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.  The next meeting 'HIA: a tool to support healthier communities' - 17th September, Waterford Institute of Technology, Waterford

This session will include:

    * An update on how health is being incorporated into the Environmental Impact Assessment process (Carrie Garavan, University of Limerick)

This international conference aims to address a spectrum of key issues in preventative medicine, with high profile international speakers addressing current issues in Cardiology, Diabetes, Mental Health, Rheumatology, Respiratory Health, Ageing and Health Health Economics and Health Policy.  The closing session will include a wide ranging discussion onn the polypill with Professor Malcolm Law who has led work on this initiative over the past decade, involving and including the recent trial published in the Lancet.

This international conference aims to address a spectrum of key issues in preventative medicine, with high profile international speakers addressing current issues in Cardiology, Diabetes, Mental Health, Rheumatology, Respiratory Health, Ageing and Health Health Economics and Health Policy.  The closing session will include a wide ranging discussion onn the polypill with Professor Malcolm Law who has led work on this initiative over the past decade, involving and including the recent trial published in the Lancet.

This international conference aims to address a spectrum of key issues in preventative medicine, with high profile international speakers addressing current issues in Cardiology, Diabetes, Mental Health, Rheumatology, Respiratory Health, Ageing and Health Health Economics and Health Policy.  The closing session will include a wide ranging discussion onn the polypill with Professor Malcolm Law who has led work on this initiative over the past decade, involving and including the recent trial published in the Lancet.

When is a simple answer sufficient?
Understanding complex interventions – implications for policy and practice in public health

Many of the major determinants of ill health and inequalities have roots in complex relationships between the individual and social forces shaping our choices and experiences over the life-course. Our efforts will too often be “confounded” and frustrated, if we imagine that we can easily unpack “the black box”.

When is a simple answer sufficient?
Understanding complex interventions – implications for policy and practice in public health

Many of the major determinants of ill health and inequalities have roots in complex relationships between the individual and social forces shaping our choices and experiences over the life-course. Our efforts will too often be “confounded” and frustrated, if we imagine that we can easily unpack “the black box”.

Professor Sir Michael Marmot will deliver the 20th Anniversary Lecture of Belfast Healthy Cities on Thursday 8 October 2009. 

Sir Michael, UCL Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health, international expert on inequalities in health and Chair of the World Health Organization's Commission on the Social Determinants of Health is currently working with the Department of Health in England to establish new targets for tackling inequalities up to 2020.

Free half-day seminar:

The Royal Academy of Medicine in Ireland's Healthcare Management Section are holding a free half-day seminar on:

'The Leadership Quest in Healthcare Delivery Systems'

This event will take place Friday 16 October 2009 at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, 6 Kildare Street, Dublin 2.

Topics and speakers include: