Title: NEWS AND MEETINGS

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Section/SPIG: Injury Control and Emergency Health Services

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5th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
MEASURING THE BURDEN OF INJURY

Make your plans now to attend this satellite conference to the
5th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MEASURING THE BURDEN OF INJURY World Injury Conference being held in Vienna, Austria next June. The Burden of Injury Conference will take place in Baden bei Wien, a suburb of Vienna, on June 3-4, 2004. If you would like to receive the meeting announcement and call for papers, please contact Steve Luchter at <sluchter@earthlink.net>.
- Steve Luchter

7TH WORLD INJURY CONFERENCE 2004
CALL FOR PAPERS

Time is drawing near for the 7th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion will be held June 6-,9 2004 in Vienna, Austria. Information about the conference can be found at
<www.safety2004.info/ >.
Conference themes are: road safety, work safety and health, child and elder safety, safety in the home and institutions, sports and leisure time safety, product safety, trauma management, disaster and terrorism preparedness, civil protection and safe communities. The abstract submission deadline is September 30, 2003.
--Maggi Gunnels



COURSE ANNOUNCEMEMT: PILOT PROGRAM
EMERGENCY PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY COORDINATOR COURSE, NEW HAMPSHIRE

This dynamic new course offering is designed to utilize the skills and experience of Fire Service and EMS personnel to play a major role in supporting and coordinating new programs supporting public safety, health and homeland security.

Through leadership, data collection, problem/hazard analysis, and budgeting, local health and safety providers will be able to identify and plan for any potential threat to public safety, ranging from traffic safety to bio-terrorism.

The first module will encompass Highway Safety Injury Prevention techniques. A local community program will be developed and implemented over the course of the program with support from faculty and staff in helping the department implement a successful program in their community.

The second module will build off techniques from the first and examine other pertinent emergency public health issues: infectious disease, bio-terrorism, environmental concerns and other areas.

The course is jointly sponsored by:

· The Committee on Emergency Public Health;
· The New Hampshire Intersections Project bringing EMS, Public Health and Safety together;
· National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)(module 1);
· Keene State College/OSHA Education Center; and
· Safety and Health Council of New Hampshire.

Class size is limited to 15 for the first course.
Location: Ammon Center at the Manchester, NH Airport
Contact: Dr. Joseph Sabato at (603) 537-1903 or (603) 548-7269
NH Intersections Project
www.emcommunityconnection.com

- Joseph Sabato