From Katie Hirono on behalf of the US Society of Practitioners of Health Impact Assessment:

The Society of Practitioners of Health Impact Assessment (SOPHIA) seeks recommendations for exemplary HIA reports for the 2014 list of outstanding HIA reports. The SOPHIA Model HIA Reports Library functions as a periodically updated repository of exemplary HIA reports. The library is intended for:

1. People who are unfamiliar with HIA and want to understand what a high caliber HIA report product might look like (for example, people thinking of commissioning an HIA)

1. HIA practitioners seeking above average HIA reports as a reference

You may recommend HIAs done by yourself or other practitioners. The HIA can be on a project or policy, done in any location both in the U.S. and abroad, and be either stand-alone or done as part of an integrated assessment.  As we have already selected reports from 2009 – 2012, ideally these reports would have been released within the past 2 years. 

You must be a member of SOPHIA to submit a recommended HIA report (but can join easily here: http://hiasociety.org/?page_id=48). Or, click here to submit a recommendation: http://hiasociety.org/?page_id=29

New HIA reports from the National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy (NCCHPP). These documents are available in both English and in French on the NCCHPP's website:

Planning Knowledge Sharing in the Context of a Health Impact Assessment

http://www.ncchpp.ca/67/new-publications.ccnpps?id_article=950 (en)
http://www.ccnpps.ca/88/Nouvelles_publications.ccnpps?id_article=949 (fr)

Developing a Citizen-Participation Strategy for Health Impact Assessment: Practical Guide

http://www.ncchpp.ca/67/new-publications.ccnpps?id_article=944 (en)
http://www.ccnpps.ca/88/nouvelles-publications.ccnpps?id_article=943 (fr)

The 12th International Conference on Health Impact Assessment (HIA): New issues arising from the evolution of the practice - Summary of Discussions

http://www.ncchpp.ca/67/new-publications.ccnpps?id_article=968 (en)
http://www.ccnpps.ca/88/nouvelles-publications.ccnpps?id_article=967 (fr)

They're world leaders in health impact assessment. Find out more about HIA in Thailand.

Thailand is a world leader in health impact assessment. I've learned a lot from colleagues in the National Health Commission Office and the Healthy Public Policy Foundation over the eight years that we've worked together. They have a sophisticated and nuanced approach to HIA that recognises that there's more than one way to undertake HIA and that HIA is rarely an end in itself.

As I've spoken to colleagues elsewhere I've been dismayed about how little they've engaged with the work that's happened in Thailand. Often this is due to language barriers (few people read Thai outside Thailand), assumptions that little can be learned outside western countries (this is flat-out wrong), or a view that Thailand is a "special case" (it is, but we can still learn from its unique circumstances).

Ignorance is no longer an excuse however! The National Health Commission Office for Thailand has put together an excellent series of English language publications on their experiences with HIA. I urge you to take a look. The books and reports chronicle the details and experiences of HIA in Thailand. There's a lot to learn from these publications.

The NHCO website also includes publications on healthy public policy, Thailand's incredible and inspirational system of Health Assemblies, and their National Health Act.

HIA Gateway Resource Update

Reports:
HIA of Bicycle & Pedestrian Master Plan: US
http://www.apho.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=111832

Guides:
Integrated Pollution Prevention Control (IPPC): update January 2012
http://www.apho.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=111910

Tools:
HIA Toolkit for Cities (WHO). Document 2:Training Module
http://www.apho.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=111834

Current Use:
New incinerator study - HPA
http://www.apho.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=114977

Senior Officer, Health Impact Project, US
http://www.apho.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=114911

MWIA Newsletter: January 2012
http://www.apho.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=111947

HIA in Ireland and the role of local government
http://www.apho.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=111886

Theory Issues:
Recognising the potential of cities (BMJ article)
http://www.apho.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=114963

Influencing land use planning: paper
http://www.apho.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=114920

HIA: A Tool to Benefit Health in all Policies
http://www.apho.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=111851

Training Courses:
Social Impact Assessment Training, 27-28th May, Porto
http://www.apho.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=111831

Events:
Web seminar: housing in the new agenda for health and wellbeing, 9th February
http://www.apho.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=111909

The HIA Bibliography is updated quarterly. It was recently updated in November 2011 and has 49 new references.