Know Injury eNews February 2019

Wheatbelt Workshop for Not for Profits

On Thursday, 21st February, Injury Matters visited Northam to facilitate a discussion with Not-For-Profits on how to work with Local Governments on Public Health Planning.

The workshop focused on the value of not for profits and the contribution they make in the community, the requirements of local governments in public health planning, the benefits of local governments working with not for profits to address priorities and also covered engagement and partnership methods that can be adopted.

Attendees were also provided with a Case Study of Learnings and Outcomes of Injury Matters recent work with the Town of East Fremantle.

Striving For Safe Roads This Easter

Local Governments, emergency services and other members of the community road safety network have joined forces to organise formal Blessing of the Road events, ceremonies and other local activities to promote campaign messages in their community.

The Blessing of the Roads campaign intends to build community support for the long term vision and actions to achieve zero deaths and serious injuries from road crashes.

This year, the Easter long weekend runs from Friday, 19 April to Monday, 22 April.

Campaign resources and tools can be found via the link below.

Western Australia's 10 Year Strategy for Reducing Family and Domestic Violence

The State Government is seeking feedback on the draft vision statement, principles and goals for the 10 Year Strategy for Reducing Family and Domestic Violence.

The proposed vision is a future where all Western Australians live free from family and domestic violence, and where women and children are safe respected, valued and treated as equals in private and public.

To inform development of the Strategy, the Department of Communities is undertaking extensive consultation up until June 2019 and wants to hear from all Western Australians.

To have your say click the link below.

'Connecting the Dots' - Discover Connections Among Types of Violence: Toolkit and Online Training

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released a new tool that makes it easier to see links between different types of violence and helps to provide a clear understanding of these connections that can help with planning strategies to prevent multiple forms of violence occurring in communities.

The tool makes it easier for you to connect the dots and explore the relationships between multiple types of violence and the risk and protective factors they share at each level of the social-ecological model (SEM). It also provides an understanding of these connections and can help you plan strategies to prevent multiple forms of violence at once and increase community safety and public health impact.

The toolkit and training can be found via the link below.

Reducing Alcohol-related Harm in Your Community

Join Know Injury for our upcoming webinar describing the role of Local Governments in reducing alcohol related harm in their communities. 

When: Wednesday, 27 February
Time: 10am-11am
Where: Webinar
Cost: FREE

Community Engagement for Local Governments

This workshop will be delivered by Joel Levin from Aha! Consulting who has over 20 years’ experience working across Australia in a broad range of sectors.  His organisational, engagement and facilitation skills stem from a background in counselling, training, community work and senior management.

When: Wednesday, 1 May
Time: 9am-12.30am
Where: Bendat Community Centre, 36 Dodd Street, Wembley.
Cost: $25

Preventing road crashes and injuries among young drivers

Join Know Injury for this free seminar as our panel of experts  discuss how research and data can be understood and applied to inform policy and program development and strategies to prevent harm and injuries from road crashes in youth in Western Australia.

When: Tuesday, 14 May
Time: 9am-11am
Where: Bendat Community Centre, Wembley or via webinar.
Cost: FREE

Aboriginal Program Evaluation in Practice

Join Know Injury for the Aboriginal Program Evaluation in Practice Seminar as our panel of experts discuss how to evaluate Aboriginal programs. The seminar will be a practical focus on evaluation within Aboriginal communities including strategies/methods, resources, tools and case studies..

When: Wednesday, 29 May 2019
Time: 9am-11am
Where: Bendat Community Centre, Wembley or via webinar.
Cost: FREE

Grassroots Falls Festival 2019

The festival provides an opportunity for health professionals and other staff across all settings, managers, educators, policy makers, and others with an interest in reducing the risk of falling among older people to enjoy sharing the latest ideas and innovative approaches in practice, research and falls prevention at the GrassRoots level. 

The festival focus is to support the broad falls prevention community to access current research, practice innovations, cutting edge work in falls prevention and management and other exciting GrassRoots falls prevention initiatives that are happening in Australia and overseas. The program will feature presentations from across the residential aged care, hospital and community settings.

The Grass Roots Falls Festival will be held on 19 & 20 September 2019 in Fremantle.

Local Governments on Family and Domestic Violence Webinar

On Wednesday 6 February Kirstie Davis (WALGA) and Kate Alford (City of Mandurah) delivered a webinar on Local Governments and Family and Domestic Violence Prevention: What is your role?

Discussion surrounded the Department of Communities WA – Family Violence 10 Year Strategy, the Aboriginal Family Safety Plan, and the City of Mandurah’s experience as one of five sites around Australia to trial a new domestic and family violence toolkit.

Information about domestic and family violence in the Peel region can be found below.

Missed Out?

Did you miss out on this webinar? It is now available through the Know Injury website to stream at any time. Click below to watch on Youtube:

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14th Australiasian Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Conference

The Australian Injury Prevention Network (AIPN) will be hosting the 14th Australasian Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Conference in Brisbane from 25-27 November 2019. 

Abstracts are now being accepted for both oral and poster presentations, with submissions closing 15 April 2019.