The University of North Carolina

North Carolina

Chapel Hill

Setting

UNC-Chapel Hill's 729-acre central campus is among the most beautiful in the nation.

A map of the campus.

It extends from Franklin Street where the UNC Injury Prevention Research Center (IPRC) is located and the North campus to the UNC Hospital in the southwest and the Dean Dome Stadium in the south.

Healthy environments

The University currently has no designated smoking areas, and the practical effect of the policy is that the campus is smoke-free.

A Safe Communities Affiliate Centre

Only a third of the staff and faculty are represented in this photo…

UNC – IPRC as a Safe Communities Affiliate Centre

Task: To serve as the Safe Communities Network Support Centre for evaluation

Types of activities:

1. Evaluation of specific Safe Communities Programmes throughout the world by means of creation of common indicators

2. Establishment of evaluation criteria by defining short-, medium-, and long-term goals.

3. Training Safe Community groups on developing and implementing evaluation criteria and conducting analyses of programme goals

Safe Communities Evaluation activities

Developing projects:

1. Evaluation of Safe Communities Programmes in the United States Collaboration with the U.S. National Safety Council, a Safe Communities Affiliate Centre.

– Development of evaluation indicators for Safe Communities programmes

2. International Collaborative Grant to develop core indicators for the development, implementation, and evaluation of Safe Communities Programmes in 4 Asian Countries.Collaboration with the Karolinska Institutet and the Korean Centre for Injury Prevention and Community Safety Promotion, a Safe Communities Affiliate and Support Centre.

Participating countries: Bangladesh, China, Iran, Thailand.

Safe Communities Evaluation activities

New ideas:

Development of an evaluation programme for the new Safe Communities Network in Latin America (currently seeking funding)

Systematic review of Safe Communities Programmes:

Update of the previous 2005 Cochrane Collaboration Systematic Review to assess the effectiveness of the Safe Communities Programme in preventing and reducing injuries and promoting safety.

- Review led by researchers at Griffith University (Brisbane, Australia)

UNC IPRC – Research and evaluation experience

VIOLENCEYouth violence, child maltreatment, suicide, intimate partner violence, workplace violence

HOME SAFETYFalls, fires, poisoning, disabled, built environment

SPORTS & RECREATIONAthletics, American football, hockey, football, cheerleading, baseball

OCCUPATIONALHealth care providers, young workers, construction workers, professional athletes, military,

workplace violence

GLOBAL HEALTHIntentional and unintentional injury prevention in multiple settings

CAPACITY BUILDING

Training and education on planning and evaluating intentional and unintentional injury efforts

UNC IPRC – Global experience

Research, evaluation, and capacity building

UNC IPRC – Synergistic components

Infrastructure development

Biostats/methodssupport

Research

TranslationStudent

mentoring

Dissemination

Intervention & Evaluation

Faculty mentoring

Methods support

CenterSustainability

Advocacy

Admin. support

Technical assistance

Evaluation is key to success!!