Greetings friends of the TRB H+T Subcommittee,
This webinar may be of interest to you or your networks.
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*Webinar: Health Impact Assessment and the Built Environment *
October 21 from 10:30-12:00
The Oregon Public Health Division will hold a free webinar introducing the
connections between health and the built environment, the basics of
planning in Oregon, and the use of health impact assessment to support the
consideration of health in built environment decisions in communities
throughout Oregon.
Register for the webinar at:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/308480242
Trainers:
Brendon Haggerty is an epidemiologist for the Oregon Health Authority's
Health Impact Assessment and Climate & Health programs. He has been an
author and collaborator for several health impact assessments and served as
mentor for the National Association of City and County Health Officials HIA
mentorship program. Trained as an urban planner, much of his work focuses
on the built environment and the spatial distribution of demographic groups.
Andrea Hamberg has coordinated the Oregon Public Health Division’s Health
Impact Assessment Program since 2011. She acted as project manager and
co-author for four HIAs for the Division including the most recent, the
Climate Smart Strategy HIA. Andrea has provided technical assistance to
county health departments throughout the state conduct excellent rapid HIA
projects.