| Leif Svanström | |
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| Born | (1943-10-30)30 October 1943 Gamleby, Sweden |
| Died | 29 January 2023(2023-01-29) (aged 79) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Years active | 1974-2023 |
| Medical career | |
| Institutions | Karolinska Institutet |
| Sub-specialties | Social medicine, Injury prevention, Safety promotion |
| Research | Founder, Safe Communities International |
Leif Svanström (30 October 1943 – 29 January 2023) was a Swedish doctor and a specialist in Social medicine.
Beginning from 2010 Svanström was professor emeritus in Social Medicine at Karolinska Institute in Stockholm where he worked since 1980. He was former prefect for the department of Public Health Sciences at Karolinska Institute and the former leader of the scientist group of accident prevention and work in safety promotion. Professor Svanström devoted about forty-five years of his life to the Social Medicine and Health and Safety Promotion. His research and teaching focused on Injury Epidemiology and Safety Promotion. In the 1960s, he studied a number of descriptive and analytical works, and beginning from the 1970s he is engaged in home and occupational injuries. In 1974, he introduced "the community approach to safety promotion, encapsulated in the Falköping Model", which made a great influence at Swedish and international community safety work. Leif conducted policy development and is described as the founder of the Safe Community movement. He was the leader of International Safe Community Certifying Centre – a NGO for injury prevention and certifier of municipalities at a global level. Under his leadership of the Research Group on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion at the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sweden, more than 30 doctorates have been awarded.
Leif Svanström organized the first world conference in accident and injury prevention in Stockholm in 1989 and has since been a member of the International Organizing Committee for the following nine conferences.
Leif Svanström was nominated to the Nobel Peace Prize in 2015.
Leif Svanström was a guest professor at Shandung University, Jinan, China and Ajou University, Suwon South Korea and also nominated for the same position at the university in Skopje, Macedonia. Svanström is the author of nearly 1200 articles and many educational books in social medicine, epidemiology and safety promotion work.
Books
- En introduktion till folkhälsovetenskap (2012). Published by HÄFTAD.
- Sjukdomslära (2003). Published by: KARTONNAGE.
- Att mäta folkhälsa (2017). Published by: Studentlitterture.
References
- Skjönberg, Guldbrand; Gutiérrez, Maria Isabel; Mohammadi, Reza; Villaveces, Andrés; Minuzzo, Barbara; Bangdiwala, Shrikant I. (2023). "Professor Emeritus Dr Leif O. Svanström, MD, PhD, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden 30 October 1943 – 29 January 2023". International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion. 30 (2): 321–323. doi:10.1080/17457300.2023.2211874. S2CID 258891152.
- Leif Svanström (Swedish) Retrieved on 17 Feb 2018
- ^ Professional autobiography of Professor Leif Svanström - with a focus on injury prevention and safety promotion Retrieved on 17 Feb 2018
- En introduktion till folkhälsovetenskap Retrieved on 17 Feb 2018
- Sjukdomslära Retrieved on 17 Feb 2018
- Att mäta folkhälsa 190 kr Retrieved on 17 Feb 2018
- Karolinska Institutet – Department of Public Health Sciences
- Karolinska Institutet – Research Group on Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention – Group Members
- 3rd Nordic Health Promotion Research Conference – Speakers
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