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Date
7 Dec 2002
Venue
Li Wai Chun Building, Chung Chi College, The Chinese University
of Hong Kong
Press Release
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Injury poses a major threat to children’s health and well being
in the modern society of Hong Kong. Various studies conducted between
1996 to now by CIPRA suggest that injury was the leading cause of
death among children age one to fourteen in Hong Kong. With reference
to different studies by various countries, they all showed that
injury is preventable through the effort of multi-disciplinary prevention
education, programme evaluation and scientific research. In 2000,
CIPRA initiated the Injury Prevention Programme in Schools (IPPS)
in Hong Kong. The development of the IPPS was stemmed from the adaptation
of the Injury Minimization Programme for Schools in the United Kingdom.
The preliminary results of the study have proved the benefits of
the IPPS on improving students’ knowledge on injury prevention.
Also, students’ attitude and behaviour on safety was modified.
The implementation of the IPPS and preliminary evaluation results
were released in the press conference.
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