Teach VIP course in 2015

Thu, 01/28/2016 - 13:11 | nvt

From September 28 to October 02, 2015; the Center for Injury Policy and Prevention Research (CIPPR), Hanoi School of Public Health was approved by WHO regional office to organize a training course on “Injury and Violence Prevention in Asia Pacific Region” using TEACH-VIP 2 (Training, Educating and Advancing Collaboration in Health on Violence and Injury Prevention) curriculums. The course was included 20 paticipants from 03 countries (VietNam, Laos and Cambodia).

Objectives

To provide public health professionals a fundamental overview of knowledge and skills for violence and injury prevention including: injury epidemiology and the design, implementation and evaluation of evidence-based intervention programs.

The specific objectives of the course are:

  • Identify and analyze violence and injury problems in the community and determine priorities for intervention programs
  • Improve specific knowledge and skills related to injury epidemiology, and injury prevention programme development, implementation and evaluation
  • Develop competencies as trainers in violence and injury conducting training courses on injury-related topics in their home countries and institutions.