Where have we been? A new way to stay up to date

The HIA Blog has been lying fallow for a little while, though this is largely because I have been using Twitter to post news and information as it crops up. Here are some recent tweets you might have missed:

• Event: Beyond Evidence on Health Inequities: What works, why and how, Adelaide Australia 27th - 28th of April 2010 http://bit.ly/8qs4ww
• Article by our friend Ida Knutsson onhealth impact assessment developments in Sweden http://bit.ly/8lxxXX
• RT croakeyblog Electric fan caution & other heatwave survival tips. the info is there but are we prepared? http://tiny.cc/7ml2X - with thanks to @hiablog
• RT theneweconomics The Guardian: Economists start to consider that money can't buy happiness, and nef are the torchbearers. http://bit.ly/8jsHDH
• @MeredithGould @crgonzalez Not sure if this is feature discussed - health impact assessment search with timeline http://bit.ly/5eEB08 #hcsm
• Happened to re-discover the IPHI review of the health impacts of education - handy! http://bit.ly/8u9yE3
• Institute of Public Health in Ireland HIA Training: 8-20 Feb 2010 in Dublin. http://bit.ly/8Pzmle
• Ireland Workshop: Climate Change: whose health will be affected? Thursday 25 February 2010 10.00am–1.00pm in Dublin. http://bit.ly/5lRtVT
• Link: US National Association for County and City Health Officials Mentorship Program http://bit.ly/5hmlPX
• Book Plug: Theory in a Nutshell: A Practical Guide to Health Promotion Theories 3rd Ed. (Harris & Wise work on HIA with me at CHETRE) http://bit.ly/8uIHka
• RT @OECD: Over 1 bn people haven’t enough to eat. OECD Insights on agricultural policy for food security http://www.oecdinsights.org
• Health impact assessment becomes law in Thailand [Bangkok Post Article] http://bit.ly/5mRrNI Description of HIA procedural clarification.

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