Application to the World Health Organization, Collaborating Center on Community Safety Promotion for the Designation of
Muang Nan Municipality Safe Community Thailand
As a Member of the International Safe Community Network
Contents
Congratulation messages 3
General Information
1. Introduction 6
2. About Nan Province 7
3. Background of Muang Nan Municipality Safe Community 8
4. The Commencement and process of Community 13
Indicators for International Safe Community
1. An infrastructure based on partnership and collaborations, 17 governed by a cross- sectional group that is responsible for safety promotion in their community
1.1 Working Group of Safe Community 17
1.2 Collaborations and Networks 19
1.3 Financial Support 19
1.4 Media and Communication 19
2. Long-term, sustainable programs covering both genders and all 22 ages, environments, and situations 2.1 Programs for different age groups 23
2.2 Road Safety 26
2.3 Drowning Prevention 30
2.4 Improvement of Emergency Response, Disaster Prevention 33 and First Aid Capacity
2.5 Safety and injury prevention during festivals 40
2.6 Safety in Sport and Recreation Safety 45
2.7 Violence and Abuse Prevention 46
2.8 Food and Product Safety 48
2.9 Home Safety 51
2.10 Occupational Safety 52
2.11 Others in associated with safety and health promotion 53
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3. Programs that target high-risk groups and environments, and 55 programs that promote safety for vulnerable groups 3.1 Child Safety 55
3.2 Elderly Safety 71
3.3 Environmental risk 73
4. Programs that document the frequency and causes of injuries 76
4.1 Injury Record system 76
4.2 Safety Round system 87
4.3 Risk Behavior Record system 88
5. Evaluation measures to assess their programs, processes and 89 the effects of change 5.1 Evaluation by External Agencies 89
5.2 Internal Evaluation 90
6. Ongoing participation in national and international Safe 95 Communities networks 6.1 Participation in Domestic Conference 95
6.2 Participation in International Conference 98
6.3 Inspection and Field Trip 99
6.4 Award and outstanding performance 99
Future plan 101
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Congratulation Message from Nan Governor
I feel love and appreciate the Nan Province as a city with full of fascinating and unique culture. Nan is a peaceful city where people have a simple lifestyle and are generous. Nan is a safe city where domestic and foreign tourists in an increased number can feel safe and secured wherever they visit. In order to ensure Nan is a safe city, it is greatly required the cooperation of local people. Members of communities should be able to participate in every step starting from planning, decision making, utilizing local valuable resources, implementing by local people to create a continual risk management system and preventive action plans. To achieve the extent of safe community, the communities must be empowerment, have a network integration, strong lateral collaboration, and decisive determination in achieving safe community in conformity with the World Health Organization (WHO) indicators. The management of safe community project in Nan province has been operated under the basis of cooperation and strong partnership networks from a variety networking teams. The operations have been appropriately adapted into the context of community and its needs. The operations also focus on creating long term safety awareness by providing knowledge, understanding, skills, and promoting safety culture and climate in community. For example, the persuasions of having local lifestyle and cultural traditions on a safety basis, the public promotion campaign to ban alcohol consumption and sales during festivals, regulations on the service hours of entertainment places and children disallowance, the uncompromising control measures of games/internet shops, promotion of public security, public mind, security volunteers in communities. I sincerely congratulate Muang Nan Municipality and people in the municipality that have been joining the safe community programs intensively and consistently; all which bring about a safe and peaceful city, and delightful people.
I sincerely wish that the people in Muang Nan municipality will remain the communities in a sustainable safe practice forever.
(Mr.Chumporn Sangmanee) The Governor of Nan Province
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Congratulation Message from the Mayor of Nan Province
What I can concern as being received an opportunity to be a Mayor from people in Muang Nan municipality is that the members of Muang Nan municipality all desire for safety. Communities in Muang Nan municipality are centuries-old communities in which the members in communities have long been connected together. Each community has its own fascinating and unique culture but also maintains the simple and meaningful lifestyle with a strong social capital. The safety operations in Muang Nan municipality have been based on the collaboration from a variety networking teams. However, the major mobilizing team is Nan hospital, Muang Nan municipality and community organizations in Muang Nan municipal. In safe community programs, we have created public safety knowledge and awareness that safety should be responsible by everyone in the community to make their own life and communities secured. All members are required to participate from the vision setting, planning, operating and results of actions. We have created a safe playground for children; as well as, safe child care centers, safe schools. We have promoted safe awareness and disciplines among members, including setting surveillance volunteers. We also have uncompromising measures to ban alcohol consumption during festivals which include prohibiting advertising signs, sales, and consumption of alcohol - beer in Muang Nan municipal. An effective system of flood prevention in the municipality, emergency and call center service for public complaints, safe toilets for the elderly, and community nurses to care for the health of people in the community are also set up. I would like to express my sincere thanks to Child Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention Research Center (CSIP) that enlighten us in creating safe community activities. Special thank is extended to the representatives from World Health Organization (WHO) on their assessment and for their valuable advice. I would also like to thank all the related networking teams, including people in Muang Nan municipality who participated in safe community program so that all communities in Muang Nan municipality becomes a safe, livable and pleasant community.
I hope that communities in Muang Nan municipality will keep going on the safe community activities from generations to generations in order that our communities can continue the sustainable development and can be a safety learning center in demonstrating to other communities which can finally be extended to the safety in provincial and national level.
( Mr. Surapol Thiansuttra) Mayor of Nan Province
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Congratulation Message from the Director of Nan Hospital
Injury is a major problem that occurs with people of all age groups and genders. But injury is preventable. With the concerns about a large amount of suffer and loss caused by injuries each year, Nan Hospital, the agency responsible for health care, has collaborated with Muang Nan municipality and communities in promoting safety to people of all age groups in order to reduce preventable injuries which will lead to reduced losses and damages from the injury. To participate in solving injury problem, it requires injury data and analysis for implementation planning and to raise safety awareness of the individual. Only safety awareness and no life negligence can reduce the injury risk and lead to safety culture of all people in society. On behalf of the Director of Nan Hospital, I would like to express my appreciation for the dedication of community volunteers and staff in all organizations who have tried to create a safe community. Although we have tried to prevent the injury and raised the safety promotion at some extent, there are also many activities that we all must work together to further enhance the safety in communities.
I hope that the efforts from all of us to reduce losses-related injuries and enhance the longevity of Nan people as stated in the Muang Nan Municipal Vision as ‘The Town of Longevity’ will remain a better quality of life to all community members.
(Pisanu Kantipong) Director of Nan Hospital
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Introduction
Accident and violence is a major cause of death in Thailand. Thai people died from accidents and violence about 43,000 people per year or at the mortal rate of 69/100,000. The highest mortal rate related to accidents and violence found in teenagers and young adults. In addition, accidents and violence is also a leading cause of death in children as well. Each year, there were children aged 1-14 years died from accidents and violence about 3,400 cases, representing a death rate of 22/100. Based on the significant rationales, Muang Nan Municipality in cooperation with safety networking agencies such as Nan hospital, Nan provincial police, Nan provincial social development and human security office, Nan children’s shelter, Nan education service area office 1, Nan army officers, communities and schools in Muang Nan municipality, agreed to implement the "Muang Nan Municipality, the Safe Community" program to encourage communities, schools and child centers to have proper safety management based on the self-learning center approach, the injury surveillance system integrated from Nan hospital to communities, the collaborations between public networks and local organizations in safety works to promote safety in individual, group and community level.
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Nan Province
Nan is located in the upper north of Thailand. The province is adjacent with Lao People's Democratic Republic to the northern and eastern part, Uttaradit province to the south, and Phayao and Phrae province to the west. Generally, its geography is bordered by mountains from north to south, especially along the north-eastern border which is adjacent to Lao. Doi Phu Kha in Pua district is the highest pinnacle at 1980 meters height. The central of Nan are plain basin situated on the riverside. The major river in the province is Nan River, which origins from the north of the province and flows down to the Sirikit Dam in Uttaradit province, then joins with Ping River in Nakhon Sawan, and ends at the Chao Phraya River. There are also other important rivers such as Sa canal, Wha canal, Samun canal, Pua canal, Yang canal, Haeng canal, and so on. The province is populated by multi-ethnic people. Therefore, Nan province can be considered as a province of diversity. Nan is divided into 15 districts (Amphur), 99 sub-districts (Tambon) and 848 villages. 1. Muang Nan district in the center of the province. It is a small town and not densely populated. 2. Mae Charim district in the east of the province. There are lots of natural attractions in this district. 3. Ban Luang district in the west is adjacent to Phayao. People are sparse. 4. Na Noi district in the south is adjacent to Phrae. The major tourist attractions are Si Nan National Park and Sao Din Na Noi. 5. Pua district, the economic hub in the upper area of the province where is surrounded by mountains and situated with oldest attraction places and Doi Phu Kha National Park. 6. Ta Wangpha district in the central of the province is famous for weaving by Thai Lue villagers. The most ancient temple is Wat Nong Bua. 7. Wiang Sa district, originally was called Sa district is a gateway to the province. The attraction places are Doisawan waterfall, Wat Doichai and Wat Boonyuen. 8. Thungchang district is the historic landmark where it was the location of of the Communist Party of Thailand. The heroic monument of Thungchang people is situated. 9. Chiangklang district, a small district in the north is located with beautiful resorts for tourists. 10. Namuen District, the southern border of the province is adjacent to Uttaradit. The fishing villages living above Sirikit dam is an attractive sightseeing place. 11. Satisuk district is a small peaceful district in the east of the province and surrounded by mountains. 12. Bokuea district is situated with historical saline and assumed to be the ancient Muang Phu Kha. It is a major sightseeing place and attractive for rafting at Namwa canal. 13. Songkwai district, in the northwest of the province is adjacent to Phayao where the Thai-Lao border checkpoint is situated. The ethnic hill tribal villagers called Khamu are inhabited in this hilly area. 14. Phupiang district, close to Muang Nan district, is situated with Wat Phrathatchaehaeng. 15. Chalerm Prakiat district, in the northern of Nan province is inhabited with Thai hill tribe villagers and famous with growing source of golden oranges and a major Nan River.
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Background of Muang Nan Municipality Safe Community
1. History In 1936, Government announced a royal decree to upgrade all communities where situated the city hall to be municipality. Therefore, Muang Nan has been upgraded to be Muang Nan Municipality on 11 February 1936.
2. Geography Largely, Muang Nan municipality covers with plain areas with the Nan River flowing through. There is no steep area. The area is densely populated on the average of 3,759 people per square kilometers. Muang Nan municipality is the center of provincial government agencies and all levels of educational institutes.
Map of Muang Nan Municipality Safe Community
3. Climate Muang Nan municipality is located in the southwest monsoon region. There are 3 seasons as following: • Summer starts in mid-February till mid of May when the north-pole faces the sun causing the hot weather in general and especially in April. In this season, even if the weather is hot and dry, but sometimes there may be thunderstorms, hailstorms or hailstones due to the cold air mass from China.
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• Rainy season starts in mid of May till mid of October. The most prevalence rate of rain is in July and August. • Winter starts from mid of October till mid of February. The weather is cold and dry. The coldest month is around December to January.
Source: Meteorology Office of March 31, 2010
4. Area size Muang Nan Municipality covers the area of 7.6 sq.km and comprises of 31 communities as followings:
1. Ban Chang Kam 2. Ban Ming Muang
3. Ban Sri Pan Ton 4. Ban Apai
5. Ban Puang Payom 6. Ban Monthian
7. Ban Pai Lueang 8. Ban Hua Khuang
9. Ban Mongkol 10. Ban Pumin-Ta Lee
11. Ban Prayaphu 12. Ban Don Sri Serm
13. Ban Suan Hom 14. Ban Hua Wiang Tai
15. Ban Suan Tan 16. Ban Don Kaew
17. Ban Aranyawas 18. Ban Muang Len
19. Ban Ta Chang 20. Ban Prakerd
21. Ban Pranet 22. Ban Chang Pueag
23. Ban Sataros 24. Ban Mahapho
25. Ban Chiang Khaeng 26. Ban Nam Lom
27. Ban Pratu Plong 28. Suriyapong
29. Ban Don Sawan 30. Ban Fa Mai
31. Ban Suan Hom Moo 3 (Ban = village)
5. Neighboring districts
• North - - connecting with Tambon Faikaew Administrative Organization. • West - - connecting with Tambon Pa Sing Administrative Organization. • South - - connecting with Ban Prayawat, Tambon Du Tai Administrative Organization. • East - - connecting with Nan River.
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6. Transportation • Road: Distance from Nan province to Bangkok is about 668 kilometers by the State Highway No. 1 Phaholyothin (Bangkok-Nakornsawan) passing Phitsanulok, Uttraradit, Denchai, Phrae, Nan. It takes about 8 hours from Bangkok. • Airway - By Karn Air (Chiangmai-Nan) - By Nok Air (Bangkok-Nan)
7. Population • Inhabitants There are 19,722 inhabitants in Muang Nan Municipality. There are 9,773 males and 9,955 females. Unregistered people are 5,000. (Source from Muang Nan Register Office on 1 June 2010)
Table of population data by number and gender
Year Male Female Total
2003 10,823 10,827 21,650
2004 10,069 10,455 20,524
2005 10,000 10,413 20,413
2006 10,013 10,362 20,375
2007 9,982 10,315 20,297
2008 9,912 10,269 20,181
2009 9,761 10,117 19,878
2010 9,773 9,955 19,728
2011 9,774 9,824 19,598
2012 10,668 10,609 21,277
• Households There are 8,651 households. Populated density are 3,759 persons/sq. km. • Occupation such as public officers, farmers, merchandizers, state enterprise employees and general works. • Religion Majority are Buddhists. • Education All received the compulsory education in the communities.
8. Infrastructure • Telecommunication Land lines and public land lines by TT&T PCL. and TOT Co.,LTD. • Electricity Accessible to every village supplied by Nan Provincial Electricity Authority.
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• Water supply Water supply is serviced by Provincial Waterworks Authority, Nan Province (water source is from Nan River) • Artificial water sources Waste water treatment along Nan riversides
9. Networking Groups • Public Health Volunteer • Civil Defense Volunteer • Community Safety Guardians • Community Patrol Police • Drug prevention networking • Women and housewife group • Community Elderly Group • Village Heads Group • Juvenile council of Muang Nan municipality
10. Main destinations in community a. Public schools under Muang Nan Municipality authority - Jumpee Wanidaporn school (Ban Pumin Municipality) - Samakkee Wittayakarn school (Ban Pranet Municipality) - Darunwittay school (Ban Suan Tan Municipality) b. Schools authorized under Education Service Area Office 1 - Ban Don school (Sri Serm Kasikorn) - Rachanuban Nan school - Sri Nan Girl school c. Schools authorized under Office of Vocational Education - Nan Technical College - Nan Polytechnic College d. Private schools - Sinjong school - Nan Christian school - Nuntaburi Wittaya school - Yuwittaya school e. Day Cares - 4 day cares under Muang Nan Municipality authority - 6 private day cares f. Public Health - 1 hospital namely Nan hospital - 2 Public Health Service Centers - - Nan Dental Service Center and Nan Public Health Service Center - 14 private clinics g. Main destinations in community - 11 banks - 11 hotels - 1 cinema
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- 9 department stores - 394 stores - 5 Market (2 municipality markets and 3 private markets) - 5 Petrol stations - 1 Bus station - 1 pawn shop - 35 Industrial factories (1 medium factory, 34 small factories) - 45 Public offices - Park / Stadium at 10 different sites.
11. Traditions, cultures, and beliefs • Culture and life style People have simple life style and hospitality. Majority use local language which is the cultural identity. There are many religious ancient places that have been well conserved till now such as Wat Pumin. • Cultural traditions such as - water-pouring ceremony to ask a blessing from respected elderly in Muang Nan municipality - Loykrathong Yipeng (floating paper lantern-balloons) - give food offerings to a Buddhist monk on religious days. • Major traditional festivals such as - boat racing festival / long-tailed racing for the King Cup, Alcohol free in boat racing - candle procession festival in the Buddhist Lent Day - Loykrathong free from alcohol and fireworks - Offering food to the monks with name label at Wat Changkam Worawiharn - Songkarn without liquor / Songkarn with no sexy singlet dress.
12. Strength of Community Due to the relatives and close relationship in communities, it highly influences the collaboration and empowerment from community members to the safe community works
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The Commencement and process of Community Safety promotion is one of the major tasks of Muang Nan Municipality to achieve the public well-being and security in life. Bicycle project is one of the example safety promotions. The project was held by the cooperation between Muang Nan Municipality and Nan Hospital to build bike tracks in community and persuade community members to use bicycles in order to reduce traffic accidents, promote better health, save energy. The project was implemented successfully and resulted in benefits to all age groups, especially the children group. From this successful project and the other safety projects that Muang Nan Municipality have been implemented, Child Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention Research Center (CSIP), Faculty of Medicine, Ramathibodi Hospital, considered that Muang Nan Municipality should be promoted as safe community and be model of safe community to other communities. Concerning the child safety, Muang Nan Municipality has launched ‘Muang Nan Municipality - - Safe City for Kids’ with the subsidization from CSIP and other networks such as Nan Hospital, Nan Provincial Social Development and Human Security Office. The project focused on child safety and extended to cover all age groups in the community. Apart from that based on medical record of Nan Hospital, it revealed that without good surveillance system and injury prevention system, the incidence of injury would be more serious. Therefore, to prevent and reduce injury rate, ‘Muang Nan Municipality - - the safe community’ program has been launched to educate community members the understanding, knowledge and participation in safety promotional activities on a basis of public participatory, network cooperation either in the procedure of program or the budget of safety program.
1. Conceptual Framework
Procedure of Safe Community Program in Muang Nan Municipality
Analysis of Injury record in every community
Safe School, Safe Safe Community Child care center
Return injury Community find Injury/risk records to out preventive inspection community solutions
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2. Procedure of Safe Community Program in Muang Nan Municipality
2.1 Created common understanding and network • Meetings for the guidelines of safe community program in Muang Nan Municipality, presentation report on injury record of community members to community heads, and for setting working teams for safety works in each community which were appointed by community heads on monthly basis. • Informed the public health volunteers at approximately 200 persons about the safe community program, and set a community health volunteer team for safey works in each communities on monthly basis.
2.2 Organized a committee for safe community A committee for safe community comprises of delegates of Muang Nan Municipality, Nan Hospital, government delegates, community heads, health volunteers and children.
2.3 Organized meetings for problem analysis The 32 communities of Muang Nan Municipality called for its own internal community meeting in brainstorming for problem analysis, detecting injury cause and risk in community, finding the improvement or adjustment, decentralizing and implementing the program on a network collaboration basis.
2.4 Inspection and problem analysis Working teams for safe community program carried out a safety round in their own communities such as a safety round in Ban Pranet community.
• Picture showed that with the road condition at T- junction in Ban Pranet it may blind the drivers and cause road injury, community solved this danger by marking clear traffic line to avoid crashing
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• Picture showed burning injury associated with hot oil during cooking. It found that the cook talked with a guest during cooking. With carelessness caused fire ignitable and she was burned from hot cooking oil
• Picture showed the inspection of falling injury with a member in Ban Apai. Ms. Chujit was slippery in front the toilet that had water drop on floor
2.5 Safe community activities carried out by the communities Community participated in safe community programs to reduce all kinds of injury.
2.6 Network with outside agencies and cooperation Cooperated with outside agencies, public and private organizations namely Tambon Administrative Organization, provincial public health office, district public health office, and community networks.
2.7 Conforming the “13 steps for safe community”, the community: 1) take the interest and awareness on the injury prevention and set up the “Cross Sectorial Group” for safety works in the community. 2) able to network with outside agencies to find out the preventive solutions of each specific risk factors. 3) implement the “Unintentional Injuries And Intentional Injury Prevention” program, together with the safety promotion program. 4) have a deep observation to the high risk groups. 5) carry out the “injury surveillance system” 6) participate in “safety round” and “risk behavior monitoring” 7) promote the “safety equipment” 8) turn down the “hazardous products” and “hazardous environment” 9) deny the “risk behavior” 10) train and educate on the injury prevention, first-aids and basic rescues. 11) able to maintain a long run implementation plan under the existing resources and budget. 12) determine and conform to the safety indicators. 13) able to accumulate all the knowledge and experience to educate others.
2.8 Child Participation in Safety Promotion To promote child participate in safety activities and to be representatives in sharing safety knowledge among children and extend to community level.
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Safe community of Muang Nan Municipality compliance to 6 safe community indicators
1. An infrastructure based on partnership and collaborations, governed by a cross- sectional group that is responsible for safety promotion in their community
2. Long-term, sustainable programs covering both genders and all ages, environments, and situations
3. Programs that target high-risk groups and environments, and programs that promote safety for vulnerable groups
4. Programs that document the frequency and causes of injuries
5. Evaluation measures to assess their programs, processes and the effects of change
6. Ongoing participation in national and international Safe Communities networks
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Indicator 1: An infrastructure based on partnership and collaborations, governed by a cross- sectional group that is responsible for safety promotion in their community
1. Working Group of Safe Community
1.1 Safe Community Committee of Muang Nan Municipality Responsible for investigating causes of injury of each patient in the community which led to the preventive solutions. The community was also responsible for support and promoting people empowerment to safety activities. The committee took parts in disseminating safety news and disaster in the local and nation level. Members included public health volunteers from 28 communities and village representatives selected by village head. Issues about community safety would be brought up for discussion on monthly basis.
1.2 Committee of Muang Nan Municipality on Safe City for Kids Responsible for the regulations promoting safe city for kids with focus on injury reduction, decrease of risk environment and behavior. Members of this committee were separated into:
1.2.1 Working group for child death deliberation Responsible for child death deliberation in case of injury related death happened in Nan Province. Data collection of child death at age of 0-14 years, field study and site inspection, depth interview with parents of dead child, witnesses, policemen were carried out. Child death deliberation led to primary information for community development and risk management. Members included pediatricians, nurses, social welfare officers, psychiatrists and lawyers.
1.2.2 Working group for Community Injury Surveillance Responsible for • Injury surveillance in children at age younger than 2-6 years from child care centers of Muang Nan Municipality such as Suan Tan Nursery, Pong Sri Nursery, Benjamas Nursery, Lukrak Nursery, Ta Lee Nursery, and Denpanya Nursery. • Injury surveillance in students in 10 schools namely Sri Nan Girl school, Nunthaburi Wittaya school, Yuwittaya school, Nan Christian school, Racha Nuban school, Sri Serm Kasikorn school, Sinjong school, Darunwittaya school, Samakkee Wittaya school, and Jum Pew Wanitaporn school. • Injury surveillance in community by Nan hospital.
1.2.3 Sub-committee on risk surveillance and safe products Responsible for risk surveillance, risk inspection, detecting risk behavior, surveying risk products, collecting information from hospitals and police stations. Data analysis for preparing preventive action plans in particular product improvement to reach TIS standard (Thailand Industry Standard) and consumer protection.
1.2.4 Sub-committee on death investigation and drowning prevention Responsible for death investigation and deliberation either from external cause or abnormal death cause which may involve the problems on socio-economic situation, environment, caring or behavior. The process should include detecting whether any agencies or laws related. Data analysis and report to Child Protection Committee or any agencies associated with child safety and child drowning prevention.Provided information to public and caregivers in order to improve risk behavior and environment. Also provided swimming skills to children at age younger than 7 years.
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1.2.5 Sub-committee on educating safety providers on safe villages, safe road, safe playground, stray dogs control and physical impact prevention Responsible for educating safety providers and providing skills in child safety, first aid, basic rescue to community members, schools, child development, caregivers, government officers, private sectors, hospitals, public health officers, civil defense volunteer.
1.2.6 Sub-committee on safe school Responsible for risk inspection in schools, injury record, injury analysis and injury preventive action plans all which led to safe school 6 aspects that are physical safety of children, safe daily activities in child care center, safe route to/from school and home, child right violation, disaster, skill learning and safety awareness.
1.2.7 Sub-committee on child care center and development Responsible for risk inspection, safety round in child care centers, injury record, child injury analysis, injury preventive plans all which led to safe kids in 6 aspects that are physical safety of children, safe daily activities in child care center, safe route to/from school and home, child right violation, disaster, skill learning and safety awareness.
1.2.8 Sub-committee on disaster prevention Responsible for disaster preventive action plans and practicing the plan, action plans in assisting injured persons and victims.
1.3 Child and Youth Council of Nan Municipality To promote child participate in safety activities and to be representatives in sharing safety knowledge among children and extend to community level.
Figure: Integration of Safe Community and Injury Prevention Networking in Muang Nan Municipality
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2. Collaborations and Networks
2.1 Community networks • Public Health Volunteer • Patrol Policeman • Community Safety Guardians • Civil Defense Volunteer
2.2 Outside collaborations • Nan Municipality • Nan Hospital • Nan provincial police • Nan Provincial Social Development and Human Security Office • Nan Children’s Shelter • Nan Education Service Area Office 1 • Nan Army Officers • Provincial Administrative Organization of Nan
3. Financial Support subsidized by • Muang Nan Municipality • Local Health Insurance Fund • Nan Provincial Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Office • Nan Provincial Social Development and Human Security Office • Child Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention Research Center, Ramathibodi Hospital • Thai Health Promotion Foundation
4. Media and Communication
4.1 Publications The column on safety-related issues in local daily newspaper by Doctor Pongthep Wongwacharapaiboon.
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4.2 Radio broadcast, local cable TV and local radio channe To disseminate news, information, safety molibization, injury data and injury prevention of each festival. • Radio broadcast with victims from road accidents-related the drunken drivers to promote public awareness on the danger of drunk driving.
• Informed people on alcohol and beer prohibit via local cable TV. and local radio channel ; including informed about injury and death data.
• Loi Krathong festival. Informed people injury incidents in Nan and other provinces via local cable TV.and local radio channel.
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4.3 Websites The column on safety-related issues in www.facebook.com
4.4 Others • Installation of warning signs in communities, playgrounds and roads. Bulletin board about the danger from drinking alcohol, a mobile exhibition to reduce alcohol consumption.
• Education about accident prevention, danger of drinking alcohol, and safe sexual behavior to 5,000 students from 12 schools in elementary, secondary and vocational level.
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Indicator 2: Long-term, sustainable programs covering both genders and all ages, environments, and situations
Safe community action plans in Muang Nan comprise of 1. Road Safety 2. Drowning Prevention 3. Improvement of Emergency Response, Disaster Prevention and First Aid Capacity 4. Safety and injury prevention during Festival 5. Sport and Recreation Safety 6. Violence and abuse Prevention 7. Food and Product Safety 8. Home Safety 9. Occupational Safety 10. Others related safety and health promotion 11. High-Risk Groups Safety such as the elderly and handicapped persons (as in Indicator 3)
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Programs for different age groups
Environment Strategies Ages 0-5 Ages 6-12 Ages 13-18 Ages 26-60 Ages 61 or Relevant older organizations Safety in on the basis of education to education on injury prevention and education on education about Nan Hospital House education parents and child dangers from drinking alcohol and safe injury prevention falling injury care givers on sexual behavior and dangers prevention home injury from drinking prevention alcohol safe environment safety and safe living in dormitories fire prevention bathrooms -Muang Nan setting improvement for -Municipality and elderly networks Safety in on the basis of Safe Day Cares Safe schools - - -Nan Hospital school education -Muang Nan Municipality Road Safety on the basis of - education to traffic education about ‘Don’t Drive Drunk” campaign -Nan Hospital education volunteers road accident -Muang Nan prevention and Municipality dangers from alcohol during driving 100% Safety by helmet campaign -Nan provincial police -Muang Nan Municipality safe environment bicycle tracks promotion -Muang Nan setting drainage improvement project Municipality
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Environment Strategies Ages 0-5 Ages 6-12 Ages 13-18 Ages 26-60 Ages 61 or Relevant older organizations Safety in on the basis of drowning prevention -Muang Nan community education -Municipality Nan Hospital - basic rescuing skills falling injury Nan Hospital prevention - fire prevention Muang Nan Municipality - flood prevention Muang Nan Municipality - - accident drills Department of disaster mitigation and prevention safe environment safety rounds / injury investigation / traffic environment setting Safe community setting working group art zone for children - - -Muang Nan child protection system / call center service - - Municipality safe playground - - -Nan Children’s Shelter enforcement of the Alcohol Control Act in 2008 -Muang Nan Municipality -Nan Hospital, Excise Department -Patrol Policeman stray dogs prevention Muang Nan Municipality , Nan Hospital, villages in community
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Environment Strategies Ages 0-5 Ages 6-12 Ages 13-18 Ages 26-60 Ages 61 or Relevant older organizations Muang Nan Safety and injury boat race festival with liquor free zone prevention during Municipality and Festival networks Muang Nan alcohol free in Loykrathong festival /no fire cracker in festivals Municipality and networks Safety in - - physical checkup - Nan Hospital workplace Others development of injury data and analysis for the communities Nan Hospital associated lead free cooking hardware -Muang Nan Municipality with safety -Nan Hospital issues
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1. Road Safety
1.1 Bicycle tracks project
Background Muang Nan municipality is an urban community with a combination of all kinds of vehicles such as cars, truck, motorcycles, and bicycles. With the concerns of the increased number of vehicles, Nan provincial office in collaboration with both public and private related agencies agreed to promote the use of bicycle.
Objective To promote the use of bicycle for the purpose of road safety,energy saving, and better health.
Key Activities Therefore, a meeting to the common guidelines for bicycle track pilot project was conducted as followings: • Announcement from Nan governor about sharing the traffic routes with the bicycle riders dated 8 February 2006. • PR the bicycle tracks project in the village heads meeting. • Muang Nan municipality to install PR boards about bicycle route and speed control at 30 km. in appropriate sites. • Community coordination center, assistance requests from public agencies, educational institutes, and media. • Nan provincial police to educate traffic laws to increase safety awareness among children and people, requests for coordination in facilitating during rush hours. • The pilot project of bicycle tracks and riding started on 13 February 2006 which was the “Makha Bucha Day” to promote bicycles uses and making merit activities at Wat Phrathat Changkham Worawihan on this religious day.
Warning sign More bicyclists in the community
Result • Set up ‘Bike Lanes’ in Muang Nan Municipality
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1.2 Road Safety Project
Background Muang Nan Municipality is a densely populated community where there are many inners streets in the communities. Data showed injured people associated with road accidents were about 1,600 per 100,000 people annually. This problem could lead to the loss and damage of people life and property.
Objective Muang Nan municipality organized the road safety to reduce traffic injury and accidents.
Key Activities • Improvement of drainages connecting the main roads and inner streets to prevent flooding. • Installment of road warning signs.
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• Promotion of child safety related travelling such as driving skills, travelling by cars or motorcycles, helmet use, seat belt use, pedestrian skills, and improvement the risk sites on roads.
Results Installment of ‘Traffic Signs’ on roads.