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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 2012 - HIA Practice in Aboriginal Contexts in Canada: How, to What End, and by Whom? - Workshop
As part of the 12th International Conference on HIA held in Québec City in August 2012, the NCCHPP organized this discussion workshop.
Published in December 2012.  Description.
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HIA 2012 - Becoming Familiar with HIA as a Strategy for Health in All Policies - Preconference Workshop
As part of the 12th International Conference on HIA held in Québec City in August 2012, the NCCHPP offered an introductory workshop on the health impact assessment (HIA) approach.
Published in December 2012. Description.
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Dialogues on HIA and Aboriginal Health
The NCCHPP and NCCAH explored Health Impact Assessment and its usefulness in First Nations, Métis and Inuit contexts.
Published in June 2012.  Description.
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Information session on Health Impact Assessment (HIA) in Roberval, Québec
The goal of this workshop was to offer public health practitioners in the Saguenay region an overview of the HIA process with particular attention on its application at the local level.
Published in May 2012.  Description.  Download    2.49 MB
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HIA as a knowledge exchange tool in the policy arena: A conceptual framework
The NCCHPP's Anika Mendell made this presentation on April 15, 2011 at the International HIA Conference in Granada, Spain.
Published in September 2011.  Description.  Download  515 K
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Health Impact Assessment - an intersectoral approach to the social, economic and environmental determinants of health
This inaugural Symposium on Health Impact Assessment was presented at the 4th Conference of the Programmes locaux et régionaux de santé, June 27, 2011, in Gatineau (Québec).
May 2011.  Description.
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The Vibrant Communities Symposium
What makes a vibrant community? The NCCHPP co-organized a full day workshop on Health Impact Assessment at the pre-symposium, held in Winnipeg in March, 2010. 
Published in April, 2010.  Description.  Download  1.24 M.
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Health Impact Assessment: a methodology to include health in all policies - Summer Institute 2009
The NCCHPP presented a pre-conference workshop on health impact assessment during the National Collaborating Centres for Public Health 2009 Summer Institute.
Published in July, 2009.  Description.
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Health Impact Assessment: A Public Health Practice for Developing Healthy Public Policies
This presentation was part of the NCCHPP's pre-conference session on healthy public policy at the Canadian Public Health Association's 2009 Conference.
Published in June, 2009.  Description.  Download  764 K.
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The Centre speaks to the Senate Subcommittee about health impact assessment
In June, 2008, Louise St-Pierre made a presentation to the Senate Subcommittee on Population Health about health impact assessment and its potential use at the federal level.
Published in July 2008.  Description.  Download.  210 K.
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Health Impact Assessment as a tool to reduce health inequalities
At the Canadian Public Health Association's 2008 Conference in Halifax, the Centre's Louise St-Pierre presented the Health Impact Assessment (HIA) approach and showed how it can be used as a tool to address health inequalities.
Published in June 2008.  Description.  Download  522 K.
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