Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Pre-conference on Reducing Firearm-Related Mortality and Morbidity: Data to Action
The conference on reducing firearm related mortality and morbidity has a specific focus on data collection and linkage, policy development, and practice of researchers and practitioners in the field for reducing and preventing firearm related death and injury.
Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion Pre-conference on Reducing
Firearm-Related Mortality and Morbidity: Data to Action, 31 March 1 April
2006, Durban, South Africa
The conference on reducing firearm related mortality and morbidity has a
specific focus on data collection and linkage, policy development, and
practice of researchers and practitioners in the field for reducing and
preventing firearm related death and injury.
Objectives
To examine how the collection and linkage of accurate and relevant data can
assist in developing policies aimed at the prevention and reduction of
firearm-related death and injuries, giving examples of good practice in this
regard and identifying limitations and obstacles
To examine how data is translated into action to prevent firearm related
death and injury, giving examples of good practice, exploring the ways in
which the social, political and economic environment either inhibits or
facilitates the translation of data into action.
All participants need to register by sending their details to
[email protected]
Please note that the registration form is now also online at:
http://www.smallarmsnet.org/events/2006/precon2006.htm
Call for papers
If you are interested in submitting a paper to the Preconference please
submit a 500-word abstract in line with the theme to [email protected]