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Natur og Kultur som Folkehelse - NaKuHel

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Vinland story: past, present and the future<br />

Vinland er et Norsk-amerikansk folkeeventyr <strong>som</strong><br />

startet <strong>som</strong> en diskusjon i min stue i North Oaks,<br />

Minnesota, med Erling Stordahl <strong>og</strong> Erik Bye.<br />

Det var Karl Evang <strong>som</strong> introduserte oss sist i<br />

sekstiårene. Så gikk det i forrykende fart til Norsk<br />

Nasjonalgave, stiftelse av Vinland National Center<br />

<strong>og</strong> Ski for Light med et stort arrangement for et<br />

«Ridderrenn» i Minneapolis, en Hvite Hus konfer-<br />

anse om Vinland i The East Room, overrekkelse<br />

Tor Dahl<br />

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM<br />

av Nasjonalgaven fra Kronprins Harald til<br />

President Ford, samarbeid med Skiforeningen<br />

om en Skiathon <strong>som</strong> fløy 445 skiløpere til USA<br />

i norske olympiadrakter <strong>og</strong> <strong>som</strong> i tillegg reiste<br />

penger for Vinland <strong>og</strong> innførte skigåing til USA,<br />

stiftelse av The First International Conference on<br />

Lifestyle and Health på Knut Klosters M-S Southward,<br />

<strong>og</strong> meget mer....<br />

Safety Promotion as part of Health Promotion<br />

Johan Lund<br />

Injuries are one of the main health problems globally,<br />

and is predicted to get higher on the list of<br />

DALYs (Disability adjusted life years) for the 20<br />

leading causes in 2030 than in 2002. Injuries are<br />

divided into accidental injuries, selfinflicted injuries,<br />

injuries from violence and injuries from war<br />

and legal interventions. Accidental injuries is the<br />

main group of injuries.<br />

A danger or hazard is the origin of accidents.<br />

Dangers are everywhere, more or less ìdangerousî.<br />

Sometimes we seek dangers voluntarily, <strong>som</strong>etimes<br />

they are a part of the daily routine, <strong>som</strong>etimes<br />

they are forced upon us. There are obviously<br />

a social gradient with regards to which dangers we<br />

have to face, both as nations and groups within a<br />

nation. An overview of different strategies on how<br />

to avoid accidents and injuries will be presented.<br />

Two strategies will be highlighted here:<br />

1) Remove the danger, mostly connected to<br />

injury prevention.<br />

2) Train for mastering dangers, mostly connected<br />

to safety promorion.<br />

The headings of the bi-annually international<br />

conferences in this field have been and still are:<br />

Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion.<br />

Most focus, though, has been and is on ìInjury<br />

Preventionî.<br />

Injury prevention has a connotation of rules, regulation,<br />

hindrances, lack of freedom. Safety promotion<br />

might have more ìpositiveî connotations as<br />

development and mastering. Examples of Safety<br />

Promotion activities will be given. The challenge<br />

is to increase safety promotion activities in our effort<br />

on reducing the number of accidents.<br />

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