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Children and Injuries Conference - 31 Aug to 3 Sep 2008

SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT

Abstract Submission Deadline: 30 May 2008

The Child Accident Prevention Foundation of Southern Africa (CAPFSA), together with its partners will host the annual Conference of the International Society for Violence and Injury Prevention in Cape Town, from the 31st August to the 3rd September 2008, at the University of Cape Town.

In most countries around the world, health policies are increasingly recognizing prevention as the necessary and essential complement to effective cure and care of injured patients. Global programs on Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention have resulted in the foundation of the International Society for Violence and Injury Prevention during the 7th International Safety Conference in Vienna, Austria, 2004.

We are now delighted to celebrate and substantiate this achievement with the founding ISVIP Conference on Children and Injuries. It is envisaged that this Conference will produce clear and founding guidelines regarding child injury prevention and violence prevention globally but also specific for Sub-Saharan Africa.

Website: http://www.uct-cmc.co.za/Conferences/2008/ISVIP

Pre-Conference (PASASA) Paraffin Safety Seminar(31 August 2008)
The purpose of this seminar is to establish a network of practitioners, forge ties and alliances with other practitioner organizations and people involved in burns and ingestions, prevention and curative work, as well as children safety and community development organisation. The ultimate outcome is to come up with a joint advocacy programme and to jointly lobby government around establishing an education programme on household safety, increase resources to burns units, mandatory counselling services for fire and ingestion victims and related issues. Burn units practitioners, health promoters, paediatricians, NGO’s and CBO’s involved in household energy safety issues, teachers, housing department, city emergency or disaster management personnel and other relevant people and organisations will be invited.

Main Conference Tracks
The main themes will cover Accidental as well as Non-accidental (Violent) Injuries. Subthemes will include:

Accidental Injuries: (Unintentional)

• Transport related injuries (Motor vehicle crashes, train, minibus, bicycle, pedestrian, passenger)
• Drowning o Burns (Hot liquid and Fire burns) o Poisoning (Paraffin, caustic injuries and other poisons)
• Falls (from heights, beds, playground equipment, mobiles, attendants’ arms)
• Sport injuries (Cycling, Football, Rugby, Cricket, Roller skating)
• Injuries in transit to Schools and at Schools
• Role of Alcohol and Foetal Alcohol Syndrome

Non-accidental Injuries: (Intentional)

• Physical violence o Sexual assault and rape
• Emotional violence o Domestic violence
• Suicide
• School-related violence
• Bullying
• Children affected by wars
• Child soldiers
• Role of Alcohol and Foetal Alcohol Syndrome

Cross cutting all these topics will be descriptions of:

• Epidemiological and causal factors
• Risk factors
• Resilience factors
• Prevention interventions
• Policies, implementation and legislation
• Education
• Environmental factors

CONTACT DETAILS:
Nadine van Rensburg
UCT Conference Management Centre
Barnard Fuller Building
Cape Town

Tel: +27 21 406 6381
Fax: +27 21 448 6263
E-mail: nadine.vanrensburg@uct.ac.za