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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


Implementation of Section 54 of Québec's Public Health Act
This paper provides a brief review of section 54 of Québec's Public Health Act. It describes the context of its adoption as law, the procedures introduced by the Québec government to help in its implementation, and some of the results achieved to date.
Published in August 2012.  Description.  Download  598 K
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Interprovincial Meeting on Health Impact Assessment (HIA): Update
Last summer, we contacted provincial respondents to find out about recent developments in HIA. This update will let you know what we learned.
Published in August 2012.  Description.  Download   149 K
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Citizen Participation in Health Impact Assessment: Overview of Issues
This document examines the main arguments in favour of citizen participation as well as some of the obstacles and risks associated with citizen participation in HIA.
Published in May 2012.  Description.  Download  870 K
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Health Impact Assessment: Guides and Tools
To facilitate the work of those searching for HIA guides or tools adapted to their needs, we have listed and classified the HIA guides and tools available on the internet. This document was originally published in June 2008, and was updated in 2011-2012.
Updated version published in April 2012.  Description.  Download  970 K
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Health Impact Assessment: Inventory of Resources
The main focus of this inventory  of HIA resources is the practice of HIA as related to the development of healthy public policy. This document was originally published in May 2009, and was updated in November 2011.
Updated version published in Febraury 2012.  Description.  Download  589 K
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Citizen Participation in Health Impact Assessment (HIA): An Overview of the Principal Arguments Supporting It
This fact sheet explores the four main arguments favouring citizen participation in HIA.
Published in December 2011.  Description.  Download   1.8 MB
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Citizen Participation in Health Impact Assessment (HIA): An Overview of the Risks and Obstacles
This fact sheet explores five categories of factors that can explain the significant gap between the participatory rhetoric attached to HIA, and actual practices.
Published in December 2011.  Description.  Download    1.8 MB
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HIA Implementation in Canada: HIA Pilot Project in Montérégie, Québec
This document provides a brief account of an HIA pilot project undertaken at the municipal level, in Québec's Montérégie region, and reports on the key findings that emerged from the process.
Published in October 2011.  Description.  Download    798 K
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Four Types of Impact Assessment Used in Canada
This document examines four different Impact Assessment approaches that are used in Canada, including Health Impact Assessment, Environmental Impact Assessment, Strategic Environmental Assessment, and Risk Assessment. 
Published in February 2011.  Description.  Download   822 K
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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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Information Grid - Canadian HIA Initiatives
Information grids on three Canadian HIA initiatives at the local level.
Published in May 2010.  Description.
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HIA Series - HIA and Inequities
A series that will examine the practice of HIA from various perspectives. This edition is the second in the series.
Published in March, 2010.  Description.  Download    304 K
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HIA Series - Introduction to HIA
A series that will examine the practice of HIA from various perspectives. This edition is the first in the series.  
Published in November, 2009.  Description.  Download  484 K.
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PATH Report - Influencing Healthy Public Policy with Community Health Impact Assessment
Project Summary "Influencing Healthy Public Policy with Community Health Impact Assessment."
Published in November, 2009.  Description.  Download  429 K.
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HIA Practice Standards Document
A point of reference for North American Health Impact Assessment practitioners. Produced by the North American HIA Practice Standards Working Group.
Posted on this site in October, 2009.  Description.  Download  120 K.
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Interprovincial Meeting on Health Impact Assessment
The results from a meeting of representatives of provincial ministries of health, discussing HIA practices and potential in Canada.
Published in October, 2009.  Description.  Download  190 K.
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Brief History of PATH
Introductory overview of the PATH project, showing the different steps and projects that shaped the history of this movement.
Published in October, 2009.  Description.  Download  482 K.
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Development of a Canadian HIA Course
A Review of Existing HIA Courses, Methods and Results.
Published in October, 2009.  Description.  Download   233K.
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What is Health Impact Assessment (HIA)?
A short introduction to Health Impact Assessment (HIA).
Published in June, 2009.  Description.  Download.   90 K.
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HIA in Quebec: when the law becomes a lever for action
The NCCHPP publishes the English translation of this study of Health Impact Assessment (HIA) in Quebec following the 2001 adoption of Quebec's Public Health Act.
Published in October, 2008.  Description.  Download  232 K.
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Report on the Canadian Roundtable on Health Impact Assesment (HIA)
What is the state of HIA in Canada? The NCCHPP convened the Canadian Roundtable as an expert group on HIA, and asked questions about HIA in the Canadian context at the group's February 22, 2008 meeting. We are publishing the report of the event here.
Published in September, 2008.  Description.  Download  223 K.
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Health Impact Assessment (HIA): a Promising Action Path For Promoting Healthy Public Policies
This document presents the promises and challenges of health impact assessment (HIA) and its development possibilities for Canada.
Published in February, 2008.  Description.  Download  101 K
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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.