THE 14TH WORLD CONFERENCE ON INJURY PREVENTION & SAFETY PREVENTION
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The 14th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion will be held from 8-11 November 2020 in Adelaide, Australia. Hosted by the Public Health Association of Australia and Co-Sponsored by the World Health Organization, and other key national and international organizations, Safety 2020 aims to bring together the global injury prevention community to continue the successful world conferences highlighting the important research, work and advocacy in injury prevention and safety promotion. READ MORE
In 2020, the theme for Safety is: Innovation, Engagement, Action: for a safer future
The world sits at a nexus with technology changing the way we work, low and middle-income countries faced with addressing a growing injury burden especially around safety in urbanizing societies, including safety of built environment and urban transportation, and the need for new innovative solutions to help provide action for a safer future including addressing violence and self-harm issues. More and more evidence is being generated, adding the greater need to translate research into action, to translate pilot projects to large scale projects.
For injury prevention and safety promotion to be effective and create a safer future engagement will be key; this will include engaging with communities, politicians, researchers, people and other stakeholders. While research is important for developing the evidence base there is an ongoing need for action to ensure appropriate evidenced-based policy development, program delivery, increased funding, collaboration and development of future generations of injury prevention experts for a safer future.
Conference Objectives
Injury prevention and safety promotion is a maturing area. It involves many disciplines and interest groups who are active in diverse settings. The objectives of Safety 2020 are as follows:
- Facilitating international information sharing and cooperation, and the further development of the science of injury prevention and safety promotion;
- Provide evidence on good practices by which national progress in planning and development of injury prevention initiatives can be measured;
- Create an environment for knowledge sharing, collaboration and relationship building, creating a ‘global injury prevention and safety promotion community’;
- Encourage young researchers and health promotion practitioners to start developing a career in the injury prevention;
- Recognise and encourage inter-sectoral liaison and collaboration, including encouraging and embracing diversity;
- Develop the knowledge base of injury prevention practice; and
- Connecting a growing number of professionals and stakeholders to the W