World Report on Child Injury Prevention
The World Report examines the five major causes of child injury: road traffic injury, drowning, burns, falls and poisoning. It reviews child injury epidemiology, risk factors, interventions and their effectiveness, and concludes with important strategies to prevent or manage these injuries. It also presents a set of recommendations for governments and others to reduce the burden of child injuries.
The Report states that the greatest proportion of child injury is road traffic injuries, followed by drowning and fire-related burns. Considerable variation in incidence of injury type is found between low, middle and high income countries. Exposure to injury risk depends greatly on the strength of legislation and its implementation, such as setting and enforcing legal ages for entering into work, driving, and consuming alcohol. Moreover, a range of socioeconomic factors including family income, parental education, single parenting, maternal age and housing are directly associated with rates of child injury. The groups that stand out most clearly with respect to higher injury rates are indigenous populations, who also tend to experience a higher relative rate of poverty than others.
The Report concludes that child injuries are preventable by the application of six basic principles: legislation and regulation, enforcement, product modification, environmental modification, supportive home visits, promotion of affordable safety devices, and education and countries which have designated government focal points for injury have made significant advances in reducing rates of injury.
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9e Conférence internationale S'occuper des enfants - Jeunesse en tête : Au-delà du risque les besoins de développement
Le thème retenu pour cette édition est : « Jeunesse en tête. Au-delà du risque : les besoins de développement » :
- Jeunesse en tête…Parce que la jeunesse est l’affaire de tous et qu’elle doit être au centre des priorités de la société québécoise.
- Au-delà du risque : les besoins de développement…Parce qu’il faut protéger les enfants et les jeunes tout en leur permettant de se développer
de façon optimale. Et ce, sans perdre de vue les besoins de développement de la communauté, de la recherche, des organisations sur les plans du personnel clinique et administratif, de la relève, des pratiques de pointe ou des systèmes d’information.
Ce congrès conjoint sera l’occasion d’aborder des enjeux spécifiques liés à l’évaluation des besoins des enfants et des jeunes, ainsi qu’aux stratégies à adopter pour y répondre. Ces enjeux spécifiques s’incarnent dans les sept thèmes suivants : les approches centrées sur les besoins de développement des enfants et des jeunes; le soutien à la parentalité; les approches intégrées; les approches participatives; la planification de l’intervention et des services; la qualité des services et les défis organisationnels. La stabilité et la continuité sont des préoccupations qui traverseront l’ensemble des sept thèmes du congrès. Les communications recherchées peuvent porter sur des initiatives d’intervention (approches, programmes, outils), des résultats de recherche, ainsi que sur des innovations dans les services administratifs et de soutien.
9th International Looking After Children Conference - Youth in Mind. Beyond Risk: the developmental needs
The conference’s main theme will be “Youth in mind. Beyond risk: the developmental needs.”
- Youth in mind…because young people are everybody's concern and must be a central priority of Québec society.
- Beyond risk: the developmental needs… because we must protect children and youth while allowing them to develop optimally. At the same time, we must not lose sight of the developmental needs of the community, research, organizations with regard to clinical and administrative personnel, future practitioners, cutting-edge practices, and information systems.
This joint conference will be an opportunity to address specific issues related to assessing the needs of children and youth and the strategies for responding to these needs. Issues will be grouped under seven selected topics: approaches centred on the developmental needs of children and youth; parenting support; integrated approaches; participatory approaches; planning of intervention and services; quality of services; and organizational challenges. Issues of stability and continuity cut across all seven topics. Submissions may relate to intervention initiatives (approaches, programs, tools), research results, or administrative and support services.
Santé mentale, délinquance et activité criminelle. Comptes rendus d'atelier
L’Initiative sur la santé de la population canadienne (ISPC), un volet de l’Institut canadien d’information sur la santé (ICIS), a tenu un atelier sur invitation afin d’examiner de plus près les liens qui existent entre la santé mentale, la délinquance et l’activité criminelle. L’atelier visait principalement à favoriser et à promouvoir la collaboration intersectorielle et l’échange des connaissances afin d’améliorer la santé mentale des Canadiens, plus particulièrement des personnes qui ont ou qui risquent d’avoir des démêlés avec le système de justice pénale.
Doing Better for Children
The well-being of children is high on the policy agenda across the OECD. But what is the actual state of child well-being today? How much are governments spending on children and are they spending it at the right times? What social and family policies have the most impact during children’s earliest years? Is growing up in a single-parent household detrimental to children? Is inequality that persists across generations a threat to child well-being? Doing Better for Children addresses these questions and more.
Progress for Children. A Report Card on Child Protection
Pathways to Resilience II: The Social Ecology of Resilience
This conference, our second, brings together presenters from six continents to explore aspects of resilience such as how we:
• design clinical interventions and social programs to make resilience more likely
• offer informal community supports in ways young people want
• nurture healthy family, school and community relationships
• celebrate cultural traditions that support children’s mental, emotional, physical and spiritual well-being
• design schools for vulnerable learners
• negotiate social policy that is child and youth friendly
• secure peace and contribute to social justice and citizenship for children
Together, as an interdisciplinary group, we will discuss not only how children beat the odds stacked against them, but how professionals and caregivers can change those odds so that young people around the world experience resilience in culturally meaningful ways.
2nd National Invitational Symposium on Child and Youth Mental Health
The Symposium provides an opportunity for those working in all sectors in child and youth mental health to discuss next steps in implementation of a mental health strategy. As Canada moves towards hope and renewal the common vision for those working towards this strategy is to make sure children and youth remain a priority.
