The Communities

Name of the Community: Bildstein, Bregenz, Buch, Eichenberg, Fußach, Gaißau, Hard, Hohenweiler, Kennelbach, Langen b. B., Lochau, Möggers, Schwarzach, Wolfurt
Country: Vorarlberg/Austria
Number of inhabitants:65.000
Programme started year:1994
Infernational Safe Communities Network Membership: Designation year : 1998
Info address on www for the Programme: No

Info on the WWW for the community:
http://www.sicheregemeinden.at

The programme covers the following safety promotion activities:

 

Safe Biotope

For the age group
Children 0-14 years: yes
Youth 15-24 years: yes
Adults 25-64 years: yes
Elderly 65+ years: yes

 

 
Bike and helmet - Festival in a kindergarten

At the following environments:
Home: yes
Traffic: yes
Occupational: yes
School: yes
Sports: yes
Leisure: yes
Other:

”Accidents” (non-intentional injuries) in the following injury areas:

 

Helmet Demonstration

Violence prevention (intentional injuries):no
Suicide prevention (self-inflected injuries): no
Programs aiming at ”High risk-groups”: no

Surveillance of injuries: Where? Household survey of the ”Sicher Leben” institute

Numbers per year: approx. 9.000 cases with approx. 600 injuries

Population base: approx. 62.000 persons with approx. 4.500 injuries

Started year: 1993; Ended year: 1996; from 1997 on, the surveillance is done through the official statistics of the in-patients in Vorarlberg.

Publications: (Scientific)

Produced information material, pamphlets:
3 Folders; yearly project documentation

International commitments:

Study visits: no

Participation in Safe Community conferences: no

Hosting Safe Community Conferences: no

Hosting ”Travelling Seminars”: 1998

Staff: Mr. Franz Rein
Number: 1
Professions: full-time
Organization: Initiative Sichere Gemeinden
Specific intersectoral leadership group: ”Sicher Leben” institute, Sozialversicherung der Bauern
General public health/health promotion group: ”Sicher Leben” institute, Sozialversicherung der Bauern

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For further information contact:
Ing. Franz Rein
or
Angela Bosch
or
Johannes Peterlunger

Initiative Sichere Gemeinden
Realschulstraße 6
6850 Dornbirn
Austria

Phone: +43-5572-54343-0
Fax: 0043-5572-54343-45
E-mail: franz.rein@sicheregemeinden.at

 

Info on the WWW for the community:
http://www.sicheregemeinden.at

 

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"Sicher Gemeinden" in Vorarlberg, Austria - Application to Become a Member of the Safe Community Network

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