WHO/Europe's Health Economic Assessment Tool (HEAT) for walking and
cycling is an online resource to estimate the economic savings resulting
from reductions in mortality as a consequence of regular cycling and/or
walking (see
www.heatwalkingcycling.org). HEAT can be used by walking
and cycling campaigners, researchers and policymakers alike. It enables
users to estimate the value to health of new infrastructure, policies or
programmes. These can be used to make the case for new investment, or as
inputs to comprehensive health impact assessments.
To help people in the use of this tool, WHO/Europe is now offering
online training sessions on the following dates:
* 30 November 2012
* 14 December 2012
* 14 January 2013
* 22 February 2013
* 15 March 2013
All sessions will start at 15:00 Central European Time, and will last
approximately one hour. During this time you will be walked through an
example of HEAT, and be able to ask questions online to experts on HEAT.
Please register by sending an e-mail to training(a)heatwalkingcycling.org
<mailto:training@heatwalkingcycling.org?subject=HEAT%20online%20training
stating:
* The date of the session you wish to join
* Any details of ways that you have used HEAT
* Any specific questions you would like addressed during the
training
They will then send you details of how to log on and access the training
session in due time. Please feel free to forward this message to other
colleagues or mailing lists of possibly interested HEAT users.