Form B. Name of the Community: Wenshan District, Taipei City Country: Taiwan Number of inhabitants in the community: 273,921 Safe Community Programme started year: 2008 International Safe Communities Network Membership: Designation year: 2010, 2015 Certifier: Ph.D. Yoko Shiraishi Co-certifier: Dr. Lucia Luteron Rumania Name of the Safe Community Support Centre: Taiwanese Community Safety Promotion Center Info address on www for the Programme: http://www.ws-safe-taipei.org.tw/ For further information contact: Name: Jian-Ming Yan Institution: Wenshan Community Safety and Health Promotion Association Address: No.6, Aly. 25, Ln. 109, Sec. 2, Muzha Rd., Wenshan Dist., Zip code: 116 Municipality/ City: Taipei City Country: Taiwan (R.O.C.) Phone (country code included): +886-2-86617801 Fax: +886-2-86617532 E-mail: jmian430@gmail.com Info address on www for the institution (or community as a whole): http://www.ws-safe-taipei.org.tw/ 1
The programme covers the following safety promotion activities: Working Group Home Safety Medication Safety Tourism & Leisure Safety Table 1. General Chart of Safety Promotion Projects of Wenshan District for all Age Groups Project Name 0-4y 5-14y 15-24y 25-44y 45-64y >65y Start Year Home environment assessment and modification Fall prevention training for the elderly Fire safety- building with fewer than 5 floors are installed with fire alarm Household visit for high risk groups Safe use of medicine of the elderly 2008~ 2008~ 2008~ 2009~ Safe local pharmacies 2009~ Safety Promotion on Recreational Facilities/Environment Safety Check of Walking Trail Zoo isit Safety Promotion Promotion on Shop Safety Promotion on Temple Safety Safety Activity Propaganda 2009~ 2009~ 2013, suspended 2013~ 2009~ Arcade Leveling 2009~ Traffic Safety School Safety Safe Bicycle Riding Improvement on Accident-prone Sections Safety Education Propaganda 2013~ 2012~ 2009~ 2
Working Group Disaster Prevention Intentional Injury Prevention Table 1. General Chart of Safety Promotion Projects of Wenshan District for all Age Groups Project Name 0-4y 5-14y 15-24y 25-44y 45-64y >65y Start Year Promoting Friendly Campus Facilitating unimpeded alleys for anti-disaster Community Disaster Response Mechanism Building Disaster Prevention Advocacy Disaster Drill and Evacuation in Old Tribe Building Happy Life Project Safe Seed Class- Suicide Prevention Training Project Improvement on Foreign Caregiver Service Caring the Suicide Attempt Cases Mental & Physical Health Project for Senior Citizens Living Alone Year-End Party for Senior Citizens Living Alone and ulnerable Groups 2013~ 2012~ 2013~ 2013~ 2014~ For the age group Children 0-14 years: Project 1: Home environment assessment and modification (Home) Target: Family with 0-6-year-old children household visit for environment check and provide safety advice for improvement. Project 2: Safety promotion education at Taipei Zoo (Tourism & Leisure) Target: 1-14 age group 3
(1) Issue safety brochure convenient for children and citizens to take with (2) Conduct safety education lesson for teachers and students (3) Enhance promotional effectiveness through cute animals as ambassadors for safety campaign isiting the household with young child Safety brochures available for tourists Animal ambassadors teaching children safety knowledge Youth 15-24 years: Project: Safe Bicycle Riding (Traffic) Target: High school students as the prior target 1. The bike association is organized at school and builds the bike driving license test. 2. With community meetings or activities, kinds of advocacy are conducted to strengthen safety on bicycle riding. Bike maintenance Bike safety advocacy at Taipei Zoo Adults 25-64 years: Project: Safety Promotion on Environments and Facilities (Tourism & Leisure) Target: To improve safety on recreational activities; the priority project is safety improvement on walking trails, Taipei Zoo, stores and temples 1. Safety check of walking trail 2. Patrol environment and facilities of the zoo, and report dangerous areas for improvement and follow up 4
3. Conduct store safety training program and environment improvement Project Before Improvement After Improvement Chih-Nan Elementary School Trail- Added with fence Elderly 65+ years: Project 1: Fall-prevention Training for the Elderly (Home) Target: Senior citizens over 65 1. Conduct education and exercise courses for the elderly to improve self- protection ability 2. Promote regular exercise to strengthen the muscle strength and balance of the elderly Fall prevention lecture Fitness exercise Project 2: Safe Medication of the Elderly (Medication) Target: citizens over 65 who are taking medicine for chronic diseases (such as hypertension, diabetes and hyperlipidemia) or other treatment (such as cancer) 1. Establish medication consulting station in local pharmacies and train volunteers for home visit and medication safety training courses 2. Design home visit checklist and regular visit and transferal procedure for volunteers to investigate the medication of the target group; for cases that require individual assistance, volunteers can refer them to medication consulting station. 3. Analyze questionnaire on medication to identify potential issues as the focus plan on advocacy next year. 5
Medication safety contest Medication safety advocacy in community Natural Disaster: the consequences (human injuries) related to Natural Disaster. Project 1: Disaster Drill and Evacuation in Old Tribe (Disaster Prevention) Target: The 359 people in 75 households in Jingdong Borough and Bojia Borough (old tribes alone slopes) Evacuate residents in the old tribes when disaster occurs Disaster Prevention Evacuation Transport ictims and Supplies Resettlement Comfort ictims Medical Care, Water Supply and Disinfection Cleaning The evacuation procedure for residents in the slope Project 2: Facilitating Unimpeded Alleys for Anti-disaster (Disaster Prevention) Target: Boroughs and neighborhoods in Wenshan District 1. For road safety, we limit alleys fewer than 8 meters to park on one side, keep no parking in the fire escape and plan the walkways to keep people from the vehicles. 2. Shifting easily broken tree hazards to preserve a flat pass way for pedestrians 6
Green Maple damaged the pavement and cars parked on both sides (before improvement) After improvement, parking allowed on one side only and a plat sidewalk Project 3: Establish Disaster Response Mechanism (Disaster Prevention) Target: Residents of Wenshan District 1. Recruit volunteers and train their disaster response ability 2. Conduct environment check and establish surveillance station 3. Organize community disaster prevention team 4. Conduct disaster prevention drill Teach residents how to rellocate people with handy materials Establish anti-disaster map Project 4: Disaster Prevention Advocacy (Disaster Prevention) Target: Residents of Wenshan District 1. Organize disaster prevention advocacy 2. Conduct drill 3. Conduct drill relief training Disaster prevention training organized by the District Office Promote disaster prevention skill during community gathering 7
Other: High Risk Environment Project: Improvement on Accident-prone Sections (Traffic) Target: The sections and intersections with high rate of fatal traffic incidents Scout the location of fatal accidents with Taipei Transportation Department, Taipei Traffic Division, Construction Office, Wenshan Police Station, Traffic Office and borough Office, and improve dangerous road section to avoid accidents. Improvement:Add No Jaywalking sign on the central island Before After iolence prevention (intentional injuries): Project: Friendly Campus Education- Prevent Bully (School) Target: Schools in Wenshan District 1. Investigate bully issue in campus 2. Bullying prevention advocacy 3. Develop bully prevention mechanism Anti-bully picture book for learning Principal and Dean of Students of Chihxing Elementary school advocate anti-bully activity 8
Suicide prevention (self-inflected injuries): Project 1: Safe Seed Class- Suicide Prevention Training (Intentional Injury Prevention) Target: Cadre of District Office, head of borough and neighborhood, community resource unit (such as community development association, volunteers of care-giving centers) Invite direct community service workers to be seed members and attend training program. Uniting the home safety group, relevant service workers visit the high-risk case, identify suicide prone residents and invite professionals for counseling. Suicide prevention training course Certificate for seed members Project 2: Building Happy Life Project (Intentional Injury Prevention) Target: Residents of Wenshan District 1. Invite professionals and experts to conduct lectures in Wenshan District for local residents to attend. 2. Using Depression Scale to find the case that requires care or referral. The scene of lectures in communities Programs aiming at High risk-groups : Six new projects targeting high risk groups in Wenshan District are added after the first International Safe Community designation in 2010. The details are as followed: 9
Table 2. Safety promotion projects for the high-risk groups in Wenshan Working Group Project Name 0-4y 5-14y 15-24y 25-64y >65y Home Safety Household isit for High Risk Groups Traffic Safety Improvement Project on Accident-prone Sections Disaster Disaster Drill and Prevention Evacuation in Old Tribe Caring the High-Risk Suicide Attempt Cases Mental & Physical Health Project for Senior Citizens Living Alone Intentional Injury Prevention Year-End Party for Senior Citizens Living Alone and ulnerable Groups Surveillance of injuries: Wenshan District Health Center takes in charge of collecting and analyzing the injury data from ER of WanFang Hospital and Jingmei Hospital. Year Item Unintentional (case) 10 Intentional (case) Other (case) Total 2009 1,645 76 7 1,728 2010 2,074 104 4 2,182 2011 1,662 63 14 1,739 2012 1,541 86 8 1,635 2013 1,491 70 9 1,570 2014 1,546 58 9 1,613 Total 9,959 (95.15%) Population base: about 270,000 Started year: 2008 457 (4.36%) 51 (0.49%) 10,467 (100%) Publications: Presentations and International Participations: 1. The Safe Community Conference in Falun 2011 (Sweden): Poster: Constructing a Safe and Supportive Linkage for the Elderly on Safety of Medicine Taking in Wenshan Safe Community, Taipei City, Taiwan 2. 6 th Asian Regional Conference on Safe Communities in Toshima (Japan), 2012: l Learning outside: Facilitating the dynamic course of security experience learning. l Innovative idea for tourism and leisure establish active and safe store in Wenshan safe community.
l Disaster Prevention and Management in Wenshan District. l Investigation on Home Service Delivery Model for Drug Safety. l Wonderful Life Comprehensive Home Safety Promotion in Wenshan Safe Community. th 3. 7 Asian Conference on Safe Communities in Busan (Korea), 2014 l Evidence-Based Analysis Model of Traffic Injury in Wenshan District, Taipei City. l The Experience and the Resulting Inspiration of Disaster Prevention at Metropolitan Level in Taipei City Wenshan District. l Neighborhood Watch Domestic iolence Prevention Propaganda. l Geriatric Health Promotion and Integrated Care in Taipei. l Effect of Target Physical Fitness and Health Promotion for the Elderly. l Indoor Safety Instruction for Children in Cool Eco House. 4. Wenshan Safe Community Report 2013 Staff Number: Professions: full-time: 2 Organization/Specific cross-sectoral leadership group for safety promotion: Wenshan Community Safety and Health Promotion Association General public health/health promotion group: Wenshan District Health Center, Wan Fang Hospital and Jingmei Hospital Meeting of Board Committee Meeting of Working Groups 11