Public Policy & Human Health Workshop

Title: Public Policy & Human Health Workshop
Location: 3015 Richmond, 1st floor conference room
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Description: Health Impact Assessment
A health impact assessment (HIA) is a dynamic, multidisciplinary process for explicitly considering health-related issues in decision-making processes. An HIA allows decision-makers to understand how public policy decisions affect health outcomes. An HIA uses multiple forms of evidence, follows a structured design, and is based on a broad definition of health. While HIA has been widely used in Europe, Australia, and other countries since the 1980s, it is a rather new process in the United States.

Background Information
This project is conducted by Texas Southern University, in collaboration with Baylor College of Medicine and Houston Tomorrow, with funding from ―The Health Impact Project”, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts. For more detailed information on the entire project and funding see www.healthimpactproject.org

Topics to Be Covered:

Introduction to Health Impact Assessment
What it is – define, brief history, comparison to other assessment tools
Why are HIAs Used?
How are HIAs Conducted
Relationship Between Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) and HIAs
Case Study: An HIA of Transportation Oriented Development in the Near Northside
The Future of Health Impact Assessments
Start Time: 11:00
Date: 2011-12-15
End Time: 14:00