Safe and Health Promotive Community (SHPC) model

Background: Injuries are a great burden on health systems and communities, especially in developing countries. As WHO announced (2014) that every 5 seconds someone dies as a result of an injury in the world. Moreover, chronic disease as a result of unhealthy lifestyle, were the leading cause of deaths worldwide. Methods: Injuries are a growing problem in Iran as third cause of death. However, inappropriate lifestyle had led to increase non-communicable disease. Lack of inter sectoral collaboration and week public participation were the most outstanding problem in safety and health promotion programs in Iran. Regarding, community based approaches must be employed to injury prevention and health promotion. This study aimed to incorporate the safety promotion and health promotion concepts in a framework and implement it in East-Azarbaijan province-Iran. Using safe community concept and health promotion approaches, With the support and commitment of political and social organizations, formal processes to improve inter-sectoral cooprations would be established. Public empowerment and more participation in decisions about safety and health promotion programs encouraged. Moreover, interventions to improve safety and health in all age and gender groups leads to a safe and healthy community. Conclusions: Community based safety and health promotion programs could be the best approach to empower the population to had a good life. However, providing the drivers for community promotion and increasing the power of public in decision making leads to more effective and appropriate interventions to improve public quality of life.

Keywords:

Safe community , Healthy community , Community based approach , Effective intervention