The HIA Forum provides an opportunity for those with an interest in HIA to meet, share experiences, hear about new developments and consider how to progress HIA.

This session will consider how HIA fits into the policy making agenda.  The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) will co-host this event and provide an opportunity to hear about a recent HIA undertaken on a health policy.  Case examples from Scotland and England will also be presented.

The IPH, in collaboration with The Research & Education Foundation at Sligo General Hospital and the HSE, is pleased to invite you to the following;

Regional launch of the Obesity Hub (www.obesityhub.info)

The Obesity Hub (http://obesity.thehealthwell.info), an authoritative source of obesity related evidence, data and good practice will be launched 10.30am, 15 February 2011, Room G11, Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at University College Cork.  The Hub will support the strategic development and implementationn of obesity prevention and management strategies across the island.  The Hub was established by the HRB Centre for Health and Diet Research (UCC/UCD) in collaboration with IPH and the UKCRC Centre of Excellence for Public Health

On October 26^th, 2010 the Institute of Public Health in conjunction with the HSE hosted the Building a Learning Health & Social Care Service: The Role of Evaluation Seminar which was held at Radisson Blu Royal Hotel, Dublin 8.

On June 9^th, 2010 the Institute of Public Health in conjunction with the HSE hosted the inaugural “Quality Improvement, Patient Safety and knowledge Integration in Health Services” Seminar which was held at Pearse Street Library in Dublin.

'Translating research into community action' , 20 August 2010 was organised in collaboration with the Centre of Excellence for Public Health (CoE), Institute of Public Health in Ireland (IPH) and the Community Development and Health Network (CDHN). This work falls under the works stream Public Health Knowledge Integration and Knowledge Brokerage of the CoE which was created in 2008 to help bridge the gap between research, policy and practice, and embed CoE research into policy dilemmas.

APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED FOR THIS COURSE

The HIA Forum provides an opportunity for those with an interest in HIA to meet, share experiences, hear about new developments and consider how to progress HIA.

How HIA can support local government and health promotion action on sustainable travel will be the focus of the HIA Forum Meeting on 4 November 2010, Cork.

This will be co-hosted with HSE South and focus on sustainable travel. This event will present some practical examples of how HIA can be used to support sustainable travel

Prof. James Sallis, Professor of Psychology at San Diego State University and Director of Active Living Research shared his experience of working to implement policy and practice change in the USA on improving levels of physical activity.  Prof Sallis has developed an extensive programme of work looking at the policy and environmental influences on physical activity, nutrition and obesity.  As Director of Active Living Research his work contributes to the prevention of childhood obesity in low income and high-risk communities.