HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT SUMMER TRAINING COURSE
July 16 – 19, 2012 | Oakland CA
Health impact assessment (HIA) is most often defined as “a combination of
procedures, methods and tools by which a policy, program or project may be
judged as to its potential effects on the health of a population, and the
distribution of those effects within the population” (World Health
Organization, 1999).
Widely recognized as one method to consider “health in all policies,” HIA
has been used in the United States on land use, transportation, education,
criminal justice, labor, agriculture, energy, budgeting, and other
decision-making areas to inform policymakers about the health impacts of
proposed policies, projects and plans.
Over the past decade, SFDPH has emerged as one of the leading practitioners
of HIA in the United States. This year, SFDPH will conduct our fifth
annual summer training course for HIA practitioners. The overall goal of
the course is to provide current and future practitioners of HIA experience
using available procedures, regulations, and tools to implement an HIA.
About the SFDPH HIA Training
What: Health Impact Assessment Practitioners Summer
Training Course
Where: TCE Oakland Conference Center, 1111 Broadway, 7th
floor, Oakland, CA
When: July 16-19, 2012 (attendance all four days is mandatory)
Instructors: HIA practitioners at the San Francisco Department of
Public Health and community, academic, and local
government partners
Cost: $960 (includes the cost of course materials, breakfast
and lunch; accommodations and travel not included). A
limited number of scholarships are available to support
attendance by non-profit organizations, students, and
others.
To Register: Please complete the entire online application form,
available at:
http://tinyurl.com/SFDPH-HIA-Training-2012
Registration will close on Friday June 29th, however enrollment is limited,
and priority is given to early registrants. To ensure diversity of
participants, limit two people per organization.
More information about the course, including course objectives, a sample
agenda, past participant evaluations, and information about travel,
lodging, financial aid and more are available at:
http://www.sfphes.org/HIA_Training.htm.
Please contact hiacourse.dph(a)sfdph.org or call 415-252-3919 with any
questions.
Past participants have given glowing reviews of the course:
· "Will recommend this course!.. These tools are all useful to our
work, and I feel confident now in writing grants to support
integration of HIA in our public health capacity building efforts…."
· "Thank you for an amazing conference. Extremely well organized and
facilitated. Content expertise was well presented and facilitated
valuable discussion that cannot be replicated in other forums (such
as webinars or one day sessions)."
· "I have learned an awful lot about HIA. In many instances, the most
informative statements, are those that have been made 'between the
lines,' by which I means the comments on how things don't always go
to plan, and how that is dealt with by HIA practitioners, or how they
solved problems that came up."
· "Overall this training has done a very impressive job of packing in a
lot of info in an engaging/hands on way… SFDPH has developed
impressive qualifications and depth of knowledge and makes the
process of HIA looks very doable."
The WHO/Europe Health Economic Assessment Tool (HEAT) is now available here: http://www.heatwalkingcycling.org/.
While I have not had a chance to use the tool, I thought others on the list might be interested.
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Lindsay Arnold, MPH
ASPH/NHTSA Public Health Fellow
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US Department of Transportation
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Washington, DC 20590
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Dear colleagues, the Association for the Advancement of Automotive Medicine
(AAAM) is inviting submission of abstracts of prospective presentations for
the 2012 AAAM Student Research Symposium. Undergraduate, graduate, and
medical students are eligible to submit abstracts. The goal of the
symposium is to give students early in their careers the opportunity to
present their work in progress in a stress-free atmosphere to an
experienced research audience composed of AAAM members from diverse
disciplines. The Student Research Symposium seeks presentations on works in
progress, methods papers, and smaller studies. Abstracts are sought in all
areas of traffic related injury prevention and control including automotive
medicine, behavioral research science, biomechanics, engineering,
epidemiology, statistics, education, law, and public policy. visit
www.aaam.org for more information. *The deadline for abstract submission is
April 1, 2012.* The Student Research Symposium will be held on Sunday,
October 14, as part of AAAM’s 56th Annual Scientific Conference to be held
October 14-17, 2012 in Seattle, Washington. The student presenters of all
abstracts selected for presentation at the Student Symposium will have the
registration fee to the main conference waived and will receive a travel
stipend of $500 to attend the conference.
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Dear H+T Friends,
A contact at TRB suggested that the health and transportation group might
be interested in some recent reports included in the Canadian Rural
Research Network newsletter. I am including selected content from the
newsletter below.
Best,
Carey
Canadian Rural Research Network
Réseau canadien de recherche rurale
January-February 2012 / Janvier - février 2012
Blog<http://www.rural-research-network.blogspot.com/> |
LinkedIn<http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=3030709&trk=hb_side_g> |
Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/CRRN.RCRR> |
Twitter<http://twitter.com/#!/CRRN_RCRR> |
RSS<
http://feeds.feedburner.com/CanadianRuralResearchNetworkcrrnRseauCanadienDe…
>
RuralTube<http://www.youtube.com/user/crrnrcrr>
CRRN's objective is to provide a means to share rural research relevant to
the Canadian context, through a web-based portal and updates via e-mail.
Le but du RCRR est de fournir un mode de partage de recherches en matières
rurales pertinentes au cas canadien, et ce, par le biais d'un portail web
et de mises à jours par courriel.
Studies/Études
Perceived facilitators and barriers to physical activity for rural youth
Source: Rural and Remote Health.
Decreasing physical activity levels, particularly among youth, continue to
be a prominent health concern in Canada, and youth living in rural areas
may encounter unique facilitators and barriers to physical activity. In
addition, current research suggests that overweight and obesity rates are
higher for youth in some rural areas compared with urban areas.
(more/suite<
http://www.rural-research-network.blogspot.com/2012/03/studiesetudes-percei…
>)
Thesis/Thèse
Lorsque les nouvelles populations rurales rencontrent les plus anciennes
Source: Université d'Ottawa.
"Mobilité, désir d'accéder à une meilleure qualité de vie, attraction de
la campagne s'accélèrent depuis une trentaine d'années au Québec, comme
ailleurs en occident. La campagne et les usages que l'on en fait se
diversifient et se complexifient, à l'instar des populations qui
l'habitent."
(more/
suite<
http://rural-research-network.blogspot.com/2012/03/thesisthese-lorsque-les-…
>)
Call for papers/Appels de communication
Creating Rural Connections 2012 Conference and Tradeshow
Source: Alberta Rural Development Network (ARDN).
Regions. What are they? Do they matter? How do they affect rural
communities in Alberta and across Canada? With the theme "Regional
Realities and Approaches" guiding the Creating Rural Connections 2012
Conference and Tradeshow, these and other questions will be explored
through keynote speakers, presentations and posters, workshops and
discussions, and panel sessions.
(more/
suite<
http://rural-research-network.blogspot.com/2012/03/call-for-papersappels-de…
>)
Connecting the Future: Rural Broadband Technology, Policy and Impact
Source: The Monieson Centre at Queen's School of Business.
September 19-20, 2012 Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Connecting the Future:
Rural Broadband Technology, Policy and Impact is an international
conference addressing leading-edge advancements in broadband development,
with relevance to rural communities around the globe.
(more/
suite<
http://www.rural-research-network.blogspot.com/2012/02/call-for-papersappel…
>)
Announcements/Annonces
Invitation to contribute to CRRN's Lessons Learned and Opinions in Rural
Research
Le texte en français suit l'anglais.
Source: CRRN /RCRR.
Dear Colleagues, the CRRN has recently expanded the scope of its website
content to include posts on Lessons learned in rural research and Opinions
on rural research issues. You are invited to submit a short one-page piece
on "lessons learned" or an "opinion" on rural research.
(more/
suite<
http://www.rural-research-network.blogspot.com/2012/03/announcementsannonce…
>)
Hello again - Another item that may be of interest.
Health Resources in Action (www.hria.org) presents "Health Impact
Assessment 101: An Introduction to the Practice"
Presenter: Lindsay Rosenfeld, ScD ScM, Research Scientist, Brandeis
University, Heller School for Social Policy and Management
When: Wednesday, April 18th, 2012; 10 - 11:30 a.m. Eastern
Cost: FREE
Learn more and register at: http://tinyurl.com/HIA101
Objectives:
- To give participants an overview of what health impact assessment
(HIA) is and how it can be used
- To increase knowledge and skills for practitioners to conduct HIAs
- To provide opportunities for our six New England states to network and
learn from each other's experiences with HIA
Presenter:
Lindsay E. Rosenfeld is a social epidemiologist with research interests
in program and policy design that focus on the health impacts of
"nonhealth" policies and programs, particularly concerning the built
environment, urban planning and design, housing, neighborhoods,
education, (im)migration, and health literacy. Throughout her career she
has served in numerous research, policy, teaching, and community
social-service capacities - passionate about translating research into
policy. Dr. Rosenfeld has varied experience with Health Impact
Assessment, including participating in two Massachusetts Child Health
Impact Assessments (2005, 2006) concerning the MA Rental Voucher Program
and LIHEAP (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program). Most recently,
she served as a reviewer on the newly-released National Research Council
report: Improving Health in the United States: The Role of Health Impact
Assessment. Dr. Rosenfeld earned her bachelor's degree in women's
studies from Brown University and both her master's degree and doctorate
in public health from the Harvard School of Public Health.
Also, Health Resources in Action will conduct a 1-day conference titled
"Exploring the Promise and Practice of Health Impact Assessments: A New
England Conference" for up to 60 individuals from New England states on
May 31st in Worchester, MA. Registration details will be available
soon.
Eloisa Raynault | American Public Health Association | 800 I Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20001 | Transportation, Health and Equity Program Manager
| o: 202-777-2487 | http://www.apha.org/transportation
<http://www.apha.org/transportation>
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Good morning everyone,
FYI, the study below may be of interest.
Children in low-income neighborhood with special walking/bike trail
exercised more
http://newsroom.heart.org/pr/aha/children-in-low-income-neighborhood-230
088.aspx
SAN DIEGO, March 15, 2012 - Children living in a neighborhood designed
with a special bike trail were three times as likely as those in a
traditional neighborhood to engage in vigorous physical activity,
according to new research presented at the American Heart Association's
Epidemiology and Prevention/Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism
2012 Scientific Sessions.
Researchers compared two low-income neighborhoods in Chattanooga, Tenn.
One had a "new urbanist construction" that features a
specially-designed, two-mile, extra-wide trail/sidewalk for biking and
walking that winds from new public housing and single-family residences
to a school, library, recreational facility, park and retail shops. The
other area has traditional homes, public housing, a new school, park and
an older, regular-width sidewalk.
"There was more vigorous activity in the park and along the trail," said
Gregory W. Heath, D.H.Sc., M.P.H., the study's lead author and assistant
provost for research and engagement at the University of Tennessee at
Chattanooga and the UT College of Medicine. "There was more jogging or
bike riding, which makes sense because the urban trail was made for
that."
In previous studies on this type of community feature, researchers
focused mostly on suburban or upper-income neighborhoods, Heath said.
"Infrastructural changes like these are expensive," said Heath, who is
also professor of health and human performance and medicine. "But quite
frankly in the long run, they're worth it."
Co-author is S. White-Woerner, B.S. Author disclosures are on the
abstracts. The Middle Tennessee State University Center for Physical
Activity and Health in Youth funded the study.
Eloisa Raynault | American Public Health Association | 800 I Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20001 | Transportation, Health and Equity Program Manager
| o: 202-777-2487 | http://www.apha.org/transportation
<http://www.apha.org/transportation>
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