Safe Community Trebon

Name of the Community: Trebon
Country: Czech Republic
Number of inhabitants: 8,866
Programme started year: 2004
Designation year: 2009

Info address on www for the community: www.mesto-trebon.cz

Full application report:

For further information contact:
Michaela Lavicková
Town Trebon
Palackého námestí 46/II
379 01 Trebon, Czech Republic
Phone: +420602643295
Fax: 384723505
email: mlavick@email.cz

The programme covers the following safety promotion activities:

For the age group  

Children 0 – 14 years:

• Safe Cyclist
• Prevention of Violence and Injuries Caused by Acts of Violence
• Safe traffic playground programme
• Children's day
• Information for parents
• Armadillo project
• School projects
   

Youth 15 – 24 years:

• National Days without injuries
• Drugs and alcohol use prevention
• Sports facilities utilization

Adults 25 – 64 years:

• Traffic injury prevention
• Information about Safe Community project

Elderly 65 + years:

• Memory trainings
• Falls prevention
• Cooperation with local Seniors' organization

All age groups:

See above

At the following environments:

Home:

• Seminars about flat adjustments mainly for seniors
• Distribution of preventive materials taken from expert organizations

Traffic:

• Public questioning about danger traffic places
• Environmental changes – safety cross walk building,
• Helmet usage promotion
• Building and reconstructing of tracks for cyclists
• Cooperation with private school car
• BESIP cooperation – Simulator of Clash
• Town cameras monitoring

Occupational:

• Labour injury protection – due to occupational legislation

School:

• Violence and chicane prevention
• Training of safety escape from the school building in danger
• Traffic safety activities in cooperation with private car school
• Providing information about injury prevention for teachers

Sports and leisure:

• Making sports facilities safe and accessible
• Building cycle tracks
• Ice stadium – safe ice skating
• Supporting free time clubs and organisation for children and youth

Violence and suicide prevention:

• Preventive program at elementary school
• Distribution of paper materials about violence and domestic violence
• Seminars organised by Municipal Police about drugs and alcohol abuse
• Cooperation with Crises Centre for Families with Children

Programs aiming at “High risk-groups”:

• Programmes for children
• Programmes for elderly
• Project – Trebon without barriers (target at handicapped people)
• Rescue system in local spas

Surveillance of injuries:

Special injury surveillance took part in the program in the year 2005. We got data from physicians' offices in Trebon. Furthermore we are working with the data from national institutions.

Numbers per year:

1,384 people were treated by physicians in Trebon in 2005

Population base:

8,866 citizens of Trebon

Started year:

2005

Publications:

Professional articles – the exterior

Lavicková, M. Implementation of Preventive Activities according to the Methodology of World Health Organisation's Project „Safe Community“. Journal of
Health Sciences Management and Public Health. Vol. 7, Is. 2 2006. p.187 – 191
ISSN 1512-06512006

Lavicková, M . Monitoring of Child Accident Incidence in the Town of Trebon in
2005. Journal of Health Sciences Management and Public Health. Vol. 7, Is. 2
2006. p.169 – 171 ISSN 1512-0651

Lavicková, M. Level of Information of Parents of Pre-school Children about
Prevention of Accidents and Intoxications. Journal of Health Sciences Management
and Public Health. Vol. 7, Is. 2 2006. p.163 – 168 ISSN 1512-0651

Professional articles Czech Republic

Lavicková, M. Bezpecná komunita Trebon. Prevence úrazu, otrav a násilí. 1/2, 2005. s. 86 – 90 ISSN 1801-0261

Lavicková, M. Projekt „Prevence násilí a násilne vzniklých úrazu“. Prevence úrazu, otrav a násilí. 2/1, 2006. ISSN 1801-0261

Lavicková, M. Spolupráce Zdravotne sociální fakulty s Policií CR v oblasti prevence sociálne patologických jevu. Prevence úrazu, otrav a násilí. 2/1, 2006. ISSN 1801-0261

Lavicková, M. Úrazová rizika u detí ve veku 11 – 14 let v Jihoceském kraji. Prevence úrazu, otrav a násilí. 2/1, 2006. ISSN 1801-0261

Lavicková, M. Rozširující program prevence úrazu a otrav detí v predškolním veku s doplnením o výuku vetších detí v bezpecnosti v cyklistice. Ceská a slovenská hygiena. Supplement 2005. ISSN 1214-6722

Metodics

Lavicková, M., Šesták, M., Capková, M., Velemínský, M. Bezpecný cyklista . Jihoceská univerzita v Ceských Budejovicích Zdravotne sociální fakulta, 2004. ISBN 80-7040-662-3

Lavicková, M. Násilí a co s ním? Jihoceská univerzita v Ceských Budejovicích Zdravotne sociální fakulta, 2004. ISBN 80-7040-739-5

Reports

Capková, M., Lavicková, M. 7 . svetová konference prevence úrazu a podpory bezpecí – Víden 2004 . Prevence úrazu, otrav a násilí. 1/1 2005. ISSN 1801-0261

Capková, M., Lavicková, M. 13. mezinárodní konference „Bezpecných komunit “. Prevence úrazu, otrav a násilí. 1/1 2005.ISSN 1801-0261

Capková, M. Zimmelová, P., Lavicková, M. Prevence úrazu a rešení problematiky na Zdravotne sociální fakulte JU . Jihoceská univerzita. 1, 2005. ISSN 1214- 7869

Lavicková, M. Safe Rules Implementation in Trebon Czech Republic. Safe Community Weekly News. 5/2006. the electronic editorial.

Produced informational material, pamphlets:

• Brochure “Safe Cyclist”
• Brochure “Violence and what to do about it?”
• Publication: “Outside is a jungle”

Number:

There is not a full time Safe Community project leader. The coordinator of the Safe Community project is Michaela Lavicková, Ph.D.

Organization:

The project Safe Community is main goal of the project Health Town.

Chair of Healthy Town Committee:

• Anna Kahounová – vice mayor of the town Trebon

Secretary of Healthy Town Committee:

• Michaela Lavicková, Ph.D.– coordinator of the Safe Community project

Members of the Health Town Committee:

• prof. Miloš Velemínský
• Jaroslava Eisertová
• Magdalena Drábová, Ph.D.
• Vladimír Školka
• Stanislav Koranda
• Martin Ille
• Radim Filípek

Specific intersectional leadership group:

• Children's injury prevention – prof. Miloš Velemínský
• Violence prevention – Michaela Lavicková, Ph.D.
• Elderly safety promotion – Jaroslava Eisertová
• Traffic injury prevention and safety promotion – Vladimír Školka
• Sport related injuries – Stanislav Koranda

General public health/health promotion group:

• South Bohemian University in Ceské Budejovice, Health and Social Faculty, Centre of Injury Prevention for South Bohemian Region

International commitments:

Study visit:

Michaela Lavicková, Ph.D. – visiting Safe Community Kromeríž

Participation in Safe Community conferences:

13 th International Conference of “Safe Communities” held in Prague, 2004 (poster)

Safer Environment for Children in Europe – seminar held in Stockholm, 2004

7 th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion – held in Vienna, 2004 (poster)

1 st European Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion – held in Vienna, 2006 (poster)

International Children's Injury Prevention Conference – held in Prague, 2007 (oral presentation)

Other:

Education for Health and Quality Life International Conference – held in Hluboká nad Vltavou (Czech Republic), 2007 (oral presentation)

National Injury Prevention Conference – held in Trebon, 2006 (oral presentation) - The National Network of Health Town awarded the injury prevention activities in Trebon as an “Example of good practice in fulfilling the Agenda 21

Prevention of Injuries, Poisonings and Violence Conference – held in Ceské Budejovice, organised by Health and Social Faculty, 2007 (oral presentation)