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[H+T--Friends] efficacy of sobriety checkpoints

by Phyllis Orrick

One big factor in checkpoint efficacy is the power of "general deterrence," i.e., that knowledge or expectation of a checkpoint will either have a potential dui offender not drink and drive or simply not take the trip. That's why it's so important to publicize the checkpoints. Others more versed in the public health concept of deterrence, feel free to jump in. Phyllis On Fri, Apr 6, 2012 at 6:48 PM, <h+t--friends-request(a)chrispy.net> wrote: > Send H+T--Friends mailing list submissions to > h+t--friends(a)ryoko.chrispy.net > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://ryoko.chrispy.net/mailman/listinfo/h+t--friends > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > h+t--friends-request(a)ryoko.chrispy.net > > You can reach the person managing the list at > h+t--friends-owner(a)ryoko.chrispy.net > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of H+T--Friends digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: A public health approach to preventing injuries and > violence: Q&A with Linda Degutis for National Public Health Week > (Dellinger, Ann (CDC/ONDIEH/NCIPC)) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2012 16:11:51 +0000 > From: "Dellinger, Ann (CDC/ONDIEH/NCIPC)" <amd1(a)cdc.gov> > Subject: Re: [H+T--Friends] A public health approach to preventing > injuries and violence: Q&A with Linda Degutis for National Public > Health Week > To: TRB Health and Transportation <h+t--friends(a)chrispy.net> > Message-ID: > <513D35B5D893E64EA5AA526B341709F2171EE22F(a)EMBX-CHAM4.cdc.gov> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Current seat belt use in the US is at 84%-85%, I wouldn?t call that very > high. Much higher in some states, much lower in others. Other high income > countries have gotten theirs up to the mid 90?s, it?s possible and > effective. The potential number of lives saved is more from the number > killed in fatal crashes who were not buckled, and the ability to save about > half given the effectiveness of seat belts. The effectiveness measures may > change given the crashworthiness of today?s vehicles, more airbags and the > like. We shall see. > > The literature for the systematic review of sobriety checkpoints can be > found on the Community Guide website, along with methods, etc. A > scientifically sound process. An update of the review is in the works and > the 20% estimate will change, but it isn?t finished yet. > > > Ann M. Dellinger, PhD, MPH > Epidemiologist & Team Leader > Motor Vehicle Injury Prevention Team > Division of Unintentional Injury Prevention > CDC's Injury Center > > > > From: h+t--friends-bounces(a)chrispy.net [mailto: > h+t--friends-bounces(a)chrispy.net] On Behalf Of mbrenman001(a)comcast.net > Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2012 11:45 AM > To: TRB Health and Transportation > Subject: Re: [H+T--Friends] A public health approach to preventing > injuries and violence: Q&A with Linda Degutis for National Public Health > Week > > I dunno, some exaggerations in this Q+A. For example, "We could have > saved 3,688 more lives in 2009 if everyone had buckled up." The rate of > seat belt use in the US is very high. Trying to get a few remaining > percentage points at the tail end would probably take as much energy as the > entire previous 90+ percent. Passive systems like multiple air bags, now > present in even very inexpensive new cars, are saving many lives. Relying > on seat belts as a solution is kinda old-fashioned. Been there, done that. > > Second, "Sobriety checkpoints have been shown to cut alcohol-related > crashes and deaths by about 20 percent." I'd want to see the studies on > this, and find out what the assumptions and conditions were. If the author > means, "If sobriety checkpoints were set up on every corner in every town > in America every night, all night long," well, maybe. But a 20% crash and > death savings just from existing sobriety checkpoints? I'd don't believe > it. Maybe in one small town on one night with 100% saturation and stopping > all drivers. > > It's important in our business to maintain our credibility by not > exaggerating what our initiatives can do and by being clear about the > limits and conditions of our studies. > > Marc Brenman > Social Justice Consultancy > mbrenman001(a)comcast.net<mailto:mbrenman001@comcast.net> > ________________________________ > From: "Eloisa Raynault" <eloisa.raynault(a)apha.org<mailto: > eloisa.raynault(a)apha.org>> > To: h+t--friends(a)chrispy.net<mailto:h+t--friends@chrispy.net> > Sent: Tuesday, April 3, 2012 8:14:41 AM > Subject: [H+T--Friends] A public health approach to preventing injuries > and violence: Q&A with Linda Degutis for National Public Health Week > > > A public health approach to preventing injuries and violence: Q&A with > Linda Degutis > > As CDC's Injury Center celebrates its 20th anniversary, Linda Degutis, a > former APHA president, reflects on the significant advances that have been > made in the field of injury and violence prevention and her vision for > meeting some of the challenges that lie ahead. Read more at > http://www.publichealthnewswire.org/?p=2992 > > Q: What is the scope of injury and violence? Where does it rank in the > context of other public health problems? > Past CDC director Dr. William Foege said, ?Throughout history, the two > major causes of early death have been infectious disease and injury.? > Today, more people ages 1?44 die from injuries than from any other cause, > including cancer, HIV or the flu. The toll of injury and violence is > unacceptable. Those of us in the injury prevention and research field know > that this is a public health issue we are making great strides in, but > there are challenges ahead that we must work to address together. Here are > a few examples: > We could have saved 3,688 more lives in 2009 if everyone had buckled up. > Sobriety checkpoints have been shown to cut alcohol-related crashes and > deaths by about 20 percent. > > Q: We commonly hear that injuries are not accidents. Can you give us some > examples of what that means? > Those of us in the injury field know that the terms ?accident,? > ?unavoidable? or ?random act? are used too often to describe injuries and > violence. > It?s not random when a teen consumes alcohol, drives after dark with too > many passengers and crashes. It?s not an accident when a new parent is > frazzled by a crying baby and shakes the child out of frustration. An elder > person falling is often avoidable. We know what puts people at risk. > The field of injury prevention is providing scientific tools to reduce > injuries and violence-related injuries. For example, graduated drivers > licensing laws, positive parenting programs to help parents better > understand and handle stresses, and balance strengthening programs like Tai > Chi can help prevent falls among elders. > > Q: How important is it for the center to build partnerships in the policy > and research it develops? > We value our partners? contributions to the field of injury and violence > prevention. Together, we move proven science-based evidence and research > from testing to practice. I believe that marrying science and partnerships > does result in policies that provide demonstrable improvements in public > health ? at the federal, state and local levels and globally. The goal of > our partner outreach is to create and maintain partnerships to support > these strategies. > > > > > > 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 > > Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > H+T--Friends mailing list > H+T--Friends(a)ryoko.chrispy.net<mailto:H+T--Friends@ryoko.chrispy.net> > http://ryoko.chrispy.net/mailman/listinfo/h+t--friends >

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[H+T--Friends] Health and Transportation Subcommittee April 2012 Newsletter Now online

by Phyllis Orrick

Hello everyone, On behalf of Newsletter Editor and Subcommittee Co-Chair Eloisa Raynault, I'm happy to announce that the first issue of the Health and Transportation Subcommittee Newsletter, dated April 2012, is now online. You can find it here on our newly re-designed website. http://www.trbhealth.org/newsletter Contents include: * A Brief History * Reports from TRB 2012 * Logo Contest * Feature Article: Travel Behavior Choices * New Resources of Note * Selected Upcoming Events * New Research Posted on the Website * New Health and Transportation Blog from RWJF * Calendar of Events Contributors include: Ipek Nese Sener, Texas Transportation Institute; Jessica Mark, NewPublicHealth.org and Home Front Communications; Phyllis Orrick, Safe Transportation Research and Education Center, UC Berkeley; Sheryl Gross-Glaser, Community Transportation Association of America Newsletter Editor: Eloisa Raynault, American Public Health Association Website Redesign: Carey McAndrews Please let us know if you have suggestions for the website or would like to take part in any of the working groups or otherwise help us out. Regards, Phyllis Orrick (signing for) Carey McAndrews Sheryl Gross-Glaser Communications Working Group, Subcommittee on Transportation and Health -- Phyllis Orrick Communications Director Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC) University of California Transportation Center (UCTC) Institute for Urban and Regional Development (IURD) 2614 Dwight Way UC Berkeley Berkeley CA 94720-7374 510-643-1779 @transsafe <https://twitter.com/#!/transsafe> @californiaUTC <https://twitter.com/#!/californiaUTC> @IURDBerkeley <https://twitter.com/#!/iurdberkeley> @trbhealth <https://twitter.com/#!/trbhealth>

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[H+T--Friends] Fwd: Call for Papers - Food Studies Conference, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA, 4-5 October 2012

by Phyllis Orrick

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Sylvia Nam <sylvianam(a)berkeley.edu> Date: Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 8:57 PM Subject: Call for Papers - Food Studies Conference, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA, 4-5 October 2012 To: planning-announce(a)lists.berkeley.edu > Dear Colleague, > > On behalf of the Food Studies Conference organizing committee, we would like to inform you of: > > FOOD STUDIES: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE > University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA > 4-5 October 2012 > http://Food-Studies.com/conference > > This conference will address contemporary food challenges from interdisciplinary perspectives by exploring new possibilities for sustainable food production and human nutrition. The aim is to consider the dimensions of a 'new green revolution' that will meet our human needs in a more effective, equitable and sustainable way in the twenty-first century. > > Members of this knowledge community include academics, teachers, administrators, policy makers and practitioners in food communities. Contributions range from broad theoretical and global policy explorations, to detailed studies of specific human-physiological, nutritional and social dynamics of food. Other topics are welcome, and should focus on the food sciences in the areas such as, but not limited to agricultural and environmental food sciences, food industries and markets, and local and global food sociologies. > > Location: In 2012, The Food Studies Conference is strategically held in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois during the Midwestern harvest season. This is the home of the land-grant University of Illinois, located in the United States' agricultural heartland. With cutting-edge research at the University, and a full range of agricultural endeavors in the community, ranging from large agribusiness to urban farmers' markets, Urbana-Champaign represents an ideal location for the Food Studies community to gather. > > This year's conference will feature a special panel discussion highlighting Urban Food Hubs and their evolving role in the local agribusiness and food industry arena. Conference tour activities will feature an exclusive farm-to-table dinner at Prairie Fruits Farm where participants will experience the slow foods movement first-hand in a unique outdoor, field-side setting. Urbana Champaign can easily be reached by commuter plane, train and road from Chicago and Bloomington, Illinois. > Proposals: We welcome presentation proposals which range from broad explorations of theoretical, methodological and policy questions, to proposals which present finely grained evidence of the connections of economics, public health, government and community practices, sociological, medical and educational perspectives of food in our societies. > Presenters will have the option to submit to be published in the refereed 'Food Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal.' > > Proposals must be in English, include a title, a 20-30 word "Short Description" (thesis statement), a 200-300 word "Long Description" (abstract), and can be submitted electronically through our website. For more information regarding proposal submission requirements and to submit your proposal, please visit the conference website at: http://food-studies.com/conference-2012/call-for-papers/ > > Virtual Proposals/Registrations, as well as Non-Presenter Registrations are encouraged to submit and attend. > > Submission Deadlines: Deadlines will be announced on the conference website. Papers and proposals will be reviewed within two weeks of submission. The deadline to receive the Early Registration Discount is May 4 2012. > > For full submission and registration details, including an online proposal submission form, please visit the conference website. > > We look forward to receiving your proposal and hope you will be able to join us in Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA in October 2012. > > Wesley M. Jarrell > Professor Emeritus > University of Illinois > College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) > Champaign, IL, USA > > On behalf of the Food Studies Conference > Email: support(a)food-studies.com > Sylvia Nam Doctoral Candidate Department of City and Regional Planning University of California, Berkeley sylvianam(a)berkeley.edu ************************************************************** * * * This message was sent through the planning-announce listserv. * To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank message to planning-announce-leave(a)lists.berkeley.edu * * **************************************************************

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Re: [H+T--Friends] Walkability & childhood obesity

by Kathleen Bergeron

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[H+T--Friends] Fwd: FW: Meeting Invitation: Kaiser Permanente Active Transportation Indicators

by Phyllis Orrick

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Griffin, Greg <Greg.Griffin(a)campotexas.org> Date: Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 10:06 AM Subject: FW: Meeting Invitation: Kaiser Permanente Active Transportation Indicators ***Greg Griffin****,** **AICP,* SENIOR PLANNER**** CAPITAL AREA METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION 512 974 2084 | **greg.griffin(a)campotexas.org****** ****P.O. Box** 1088** | ****Austin**, **TX** **78767******** *From:* Vickie Jacobsen [mailto:meetings@meetings.callinfo.com] *Sent:* Thursday, March 29, 2012 12:37 PM *To:* liz(a)chapsys.com *Subject:* Meeting Invitation: Kaiser Permanente Active Transportation Indicators**** ** ** **** *Kaiser Permanente Active Transportation Indicators * ------------------------------ **** *Meeting Description:* **** ** ** Please join us for the Kaiser Permanente Active Transportation (AT) Indicators Webinar. During this one-hour meeting, we**'**ll report on the results of a four-month research and outreach effort to identify exemplary efforts in measuring various aspects of Active Transportation. It will include recommended indicators and monitoring techniques for three aspects of AT: the demand for AT at both the population and user levels; the provision and quality of AT facilities; and and how well different places support AT. Following the Webinar, the final report: *Measuring Active Transportation: Recommendations for Colorado* will be made available for download. Please contact Vickie Jacobsen at Charlier Associates, Inc. ( vickie(a)charlier.org) with any questions.**** ** ** **** [image: Register for Event] <https://cc.callinfo.com/r/1whbwtb60q5ca>**** **** *Details* **** ** ** *Date:* **** Thu, Apr 19, 2012 **** *Time:* **** 08:00 AM MDT **** *Duration:** ***** 1 hour **** *Host(s):** ***** Vickie Jacobsen **** **** **** ** ** To opt-out of future email messages or to manage your email preferences please click here <https://cc.callinfo.com/optout?optOut=1jwhiwu6ahu3l&host=cbeyond>This email was sent to: liz(a)chapsys.com by CBeyond Communications: ****320 Interstate North Parkway,Suite 300** **Atlanta**, **GA** **30339** **USA**** **** [image: Powered by CBeyond Communications] <http://www.cbeyond.net>**** **** ** ** **** ** ** -- Phyllis Orrick Communications Director Safe Transportation Research and Education Center<http://www.safetrec.berkeley.edu>(SafeTREC) University of California Transportation Center <http://www.uctc.net> (UCTC) Institute for Urban and Regional Development <http://www.iurd.berkeley.edu>(IURD) 2614 Dwight Way UC Berkeley Berkeley CA 94720-7374 510-643-1779 @transsafe <https://twitter.com/#!/transsafe> @californiaUTC <https://twitter.com/#!/CaliforniaUTC> @IURDBerkeley <https://twitter.com/#!/IURDBerkeley>

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[H+T--Friends] Walkability & childhood obesity

by erik.weber＠dot.gov

Via Streetsblog, there is a new study examining factors influencing childhood obesity. One of the things examined was built environment and neighborhood. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the study found a strong connection between the walkability of child's neighborhood and the likelihood of obesity: Children who lived in walkable areas, with a child-friendly park nearby and access to healthy food had 59% lower odds of being obese. Kids that lived in car-dependent neighbourhoods with more fast food outlets had the highest levels of obesity (16%, which is the US average). But only 8% of children were obese in walkable areas with access to more healthy food. The article summarizing is here: http://walkonomics.com/blog/2012/04/how-your-post-code-is-as-important-as-y… And the study is here: http://www.seattlechildrens.org/Press-Releases/2012/Zip-Code-as-Important-a… Erik Weber United We Ride -- Office of Program Management Federal Transit Administration U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Ave, SE, E44-431 Washington, DC 20590 Ph: 202.366.0705 On the Web: www.unitedweride.gov<http://www.unitedweride.gov/> Follow the United We Ride National Resource Center: @NRCtrans<http://twitter.com/NRCtrans> www.fta.dot.gov<http://www.fta.dot.gov/> Follow FTA on Twitter: @FTA_DOT<http://twitter.com/FTA_DOT> P Please consider the environment before printing this email.

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[H+T--Friends] A public health approach to preventing injuries and violence: Q&A with Linda Degutis for National Public Health Week

by Eloisa Raynault

A public health approach to preventing injuries and violence: Q&A with Linda Degutis As CDC's Injury Center celebrates its 20th anniversary, Linda Degutis, a former APHA president, reflects on the significant advances that have been made in the field of injury and violence prevention and her vision for meeting some of the challenges that lie ahead. Read more at http://www.publichealthnewswire.org/?p=2992 Q: What is the scope of injury and violence? Where does it rank in the context of other public health problems? Past CDC director Dr. William Foege said, "Throughout history, the two major causes of early death have been infectious disease and injury." Today, more people ages 1-44 die from injuries than from any other cause, including cancer, HIV or the flu. The toll of injury and violence is unacceptable. Those of us in the injury prevention and research field know that this is a public health issue we are making great strides in, but there are challenges ahead that we must work to address together. Here are a few examples: We could have saved 3,688 more lives in 2009 if everyone had buckled up. Sobriety checkpoints have been shown to cut alcohol-related crashes and deaths by about 20 percent. Q: We commonly hear that injuries are not accidents. Can you give us some examples of what that means? Those of us in the injury field know that the terms "accident," "unavoidable" or "random act" are used too often to describe injuries and violence. It's not random when a teen consumes alcohol, drives after dark with too many passengers and crashes. It's not an accident when a new parent is frazzled by a crying baby and shakes the child out of frustration. An elder person falling is often avoidable. We know what puts people at risk. The field of injury prevention is providing scientific tools to reduce injuries and violence-related injuries. For example, graduated drivers licensing laws, positive parenting programs to help parents better understand and handle stresses, and balance strengthening programs like Tai Chi can help prevent falls among elders. Q: How important is it for the center to build partnerships in the policy and research it develops? We value our partners' contributions to the field of injury and violence prevention. Together, we move proven science-based evidence and research from testing to practice. I believe that marrying science and partnerships does result in policies that provide demonstrable improvements in public health - at the federal, state and local levels and globally. The goal of our partner outreach is to create and maintain partnerships to support these strategies. 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> Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.

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[H+T--Friends] Call for Papers on Health and Transportation for TRB 2013

by Eloisa Raynault

Call for Papers on Health and Transportation for TRB 2013 The Health and Transportation Subcommittee seeks research papers and poster presentations on aspects of the connections between health and transportation. The aim of this call for papers is to expand and improve the current understanding and evaluation of transportation policies, procedures and actions that impact health. Given that transportation decisions have various impacts - both positive and negative - on health and health inequities, there is much to be learned. Specifically, what programs, policies, incentives or disincentives, emerging methods and/or interventions show the most promising potential to improve health outcomes through transportation decision-making, including planning and/or operations? And how are the health effects distributed across population groups (e.g., based on factors including income, race and ethnicity, sex, age)? Papers for publication and/or presentation must be submitted before August 1, 2012. Submission of complete papers, conforming to TRB standards and format, is required for consideration. Papers may be submitted for presentation only. Each paper will be peer-reviewed according to TRB procedures. TRB paper specifications are found online (http://www.trb.org/GetInvolvedwithTRB/Public/GetInvolvedSubmitaPaper.as px). At the bottom of the TRB paper submission form, please indicate your paper is intended for the Health and Transportation Subcommittee (#ADD50-01). Be sure to include this Subcommittee name and number with the paper submission. For more information on this call for papers, visit http://www.trbhealth.org/trb-2013-call-for-papers 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> Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.

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[H+T--Friends] Rajiv Bhatia/DPH/SFGOV is out of the office.

by Rajiv Bhatia

I will be out of the office starting 04/01/2012 and will not return until 04/07/2012. I am out of the office. For urgent issues, please contact Richard Lee richard.lee(a)sfdph.org) for issues related to Enviornmental Health regulatory programs; June Weintraub (june.weintraub(a)sfdph.org) for issues related to the program on health equity and sustainability or Vickie Wells (vickie.wells(a)sfdph.org) for occupational health issues.

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[H+T--Friends] Health Impact Assessment Summer Training Course - Enrollment is Open

by Megan Wier

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."

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