10 February 2010

Health Impact Assessment Round-Up

This is a collection of HIA-related links, news and events that have recently caught the eyes of the HIA & Healthy Public Policy Team at the Centre for Health Equity Training, Research and Evaluation (CHETRE).

We're in the process of finalising the next UNSW HIA eNews. Do you have any news or resources you'd like to share? Email us

Health Impact Assessment

  • Health Effects Assessment Tool: A Guide for assessing health impacts of resource projects http://bit.ly/9yaP82 by Tania Barron, Marla Orenstein and Ame-Lia Tamburrini
  • Keynote presentations from the HIA '09 Conference in Rotterdam http://icio.us/fo5fxq
  • Competency Framework for Health Impact Assessment, as discussed at HIA09 conference http://icio.us/rjhitd
  • HIA Report: HIA of the Herne Bay Area Action Plan by Kent PCT http://bit.ly/aOKJJp
  • Salim and Gifty from the Centre for HIA at the Institute of Occupational Medicine have been doing a huge amount of work on the health impact assessment wiki http://bit.ly/ac6nOM
  • Pittsburg Railroad Ave Specific Plan HIA [USA] http://bit.ly/d8tqlc
  • New Gold Coast City Council (Australia) Social & Health Impact Assessment Policy out for comment 'til 1 March '10 [PDF] http://bit.ly
  • Thailand: "Map Ta Phut panel wants to revive buffer zone" http://bit.ly/cShSe6 Having been there, an expanded buffer is desperately required.
  • New HIA Gateway Resources http://bit.ly/ceArLZ
  • New Zealand HIA newsletter for Feb 2010 [PDF] http://bit.ly/arQqFX
  • Did you know there's a public calendar for HIA events? http://bit.ly/boZ812
  • HIA Best Practice Sharing Workshop in Wales 2009 - Presentations now online! http://bit.ly/7ZP7T5

Evidence Reviews and Summaries

Jobs & Other Opportunities

Conferences & Events

  • Short course on IFC Performance Standards 6 March, coincides with Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada Conference http://bit.ly/bnbSVy
  • Marmot and the Third Sector: Addressing Health Inequalities Together, London 9 March http://bit.ly/9lOE6w
  • Fifth EU Ministerial Conference on environment and health, Parma, Italy, 10-12 March 2010 http://bit.ly/aAWHej (Keep an eye out for media reports)
  • Conference: Equality and inequality in health: Measuring and commissioning for equity, London, 11 March 2010 http://bit.ly/9pOtSz
  • Canadian NCCHPP workshop on "Deliberating to Inform Decision-making" in Montréal, 12 March http://bit.ly/aVuHBW
  • Canadian Conference on Global Health 2010: The Call for Abstracts for Papers and Posters, due 29 March http://bit.ly/dq1CLE
  • Prevention and health inequalities : Cost-effective and evidence-based solutions, London, 30 March 2010 http://bit.ly/cN3Y57
  • What is Evidence-Informed Decision Making? Five Day Workshop in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 10-14 May http://bit.ly/aJX9bq
  • Sustainability Assessment Symposium: Towards Strategic Assessment for Sustainability, Perth 25-26 May 2010 http://bit.ly/cBGsA5
  • Double IAIA Symposia Climate Change & Impact Assessment. Aalborg, Denmark 25-26 Oct http://j.mp/9HvtyJ Washington DC USA 15-16 Nov http://j.mp/b8fJxA
  • HIA2010 3rd Asia Pacific HIA Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand, 17-19 November 2010 http://bit.ly/ciV6GJ
Training Population Health & Primary Care Other Items of Interest
  • UN Report on the World Social Situation (RWSS) 2010: Rethinking Poverty http://bit.ly/9bPkjI
  • UK National Equality Panel report: An Anatomy of Economic Inequaltiy in th UK http://bit.ly/a2j0jK
  • 10 Out of 10 Deadly Health Stories: Successful programs from Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services [where deadly = good] http://bit.ly/bbHxcr
  • Social Justice Report 2009 [Australian Human Rights Commission] http://bit.ly/9RW45H Indigenous language, country and identity.
  • Geoengineering the climate: science, governance and uncertainty [The Royal Society] http://bit.ly/bW6K02
  • Miliband's war on climate change denialism (and the media's role in it) http://bit.ly/ag6vOi
  • Tritium Leak At Vermont USA Nuclear Plant Grows http://bit.ly/cP3KSC
  • Western Australia to set up country's first mental health commission [ABC News] http://bit.ly/biRC21
  • Bowles on income inequality http://bit.ly/b56055
  • The Australian Government wants to implement the most drastic change to social security ever. And nobody knows about it. http://bit.ly/bvdEqD
  • Equality Speak: Challenges for a fair society http://j.mp/9FtLa3 The introduction is free to download, but you have to pay for the rest of the book.
  • We have a floor, now we need a ceiling: Reducing Canada’s income inequalities (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives) http://bit.ly/dAK5JO
  • Transport supports are 'key' to fighting social exclusion, allowing the vulnerable access to services.The Irish Times http://bit.ly/9YQQZe
  • London 2030: Predictions (The Guardian) http://bit.ly/bgPkDb
  • Documentary: Petropolis - Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands (trailer) http://j.mp/bIMyYP
  • Good points on how to make your presentations worthwhile http://bit.ly/aZlHyO
  • Tales of Water in Africa: Innovation vs the Boring Stuff http://bit.ly/aj6hpY
  • Discussion of SLAPP: "Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation" http://bit.ly/cEnS2Y
  • Newly launched Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker Association (Australia) http://www.natsihwa.org.au

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