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4 June 2009, Cardiff. Child Accident Prevention Practice and Information Exchange (CHAPPIE) Network Annual Conference

This conference will look at the findings of the European Child Safety Alliance, UNICEF & WHO Report Card for Wales (to be launched at the end of April) and how we can move local and national child accident prevention forward on both a practical and policy level. We would like to encourage practitioners to attend with their policy makers and are therefore providing the conference at a subsidised rate of just £35 per person. Book a place.

24 - 25 September 2009, Cardiff. 2nd UK Injury Prevention Conference for UK and Ireland

It will focus on the prevention of injuries to children and young adults including those from accidents, violence and self harm. It will highlight evidence of good practice and successful implementation of programmes, and will focus on how the knowledge, policy or intervention in the presentation is, or will be useful for injury prevention practitioners and policy makers.

The event will be of interest to injury prevention practitioners, researchers, policy makers, public health practitioners and voluntary organisations. It will provide an opportunity for people from a mix of disciplines, to come together and share evidence of current and future challenges and impact of injuries in today’s society. There will be sessions on topics including evaluation of local initiatives, prevention of home and road injuries, prevention of self harm and violence, injury data and research methods and how to engage policy makers.

The conference will cost £150 for both days, or £90 for just 1 day. We are also pleased to offer a special rate for registered charities of £130 for both days or £75 for 1 day. A limited number of subsidised places are available for members of the Child Accident Prevention Practice and Information Exchange (CHAPPIE) Network at a cost £55 per person per day.

To download the provisional programme, reserve a place, click on the following link: http://www.injuryobservatory.net/2nd_injury_conference.html.

21 - 24 September 2010, London. Safety 2010: 10th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion

Safety 2010 is a major world conference bringing together stakeholders in the prevention of unintentional injuries and violence from around the world to debate, discuss and exchange information and experiences.

The conference is being organised by the WHO Collaborating Centre for Violence Prevention at the Centre for Public Health, Liverpool John Moores University. The conference is co-sponsored by the World Health Organization. The Department of Health, The Health Protection Agency and the Department of Children, Families and Schools in England are supporting the conference.

The key theme of the conference is Safe and Equitable Communities. This theme has been chosen to reflect the disproportionate burden from almost all types of injuries that falls on poorer communities. Such differences are apparent both within countries, between countries and even between global regions.

The conference will highlight the interface between different sectors, organisations and disciplines. It will also examine unintentional injuries and violence linked to age, gender and ethnicity and focus on settings including the home, work, sports and leisure.

It will be of relevance to practitioners, researchers and policy makers from health, criminal justice, education, public administration and industry.

For further information, visit http://www.safety2010.org.uk.