Table of Contents
 
An introduction to Iranian International Safe Community Support Center. 3
About The First International Safe Community Summer School 8
The Summer School’s Program.. 9
Who are the Lecturers. 13
Who are the Organizers. 15
How to get involved as a Participant in summer school 16
Facilities & Fee. 18
How to Contact us. 20
 
 

 

An introduction to Iranian International Safe Community Support Center

After great efforts of an expert Iranian team in scope of safe community led by Dr. Homayoun Sadeghi-Bazargani  and supports from Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, the Swedish collaborating center of World Health Organization in Karolinska approved the “Iranian International Safe Community Support Center” as the only official member of Iran in “International Safe Community network” in 2015.
 
Members of Iranian International Safe Community Support Center:
Dr. Homayoun Sadeghi Bazargani / Head   
Dr. Mina Golestani / Director of Education
Dr. Mohammah H Soomi / Member
Dr. Jafar S Tabrizi / Member
Dr. Reza Mohammadi / Member
Dr. Ali Jannati / Member
Dr. Mohammad R Rashidi / Member
Dr. Ali Meshkini / Member
Dr. Sakine HajEbrahimi / Member
Dr. Amir M Navali / Member
Dr. Nazli Soltani / Member
 
 
 
 
 
Iranian International Safe Community Support Center follows bellow objectives:
 

1. Provision of center programs and services utilizing multidisciplinary cross sectorial and ‎evidence-based approaches.‎

5. Supports mobilization efforts necessary for action at the community level by modeling collaborative approaches
5. Strengthens and creates opportunities needed to build on the science and practice of injury prevention and community safety promotion
5. Supports a comprehensive or systems approach to address safety problems

The center takes into account the need for strong cross-sectorial relationships in order to achieve the aims of community safety promotion. Various parts are in this relationship including, the academic sector, the municipality sector, the law-enforcement, law-making and legal sector, the nongovernmental societies-organizations, publication and mass media and the  health sector which is incorporated with academic sector in Iranian system and major medical universities are responsible both for education and the health service provision, supervision and policy making.
 

2. The SCSC provides a framework for promoting collective action which includes involvement with community networks.

5. Supports local communities and organizations to implement action at the local level
5. Supports targeted activities that address priority injury and safety problems
5. Nurtures attention on issues through focused community networks

In order to promote the required knowledge and understanding for adoption of the Safe Community Model, we have provided initiatives to the communities examples of which are as follows:

• Short courses and workshops for communities not limited to those actively engaged to apply a safe community but with a wider range.
• Semi-academic one-year long national educational program on road traffic safety promotion.
• Research support: We also support the communities through mutual research work with respect to their needs.
• Topic-specific and targeted intervention programs such as burn projects, traffic injury prevention programs and etc.

 
 

3. The SCSC provides consultative support to communities in the establishment of SC initiatives, like the process up to seeking “International Safe Community” status.

5. Promotes the understanding and adoption of the SC Model

• We help the communities not only startup and establishing safe communities, but also in evaluation and methodological support. We provide scientific supervision and methodological support to the communities as well as health policy makers for their safety promotion activities.
• International Safe community modules are translated into Persian and used in Iran.
• In collaboration with a Swedish publisher, a new journal on injury epidemiology is going to be launched jointly with Tabriz but with international scientific board from Sweden, Iran, Bangladesh, Thailand and so on. Our main aim would be to provide a way of circulating reliable evidence of safe community experiences both in English and simultaneously in regional languages.

 
 

4. The SCSC facilitates and supports community-based strategic planning processes.

5. Tabriz is nationally selected as the Iranian center excellence for health administration and using its academic capabilities provides both educational and consultative services nationally. This support is available to promotion of safe community movement either.
5. We have considered as a high priority for the documentation of the efforts through different routes of publishing articles, books and monographs.
5. Our successful national experience on design and application of SHEP health promotion model with high multi-sector involvement and strategic engagement of stake holders and target groups such as children is an asset for our organization.

 
 

5. The SCSC demonstrates leadership and stewardship in addressing priority injury issues, high risk, and vulnerable groups.

5. Works with high risk and vulnerable groups to create opportunities for action
5. Advocates for action based on the SCSC knowledge of; the injury and safety problem, at risk population, latest research findings and evidence-based intervention strategies

• Due to the high approval of our organization and lots of work being done, we are carrying a leading role in many safety related issues. However, especially in field of traffic injuries we have a lot work ahead to be satisfied.
• With respect to nearly short time of our intensified work, we are known as a scientific leader such that contrary to other Iranian academic centers most of the financial support for the work we do comes from the sources outside the university who rely on our capabilities.

 
 

6. The SCSC provides expert services and knowledge in the area of injury data and injury surveillance issues.

5. Provides expert guidance in the documentation and monitoring of injuries and causes of injury.
5. Provides community-based initiatives support to access baseline data required to plan program initiatives.

 
 

7. The SCSC demonstrates a long term commitment to supporting SC and the SC Network within their organizations strategic plan.

5. Ensures a sustainable resource to SC in their efforts
5. Ensures a strong learning partnership within the SC Network

 
 

8. The SCSC supports those responsible at the community level to utilize appropriate indicators to evaluate community processes, effects of change and injury rates.

5. Supports the development of evaluation mechanisms at the community level to facilitate program management and delivery
5. Nurture community leadership and interagency collaboration through self-evaluation
5. Promotes the capability of communities to act on their interests while promoting the use of a scientific approach

 
 

9. The SCSC disseminates their experiences both at national and international levels.

5. Contributes to a body of knowledge of the SC Model within national and international SC networks and others working within the field of community safety

- Helps identifying communities or institutions suitable for organizing SC Conferences and Seminars.
- To publicly affirm commitment to support local, regional and international SC initiatives.
- To promote the SC model at local, regional and national levels
 
 

10. The SCSC reports on their SC activities and research efforts.

5. Supports accessible and systematic dissemination of knowledge and experience.

 

About The First International Safe Community Summer School

 
Injuries and violence pose a major public health and development problem worldwide. According to recent estimates, each year over 5 million people around the world die as a result of an injury. However, this total pales in comparison to the huge numbers who suffer non-fatal, disabling injuries each day. Although injuries and violence affect people of all ages, races and socioeconomic status, we know that the majority of the injury burden occurs among those from low-income and middle-income countries.
Over the past few decades, as more attention has been paid to the worldwide problem of injuries, we have come to a better understanding of the nature and extent of injuries and violence.
Accidents and injuries are no longer perceived as wholly random, unavoidable events but rather as ones that are largely preventable. Addressing injures is an important in injury prevention planning, and the best approach for it is injury surveillance.
For this aim, we will hold a summer school (7 days) to go deep into injury surveillance and it's systems by focus on major injury problems that need to be addressed.
As International Safe Community Certifying Center (Karolinska institute) has planned to hold the second education program for ‎International Safe Community Certifiers in Iranian international safe community support center (Tabriz), so this program will be a part of summer school as well.
For covering both courses (injury surveillance & Safe community certification program), we defined two separated courses in summer school's program:
Course A: Injury surveillance

5. Application for this course is open for all applicants
5. The applicants will be approved by Iranian international safe community support center

Course B: Safe community certification program

5. Application for this course is specified Only for those in safe community program
5. The applicants of this course will be introduces by International Safe Community Certifying Center (Karolinska institute)

 
 

The Summer School’s Program

 
The program includes tow separated courses:

• Course A: Injury surveillance (All applicants of course A)
• Course B: Safe community certification (Only for certifying candidates of safe community program)

**These two courses will share some common lectures during 1^st and 2^nd days of summer school.
 

Injury surveillance (Course A) Program
1st day
9-11 am	Opening ceremony and practical information
11-11:30 am	Break
11:30-12:30 am	Fundamentals of injury surveillance (Lecture 1)
12:30-13:30 pm	Fundamentals of injury surveillance (Lecture 2)
13:30-14:30 pm	Lunch
14:30-16 pm	International classification systems in injuries (focused on ICD10-11) (Lecture 1)
2nd day
9-11 am	International classification systems in injuries (focused on ICD10-11) (Lecture 2)
11-11:30 am	Break
11:30-13:30 pm	International classification systems in injuries (focused on ICD10-11) (Group Work 1)
13:30-14:30 pm	Lunch
14:30-16 pm	International classification systems in injuries (focused on ICD10-11) (Group Work 2)

 
 
 
 

Injury surveillance (Course A) Program
3rd day
9-11 am	Epidemiology and surveillance of Traffic Injuries  (Lecture 1)
11-11:30 am	Break
11:30-13:30 pm	Epidemiology and surveillance of Traffic Injuries  (Group Work 1)
13:30-14:30 pm	Lunch
14:30-16 pm	Oral & poster presentations by participants about the experiences in various countries about injury registries and surveillance systems (Lecture 2)
4th day
9-11 am	Epidemiology and surveillance of burns  (Lecture 1)
11-11:30 am	Break
11:30-13:30 pm	Epidemiology and surveillance of burns  (Group Work 1)
13:30-14:30 pm	Lunch
14:30-16 pm	Oral & poster presentations by participants about the experiences in various countries about injury registries and surveillance systems (Lecture 2)
5th day
9-11 am	Epidemiology and surveillance of violence (homicide and suicide)  (Lecture 1)
11-11:30 am	Break
11:30-13:30 pm	Epidemiology and surveillance of fall  (Lecture 2)
13:30-14:30 pm	Lunch
14:30-16 pm	An open titled Lecture  (Lecture 3)
6th day
9-13 pm	Course evaluation and assessment
13-14 pm	Lunch
14-16 pm	Saved time for potential meetings & visiting a safe community
7th day
9-12 am	Closing ceremony
12-18 pm	Social Events

Safe community certification (Course B) Program
1st day
9-11 am	Opening ceremony and practical information
11-11:30 am	Break
11:30-12:30 am	Fundamentals of injury surveillance (Lecture 1)
12:30-13:30 pm	Fundamentals of injury surveillance (Lecture 2)
13:30-14:30 pm	Lunch
14:30-16 pm	International classification systems in injuries (focused on ICD10-11) (Lecture 1)
2nd day
9-11 am	International classification systems in injuries (focused on ICD10-11) (Lecture 2)
11-11:30 am	Break
11:30-12:30 pm	Principals for communities’ responsibilities and how communities are governed
12:30-13:30 pm	Quality management
13:30-14:30 pm	Lunch
14:30-16 pm	Cross sectorial and inter-sectorial collaboration
3rd day
9-10 am	The role as certifier (1st part)
10-11 am	Safe Community Indicator 1 : An infrastructure based on partnership and collaborations, governed by a cross- sector group that is responsible for safety promotion in their community
11-11:30 am	Break
11:30-13:30 pm	Safe Community Indicator 1 (Continued): An infrastructure based on partnership and collaborations, governed by a cross- sector group that is responsible for safety promotion in their community
13:30-14:30 pm	Lunch
14:30-16 pm	Safe Community Indicator 2 : Long-term, sustainable programs covering genders and all ages, environments, and situations

 

 

Safe community certification (Course B) Program
4th day
9-11 am	Safe Community Indicator 3 : Programs that target high-risk groups and environments, and programs that promote safety for vulnerable groups
11-11:30 am	Break
11:30-13:30 pm	Safe Community Indicator 4 : Programs that are based on the available evidence
13:30-14:30 pm	Lunch
14:30-16 pm	Safe Community Indicator 5 : Programs that document the frequency and causes of injuries
5th day
9-11 am	Safe Community Indicator 6 : Evaluation measures to assess their programs, processes and the effects of change
11-11:30 am	Break
11:30-13:30 pm	Safe Community Indicator 7 : On-going participation in national and international Safe Communities networks
13:30-14:30 pm	Lunch
14:30-16 pm	The role as certifier (2nd part)
6th day
9-13 pm	Course evaluation and assessment
13-14 pm	Lunch
14-16 pm	Saved time for potential meetings & visiting a safe community
7th day
9-12 am	Closing ceremony
12-18 pm	Social Events

 
 
 
 

Who are the Lecturers

 
 
 

The Lecturers of summer school
Injury surveillance lecturers Course A	Safe community certifiers program lecturers Course B
Dr. Leif Svanström (Sweden)‎	Dr. Leif Svanström (Sweden)
Dr. Lars Gunnar (Sweden)‎	Dr. Guldbrand Skjönberg (Sweden)
Dr. Lars Berg (Sweden)‎	Dr. Reza Mohammadi (Sweden)
Dr. Michel Peck (USA)‎	Dr. Lu Pai (Taiwan)
Dr. Homayoun Sadeghi (Iran)‎	Dr. Joonpil Cho (Korea)
Dr. Shrikant I. Bangdiwala‏ ‏‎(Canada)‎	Dr. Maria Isabel Gutierrez Martinez (Colombia)
	Dr.  Shrikant I. Bangdiwala (Canada)
	Dr. Yoko Shiraishi (Japan)
	Dr. Tommy Rozberg (Sweden)

 


 

Who are the Organizers

 
 

Course leaders	Dr. Leif Svanström, Dr Guldbrand Skjönberg Dr. Reza Mohammadi
Chancellor	Dr. Mohammad Hossein Soumi
Chairman	Dr. Homayoun Sadeghi Bazargani
Coordinator	Dr. Mina Golestani
Executive Secretory	Ms. Raana Zakeri

 

 

How to get involved as a Participant in summer school

 
For Course A (Injury surveillance):
Who can participate?

• All researchers, students and professionals in fields of safety promotion and injury epidemiology can take part in the summer school.

 

• As all the programs of Summer School will be in English, all participants must be fluent or upper mediate in English language. Note that we won’t offer any translator or translation system.

 

• It’s not necessary to have an academic degree for registering and taking part in Summer School programs, but the applicants who look for getting “Academic Credit” of summer school, at least must be the senior student of bachelor degree.

How to get “Academic Credit” of Summer School:

• We offer an “Academic Credit” equal to 1.5 post graduation academic credit to the participants who meet all bellow conditions:

1. Fully participate in summer school programs.
2. At least has a bachelor degree or be the senior student of bachelor.
3. Taking part at summer school’s examination which be held at end of the program and pass it successfully.

 

• Note that we will give “Participation Certificate” to all participants of summer school, it’s only “Academic Credit” that will be specified to some participants who meet certain conditions which were mentioned above.
• The PhD students of injury prevention at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, whom gets the academic credit of summer school, won’t need to pass “injury surveillance course” at the university.

Registration Priorities:‎

• As far as we will approve a limited applicants for taking part in course A (about 24 applicants), so the school will give priority to below applicants:

• The ones who register and pay fees earlier.
• The researchers, personnel and managers who participated in any project of safe community field (A confirmation from Safe Community Center or Safe Community Support Center is needed).

 

• Top 3 participants who meet at least one of our priorities, will be awarded €100.‎