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here. Planning for Healthy Places with
Health Impact Assessments
is a ‘how to’ guide for conducting health impact assessments (HIAs),
developed by the
American Planning Association and the
National Association of County & City Health Officials,
sponsored by the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This online
course will explain the value of conducting an HIA and the steps
involved in conducting an HIA. Throughout the course, examples
of health impact assessments have been highlighted and
discussed.
This course is available for free, thanks to a grant
from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Please read through the information in "General
Instructions". When you are ready, click on "Table
of Contents" to start accessing the course.
Experts who contributed material for this course include:
Rajiv Bhatia, MD, MPH, Director of Occupational and
Environmental Health, San Francisco Department of Public Health Laura Biazzo, MPH, Division of
Nutrition and Physical Activity of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention Brian Cole, PhD, Project Manager,
UCLA Health Impact Assessment Group Andrew Dannenberg, MD, MPH,
National Center for Environmental Health of the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention Carrie Fesperman, MPH, MRP,
Manager, Planning and Community Health Research Center, American
Planning Association Candace Rutt, PhD, Health
Psychologist, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
This online course was based heavily on:
A Training Manual for Health
Impact Assessment
Created by the Health Impact Assessment Research Unit of the
University of Birmingham Health Impact Assessment for
Healthy Places: A Guide for Planning and Public Health
Created by the American Planning Association, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, National Association of County &
City Health Officials, San Francisco Department of Public
Health, and UCLA Health Impact Assessment Group
Thanks to our review committee who provided such thorough
feedback on the course: Jalal Ghaemghami, Christine Godward,
Sarah Heaton, Carol Maclennan, and Steve Skowronski
Funding for this course is provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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