Safe Community Kwai Tsing

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Nam of the Community: Kwai Tsing
Country: Hong Kong Special Admistration Region, China
Number of inhabitants: 480,000
Programme started year: October 2000
International Safe Communities Network Membership: Designation year: 2003
Info address for the Programme: Kwai Tsing Healthy City and Safe Community Coordination Office, G/F, Block M, Community Health Resource Centre
WWW address http://www.safecommunity.hk
http://kwaitsinghsa.org.hk



The programme covers the following safety promotion activities:

1. Child Safety ( 0-14 years)
Domestic injuries accounted for 24.5% of unintentional injuries at the age of 14 or below.

Injury Prevention Program for Children aimed at reducing frequency of injury via reinforcing knowledge about severity, consequences, and first-aid procedures in childhood injury. 200 families with new-born to 3 year-old children who were admitted into Accident and Emergency Department of Princess Margaret Hospital and another district hospital were recruited in the study. Printed publicity materials and videotapes were provided to the control group during home visits by trained volunteers. Environmental check and safety education were given to the intervention group on top of printed materials. Data collection is still underway and findings will be available in June 2003.

Figure 1: Home visits to family

Home Safety for Kids was to enroll kindergarten children in an experiential learning activity in a "Home Safety Demonstration Unit". They were given the opportunity to identify dangerous spots in a simulated home environment. Activity worksheets were provided for them to highlight appropriate behaviour to prevent domestic injury (Figure 2).

Figure 2: Experiential learning in Home Safety Demonstration Unit

Safety Awareness Activities included roving exhibitions on home safety staged in major public housing estates and shopping centres with home safety Quiz. Besides, more than 800 students from 34 primary schools participated in coloring competitions with the theme of "Home safety Angel" (Figure 3).

Figure 3: Winning entries of Coloring Competition on Home Safety Angel

2. Youth Safety (15-24 years) Industrial injuries (38.5%), Sports (14.5%) and Domestic injury (14.5%) were the major focus of injury preventive work in youngsters.

Student Safe Ambassadors was to enhance youth’s safety concept in school, at home and in sports. 228 secondary school students from more than 20 seecondary schools in Kwai Tsing participated. The program included first-aid training, Cardiac Pulmonary Resusitation, bandaging skills and a guided tour to Accident and Emergency Department of Princess MargaretHospital(Figure4).

Figure 4: Student Safe Ambassadors in action

Safety Awareness Activities focused on industrial injuries with visits to various industries such as Container terminal, China Light Power and Kowloon Bus Company (Figure 5). Exhibitions and talks on summer job, first aid knowledge, school and sport safety were also conducted.

Figure 5: Visits to Container Terminal

3.  Adult Safety (25-64 years)
Work safety and road safety were essential issues to address in this age group. Adults were the major work force in industries and accounted for 83.3% of work related injuries. 70.88% of traffic accidents involved adults who were the main road users. (Please refer to Work and Road Safety for details).

4.  Elderly Safety (65+ years)
Domestic injury among the elderly have become a major problem that accounted for 67.9% of injuries.

Elderly Safety Day conducted environmental scan, education for fall prevention, safety check and use of electricity, an evacuation plan and fire drill. An OSH checklist for nursing home was also developed. (Figure 6).

Figure 6: Safety talk and Fire Drill on Elderly Safe Day

"Elderly Safety - Fall Prevention" Workshop was implemented with 180 carers from old age homes and elderly centres participated (Figure 7). Participants were equipped with risk assessment skills, environmental scan and fall prevention strategies.


Figure 7: Workshops in Fall Prevention for Carers

Safety Awareness Activities included regular visits to "Home Safety Demonstration Unit" in Community Health Resource Centre. Risk spots were highlighted and elderlies were interested in home safety device and tips on home safety given within the tour (Figure 8).

Figure 8: Visits to Home Safety Demonstration Unit

HIGH RISK ENVIRONMENT

1. Work Safety

Housekeeping Promotional Campaign and Occupational Safety Award was given to organizations which had improved their working environment and adopted preventive strategies in OSH. (Figure 9).

Figure 9: Awards to Outstanding Organizations

Construction Safety Day promoted safe working cycle, safety of working at height, confined space, and the importance of wearing personal protective gears through "The Construction Safety Day", posters and leaflets (Figure 10).

Figure 10: Construction Safety Day

Catering Safety and Health Promotional Campaign was intended to raise the occupational safety and health awareness of employees engaged in the catering trade through Hygiene Supervisor Training, mass media, road shows, workshops, posters and leaflets (Figure 11).


Figure 11: Talk on Catering Safety

Industrial competitions were organized to enhance the necessary knowledge and skills of employees in various industries within industry, e.g. First Aid Competition in oil and chemical Industries, Fire Fighting Competition in oil and chemical industry, Folk Lift Competition in transportation, Safety Quiz in knowledge of occupational safety and health (Figure 12).

Figure 12: Carnival on Folk Lift Competition

Kwai Tsing Work Safety and Health Week was to promote occupational safety and health in the community. In 2000, the Working Group organized a Work Safety Carnival cum Inauguration Ceremony of Safe Community. The event attracted a large number of local residents (Figure 13).

Figure 13 : Kwai Tsing Work Safety and Health Week 2000

Angel on Home safety was the theme for 2001 and awarded to shape a new role for "safety guard" at home. Target participants were housewives. Educational programs including fire prevention, food hygiene, first-aid, electrical safety, gas safety, healthy life style, domestic chemicals safety, environment and other home safety topics were organized (Figure 14).

Figure 14: Home Safety Angel Educational Program

Fire Prevention Activities included regular talks, Computer Software Design Competition, Fire Quiz, Fire Prevention Parade, regular visits to fire station, training school and fire boat, and Fire Education Path with more than 80,000 participants (Figure 15). More than 60 fire drills were arranged for public housing estates and eldely homes to enhance citizens’ awareness of fire outbreaks.

Figure 15: Fire Talk

Healthy and Safe Estate was launched in 2002. Chueng Tsing Estate, one of the older estate, was chosen for the pilot scheme (Figure 16). Criteria on health and safety indicators were set as guidelines for accreditation as "Health and Safe Estate". A household survey will be carried out in November 2002 to identify high risk areas so that improvement work, promotional and educational activities can be carried out strategically in 2003.
Figure 16: Healthy and Safe Estate

Safety Awareness Activities included a Colouring Competition with over 800 entries, six roving exhibitions held in shopping centres to demonstrate fire prevention measures, gas and electricity safety, environmental safety (Figure 17).

Figure 17: Roving Exhibition on Home Safety

3. Road Safety

Safety Awareness Activities included "Safe Pedestrian Award" and "Safe Driver Award" to promote safe practice (Figure 18). " No Water Spill" safe driving competition was launched strengthen the concept of "Safety First". Besides, talks , slogon contest, warning stickers for drivers and coloring competition were also implemented to improve safety awareness.

Figure 18: Safe Pedestrian Award

INTENTIONAL INJURY

Prevention in Intentional Injuries such as violence and suicide continued to be handled by Police Force, Social Welfare Department and non-governmental organizations. Safety Awarenss activities were organized by Crime Prevention Working Group of Kwai Tsing District Council and the Police Force. Talks on "Promotion in New Life" Anti-drug abuse, crime prevention among youth, Crime Prevention Carnivals, "Gang At Night Project" and Quiz were organized to increase general awareness of intentional injuries (Figure 19).

Figure 19: Crime Prevention Quiz

Surveillance of injuries: Kwai Tsing

Numbers per year: 29758
Population base: 480000 inhabitants
Started year: 2000

Figure 20: Comparison of Admission Rate to AED according to Trauma Code in 2000& 2001

Specific intersectoral leadership group:

• Kwai Tsing District Council
• Kwai Tsing District Office
• Hong Kong Fire Services Department
• Hong Kong Police Force
• Hong Kong Housing Authority
• Labour Department
• Occupational Safety and Health Council
• Electrical and Mechanical Services Department
• Environmental Protection Department
• Food and Environmental Hygiene Department
• Leisure and Cultural Services Department
• Social Welfare Department
• Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Tsing Yi)
• The Association of Heads of Sec Schools of Tsuen Wan, Kwai Chung & Tsing Yi District
• China Light and Power HK Ltd
• Dow Chemical (HK) Ltd
• Fat Kee Stevedores Ltd
• Hong Kong Container Terminal Operators Association
• Oil & Chemical Industry Safety and Health Education Committee
• SKH Lady Maclehose Centre
• The Hong Kong and China Gas Co. Ltd
• The Kowloon Motor Bus Co. (1933) Ltd

General public health/health promotion group:

• Department of Health
• Department of Nursing & Health Sciences, Faculty of Health & Social Science,

The Polytechnic University Hong Kong.

• Health Education and Health Promotion Unit, School of Public Health,

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

• Kwai Chung Hospital
• Princess Margaret Hospital

Participation in Safe Community conferences:

• Hosting Safe Community Conferences: 2003
• Hosting "Travelling Seminars": Not yet

 Produced information material, pamphlets:

• Leaflet on Kwai Tsing Healthy City and Safe Community
• Leaflet and display boards on Children Safety
• Poster on Home Safety Angel
• Poster on Roving Exhibition of Home Safety
• Display boards on home safety
• Newsletter of Kwai Tsing Safe Community (Chi and Eng version)
• Banners on Kwai Tsing Safe Community
• Banners on Healthy and Safe Estate
• Poster on Kwai Tsing Safe Community
  

  Download the application report:

  Kwai Tsing, Hong Kong, China- Application to Become a Member of the Safe Community Network

Staff
Number: One
Professions: part-time or full-time: Full time
Permanent: Contract
Temporary: /
Organization: Kwai Tsing District Office

For further information contact:
Bonnie Wong Ms. Community nurse
Princess Margaret Hospital
G/F, Block M, Community Health Resource Centre, Princess Margaret Hospital
Hong Kong
China

Phone: +852-2990-3340
Fax: +852-299+3373
bonwon@hkstar.com

Info address on www for the institution:http://www.Kwaitsinghsa.com
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Updated by Moa Sundström, 2004-03-05 11:59 .