Reduction Coalition
- Communities In Bloom
International commitments:
Study visits: 1993 Dr. Leif Svanstrom
1994 Dr. Leif Svanstrom
Participation in Safe Community conferences:
- Harstad Norway (1994)
- Fort McMurray, Alberta Canada (1995)
- Hume City and la Trobe Valley (1996)
- Rotterdam, Netherlands (1998)
- Medicine Hat, Alberta Canada (1999)
- Rainy River, Canada (2002)
- Estonia (2004)
- Perth Ontario, Canada (2004)
- Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada (2005)
Hosting Safe Community Conferences:
- Fourth International Safe Community Conference, June 1995
Hosting ”Travelling Seminars”:
- 1995, various
- 2004, Northern Lights Health Region was host to the Canadian Injury Prevention and Control Curriculum
Other:
- 1993, Third Annual National Conference, Social Marketing in Public Health a New Strategy in Health Promotion, Clearwater Beach Florida.
- 1994, Fourth Annual National Conference, Social Marketing in Public Health. Presented by Lynda Watson and Malynda Wheeler.
- 1995, Fourth International Conference on safe Communities, presentation by Dr. Tee Guidotti, Lynda Watson and Malynda Wheeler.
- 1997, building a Safe Community Conference, Pennsylvania.
- 2000, Canadian Conference on Injury Prevention, Kanaskis Canada
- 2001, Canadian Conference on Injury Prevention, Edmonton Canada
- 2002, 2004 Alberta Centre for Injury Control and Research Network
- 2004, Aboriginal Injury Prevention Conference, Winnipeg Canada
- 2003, Making In Roads Traffic Safety Conference, Edmonton Canada
- Network Member, Alberta Centre for Injury Control and research
- Founding Member, Alberta Injury Control Alliance
- Safe Community designation, Safe Communities Foundation Canada
- Community Partner of Safe Kids Canada
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