ACICR 2007 -2008 Annual Report Addendum - Alberta Centre for ...

“Creating a Community Injury Prevention Coalition and Initiative” Handbook
Background
To assist communities with steps to creating community action on injuries, a
number of guides or handbooks have been published over the years. Some are
outdated and others are out of production. More work has been done in the
field, so new information is available regarding the steps to creating community
action on injuries. ACICR developed a workshop presentation on 15 steps to
creating a safe community coalition and program. The information has been
pilot tested in several communities over the past few years and is now being put
into a handbook format.
Goal
To increase the number of communities and organizations in Alberta
successfully addressing injury control issues through long-term comprehensive,
multi-sectoral, collaborative community action.
Objectives 1. To help build and strengthen the capacity of community safety promotion
and injury control stakeholders in Alberta to develop, implement and
sustain comprehensive, multi-sectoral, collaboration and community-based
approach to address local injury issues.
2. To promote, strengthen and support the Safe Community movement in
Alberta.
Status Writing of the first draft of the handbook was completed in 2007.
Contact
Ms. Jennifer Stark, Senior Associate, Special Projects
Phone: (403) 382-7199
Email: jen.stark@uleth.ca
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