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.  Further information on HIA Forum in 2011 may be found below.

• 8 November 2011, IPH Office, Belfast, 1.00pm - 4.30pm

  HIA: a tool to support policy development
  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.
   

• 18 October 2011, Mount Errigal Hotel, Letterkenny, 9.45am - 1.15pm

  HIA: a tool to support action for local government on health inequalities
  This session will present a case study example to demonstrate how local government can work to tackle health inequalities.  Donegal County Council and the Health Service Executive will present an overview of a HIA undertaken on a community allotment/garden proposal.  Evaluating the contribution of HIA to the policy-making environment will be the focus of a presentation by the Public Health Agency.  This will consider how the HIA contributed to a social housing rebuild at Dove Gardens, Derry. 

Register your interest in attending either or both events by emailing Leah Friend at leah.friend@publichealth.ie

For further information on HIA Forum or other HIA related issues contact Claire Higgins claire.higgins@publichealth.ie or Owen Metcalfe at owen.metcalfe@publichealth.ie