New HIA Events and Courses

Mostly via the HIA Gateway update

Training Courses

• Health economic assessment tools (HEAT) for walking and cycling: online training dates 
• IMPACT HIA Course, 11-15 November 20123

Events

• 13th HIA 2013 International Conference – Geneva, Switzerland, 2-4 October 2013
• 2nd National HIA Meeting, 24-25th September, Washington D.C. 
• How districts tackle the wider determinants of poor health, 4th September, London 
• 11th International Conference on Urban Health, 4-7th March 2014

U.S.A. Southeast Regional HIA Summit

From the organisers:

Registration is now open for the first ever Southeast Regional HIA Summit! July 31 – August 2, Davidson, NC.

This is NOT your typical conference. Let’s face facts…HIA practitioners are a special breed of people who are creative enough to bridge the gap between multiple fields and operate outside of the box on a daily basis. Whenever we get together the atmosphere is more like a family reunion than a meeting. Add in the small-town charm of Davidson, NC and southern hospitality and you just know you are in store for a good time.

Here’s what the first Southeast Regional HIA Summit has to offer:

• Opportunities to LISTEN: Hear from Dr. John Santopietro, M.D., Carolinas HealthCare System, on The State of Mental Health in the U.S. and Mitchell Silver, AICP, Past President of the American Planning Association on Building Healthy Communities.
• Chances to LEARN: From each other during small group discussions− HIA Speed Dating, HIA Tool Exchange, Troubleshooting your HIA, Developing the HIA Message, Sustaining an HIA Program, and HIA and Health Equity.
• Time to HAVE FUN: Networking during community activities including bicycling on Davidson’s greenway, paddling on Lake Davidson and viewing the Davidson Design for Life Documentary at Our Town Cinema.
• And much, much more!
  
  

Likely participants include: HIA practitioners, researchers, and funders; professionals and educators from the fields of planning, policy, and public health; and interested government officials and not-for-profit leaders. To get the most out of the Summit, you should have direct experience in conducting HIA; be currently involved in conducting your first HIA; or at least have a basic understanding of the process and principles of HIA.

Everything you need to know about the Summit may be found on our web page:

• Preliminary schedule-of-events
• Hotel information
• Online registration or a printable registration form (Early Bird Registration Deadline is June 15)
• Travel scholarship
• How to get to Davidson, NC
  
  

For more information and questions, please contact Courtney Spear, Summit Conference Planner at 704.400.0880 or courtneyhspear@gmail.com

Structural Funds & Health Gains - 3 workshops - registration open

Entry free - expenses for travel and accommodation can be provided



A post for those of you working in the European Union - but of interest to all

EU Structural Funds (SF) represent almost € 50 billion a year to support the development of poorer regions across Europe. This investment source is made available to improve the infrastructure and socio-economic profile of a region. There are opportunities to use these funds innovatively and to tackle inequalities, target pockets of poverty and assist vulnerable groups. The key challenge is how to make the most of these funding opportunities, ensuring that each Euro contributes towards better health and wellbeing.

A site is being developed that presents a range of resources (case studies, causal pathways etc) to assist this process.

There are three workshops in June. Entry is free and there is assitance with travel and expenses

Register now for the workshops on Structural Funds & Health Gains http://bit.ly/lLthw8 

Wales Health Impact Assessment Best Practice Sharing Workshop 24th February 2012

From the WHIASU site:

The Wales Health Impact Assessment Support Unit (WHIASU) will be holding the third annual All Wales HIA Network Event on February 24th in the vibrant city of Cardiff.

The workshop is open to those interested in or practicing HIA in Wales.  It will aim to disseminate positive examples of HIA practice in Wales and provide a forum in which to discuss themes and issues of interest further. This forum will be in the form of 60 minutes allocated for discussion sessions and which will be driven by the participants.  This is time for you to discuss any issues that are important to your practice of HIA and enable you to share and learn from one another’s experience.  If you have any suggestions for themes that you would like to discuss at the workshop, then please send them to  Liz Green by January 30th 2012.

Places are limited so please register early.  There will be a nominal fee of £30 – this is refundable on attendance. If you would like further details, to register or express an interest in attending then please contact Julia Lester, Public Health Wales at Julia.lester2@wales.nhs.uk

Programme and further details will be published shortly.