Comprehensive HIA training course

The Institute of Public Health in Ireland has developed a comprehensive Health Impact Assessment (HIA) training course for those who wish to develop skills and competencies in this area.  This 3-day training course gives participants' knowledge and skills so they can plan for and conduct HIA across a range of settings.

Details of next comprehensive HIA training course in 2012 will be available shortly. To register an interest in the next HIA training course, please send your details to Leah Friend at leah.friend@publichealth.ie

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Who should attend this course?

This training will be of particular interest to those working in the fields of public health, planning, regeneration, socio-economic development, education, environmental health and community development.

Course outline

HIA is a practical, systematic methodology which can be used to assess the impacts on health of policies, programmes and projects that may not have health as their primary objective. It provides an evidence base to support improved decision-making at all levels and across many sectors. HIA additionally considers the distributional impacts of proposals on population groups and thus can help to highlight where health inequalities exist.

This all-island training course explains HIA and empowers participants, through action learning, to conduct a HIA. The course will take place over 3 consecutive days and participants will hear from those who have undertaken HIAs and engage in workshops in order to apply HIA tools to a case study scenario.

• Rationale for HIA
• Methods and practical tools
• Sourcing evidence
• Community involvement in HIA
• Formulating and monitoring recommendations
• Practitioners views on conducting HIAs

The training course is designed to be informative and share learning experiences from HIA practioners across Ireland and the UK.  At the end of the course participants will have obtained the necessary skills to conduct a HIA and be able to avail of on-going support and networking opportunities from IPH.

Details of all HIAs conducted on the island of Ireland are available here.

Please contact Leah Friend at leah.friend@publichealth.ie or tel 00 44 28 90648494 for further information regarding the training course.

Further information on the HIA process may be found here.