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Online Course: Introduction to HIA of Public Policies

Citizen Participation in HIA: An Overview of the Principal Arguments Supporting It
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Events
International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA) 2103 Conference. (IAIA 2013 website.) May 13-16, 2013, Calgary AB.  Deadline for abstracts Dec 31, 2012. 

Course in community-driven health impact assessment. June 3-14, 2013. (Coady International Institute website.)

HIA 2013 International Conference. Geneva, Switzerland. October 2-4, 2013. Conference website.

HIA 2012 International Conference. Québec, QC. Presentations (PDF & video) on the conference website.


Links
The Determinants of Health  On the site of the Public Health Agency of Canada.

Health Impact Assessment Blog. News and information on HIA, by the International Association for Impact Assessment's Health Section.

The Effectiveness of Health Impact Assessment  1.1 MB. On the site of the World Health Organization, European Office. Abstract.

UCLA Health Impact Assessment Clearinghouse – Learning and Information Center. On the site of UCLA - HIA Clearinghouse.

Health Impact assesment : main concepts and suggested approach, Gothenburg consensus paper.   138 K.  European Centre for Health Policy, 1999. On the site of the WHO Regional Office for Europe.

Health Equity Impact Assessment. By Povall et al. (2013). On the site of Health Promotion International.

Improving Health in the United States: The Role of Health Impact Assessment. By the National Research Council (USA), 2011. On the site of the National Academies Press.

SOPHIA - The Society of Practitioners of HIA. On the SOPHIA website. 

Mixed Waste Processing HIA - Framework and Results.  On the site of Toronto Public Health - Healthy People Healthy Environment.

Improving the use of evidence in health impact assessment  On the site of the World Health Organization: Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 88(7) July 2010.

Québec's Public Health Act. On the site of the Government of Québec. 


Contact
Louise St-Pierre

Julie Castonguay


HIA - Generic PowerPoint Presentation
PowerPoint presentation to be used to disseminate HIA-related information.
Published in September, 2010.  Description.  Download  PPT 2.15 MB.
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The NCCHPP has developed a generic presentation on Health Impact Assessment (HIA). Complete with speaking notes and a set of slides you can personalize, this powerpoint presentation can be used by public health practitioners or anybody interested in disseminating HIA-related information. This tool has been validated by practitioners at the local and regional levels in order to be more in tune with the needs at these levels

The PPT looks at the following issues:

Why use HIA?
Theory of HIA: 
    Definition and roots 
    Basic principles and objectives
HIA in practice: 
    The steps 
    HIA, a diverse practice 
    Issues and supporting the practice

Health Impact Assessment (HIA): A tool to promote healthy public policies
PPT 2.15 MB 		Image - cover page of the HIA presentation - click to download

For more information or to discuss a version of this presentation developed to suit your specific needs, please contact Anika Mendell or Louise St-Pierre.

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The production of the NCCHPP website has been made possible through a financial contribution from the Public Health Agency of Canada.