13 April 2012
We have a (crude) iPhone app for the HIA Blog
We now have an iPhone app. It's a little crude and is based on our Facebook page, but all the blog content that you know and love is there. Please try it out! (Android version to follow soon)
9 April 2012
Sunlight May Turn Jet Exhaust Into Toxic Particles
Airports can pose a far bigger threat to local air than previously recognized, thanks to the transformative power of sunlight.
In the first on-tarmac measurements of their kind, researchers have shown that oil droplets spewed by idling jet engines can turn into particles tiny enough to readily penetrate the lungs and brain.
Read more on Wired - click here.
HIA 6th Avenue East Duluth, MN
A Health Impact Assessment (HIA) on Duluth, Minnesota’s Complete
Streets Resolution, Mobility in the Hillside Neighborhood and The Sixth
Avenue East Schematic Redesign Study.
The redesign study of Sixth Avenue East in 2010, arose out of
community concerns about the safety of the roadway and its perceived
negative effects on the neighborhood. The Health Impact Assessment team
conducted a HIA on the redesign study, current conditions in the
Hillside for non-motorized transportation and its potential health
impacts on the Hillside. The HIA Final Report includes both
recommendations for the roadway and for changes in the neighborhood
outside of the 66 foot right-of-way in the redesign study. The HIA
recommendations serves as a guide for roadway reconstruction and the
creation of a healthier, more livable neighborhood.St. Louis County Minnesota
Click here for link.
HIA in Latvia
Interesting report on Strengthening the implementation of health impact assessment in Latvia from WHO Europe. Worth a read.
6 April 2012
Webcast: Health Impact Assessment Thinking & Acting Locally & Globally
Internet webcast: 2:10 - 4:30 PM (US Eastern Daylight Savings Time) The live webcast originates from the University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan.Find out more about the program and the speakers (Dinah Bear, Ben Cave and Aaron Wernham) at the website.
4 April 2012
Important article: Accounting for Nature's Benefits - The Dollar Value of Ecosystem Services
There's a great open-access article in Environmental Health Perspectives on quantifying the value of ecosystem services in improving human wellbeing:
Holzman D. Accounting for Nature's Benefits: The Dollar Value of Ecosystem Services. Environmental Health Perspective 120:a152-a157, 2012. doi:10.1289/ehp.120-a152The issues are very relevant to HIA and as I noted in this editorial, ecosystem services are routinely ignored in HIAs (at our peril). Please read.
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journal article,
monetization,
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1 April 2012
Health Impact Assessment: The state of the art
Several International Association for Impact Assessment Health Section members and I have written a paper in the latest issue of Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal on Health Impact Assessment: The state of the art. It's part of a special issue on the state of the art in impact assessment that was edited by Alan Bond and Jenny Pope. Most of the papers are excellent reading for anyone interested in impact assessment.
Harris-Roxas B, Viliani F, Bond A, Cave B, Divall M, Furu P, Harris P, Soeberg M, Wernham A, Winkler M. Health Impact Assessment: The state of the art, Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal, eFirst.The paper is available for free to IAIA members, just log into the IAIA website and follow the IAPA link. If you have difficulty accessing the paper please contact me.
doi:10.1080/14615517.2012.666035
Profile of Arthur Wendel, head of the US CDC's Healthy Design Initiative
There's a great profile and Q&A with Arthur Wendel, a leader in HIA in the US over at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation blog.
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