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  • Commenced a three year program of professional development initiatives for those working in community safety and injury prevention in rural and remote WA. The project aims to build the capacity of health professionals and community groups to deliver health promotion messages to the community and to raise awareness of community safety and injury prevention issues.

     

  • Provision of a comprehensive range of awareness raising activities in the area of falls  prevention in older people – particularly awareness raising and promotion of the Stay on Your Feet WA® (SOYFWA®) program.  This includes a range of resources such as the SOYFWA® Newsletter and SOYFWA® Presentation and Advocacy training packages.  Establishing the SOYFWA® Falls Prevention Resources Information Centre to provide evidence based resources and information across the continuum of care. ICCWA has also developed a train the trainer model for bilingual health professionals on falls prevention to Culturally and Linguistically Diverse groups.

     

  • The Drink or Drunk research project, funded by the National Drug Law Enforcement Research Fund (NDLERF), is examining the reasons why staff members at licensed premises continue to serve patrons to intoxication despite current responsible service of alcohol trainings and licensing laws. The objective of this study is to identify factors which lead staff members to serve patrons to intoxication in order to create better policy and practice around responsible service. This project is being conducted in Northbridge, Mandurah and Kalgoorlie.

     

  • Safer Bars WA aims to reduce violence in and around licensed premises by increasing the capacity of crowd controllers and other licensed premise staff to identify risk factors and respond to problem situations before they escalate into violent situations. Safer Bars is a training program from Canada that will be adapted to Australian contexts.  

     

  • Coordination of the Understanding and Building Resilience in the South West Project.  This is a community-based suicide prevention project that involves working collaboratively with communities and key stakeholders to build community resilience, reduce risk factors for suicide and address service gaps in the South West of WA. This project is providing a range of training and capacity building opportunities across the South West and involves working with local aboriginal communities through a partnership with SW Aboriginal Medical Service (SWAMS).  More recently, ICCWA has developed a partnership with Lifeline WA to provide suicide prevention and resilience building training across the South West.

     

  • Coordination of the WA Community Alcohol Network (WACAN), an informal, state-wide and inter-sectoral network of government, non-government, community organisations and individuals with an interest in reducing the problems associated with drunkenness.  WACAN aims to reduce, and foster public awareness of, the problems associated with drunkenness by challenging alcohol related social rituals and Western Australia’s drinking culture.

     

  • Advocated on a range of injury issues through the media and through involvement with the Department of Health WA, Health Networks – the Network Advisory Group, Injury and Trauma Working Group and the Falls Executive Committee.

     

  • Representation on the Management Committee of the Australian Safe Communities Foundation and building national and international contacts with specialists in the development and implementation of the International Safe Communities model.

     

  • Conducting and participating in public forums on emerging injury issues.  ICCWA also broadcasts selected injury prevention forums state-wide through the Westlink satellite network and via videoconferencing where available.

     

  • Partnered with the Monash University Accident Research Centre to assess the accuracy of a computer-based licence re-assessment procedure for older drivers.

     

  • Distribution of the ICCWA Newsletter which highlights injury prevention issues and is distributed quarterly to approximately 5,000 individuals and organisations across WA.

     

  • Presentation of the annual ICCWA Injury Prevention Awards, established in 2002, in recognition of valuable contributions of individuals and organisations to the reduction of injury in WA.

     

  • Monthly lunchtime Injury Prevention Forums to raise awareness of injury issues and provide opportunities for organisations to share information and network.

     

  • Conducting highly successful walking programs for physically inactive and/or socially isolated older people in the Cities of Armadale, Belmont, Stirling and Melville.