International Safety Media Awards 

 

On September 21st - The International Safety Media Award (ISMA) was distributed during the 12th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion in Tampere, Finland.

 

LCE 3D interactive program and the revolving doors App got the award for excellence in delivering safety and injury prevention messages effectively. Hundreds of movies were submitted to the competition from all around the world.  This award recognizes excellence in safety and injury prevention programs, that has a proven evaluation of the effectiveness of the messages.

 

Evidence-based report study was presented at the conference by Flaura Koplin Winston, MD, Ph.D.,  Professor of Pediatrics, University of Pennsylvania and the Scientific Director, at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention at the Children Hospital of Philadelphia.

 

Stephen S. Leff Ph.D., is the co-director of the Violence Prevention Initiative at CHOP. He is psychologist in the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences