Useful HIA Links

Australia

SHIA@Monash – HIA website at Monash University
http://www.med.monash.edu.au/healthsci/shia@monash.html

Our website has recently been developed and will continue to be upgraded overtime. At present, our website introduces visitors to the SHIA@Monash team. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to provide suggestions as to what you would like to see on our website and to help us to help you. Watch this space!

HIA Research Unit – Deakin University
www.deakin.edu.au/hia

This website provides information on HIA training and research and provides access to a range of publications.

Centre for Health Equity, Training, Research and Evaluation (CHETRE)
HIA connect - www.hiaconnect.edu.au

This website provides useful tools and guidelines for conducting HIA and enables visitors to access a limited collection of published HIA reports. A unique HIA Blog has been established which provides up-to-date information about what is happening in the world of HIA.

New Zealand

New Zealand Public Health Advisory Committee
http://www.nhc.govt.nz/phac/health-impact-assessment.htm

This website provides information on the latest HIA news in Newsletter, an overview of HIA, frequently asked questions about practical aspects of HIA and access to a diverse range of resources including recently completed HIA reports.

Health, Wellbeing and Equity Impact Assessment (HIA Research Unit)
http://www.wnmeds.ac.nz/academic/dph/research/hia/index.html

This site provides useful information on the range of HIA activities occurring in NZ. The team in NZ undertakes research relating to HIA and evaluates HIAs conducted in New Zealand.

Europe

World Health Organisation HIA Website
http://www.who.int/hia/en/
  
This website provides access to HIA activity occurring throughout the world. The WHO HIA website provides links to a range of HIA tools and guidelines and has a particular focus on evidence use within HIA.

European Centre for Health Policy
http://www.who.dk/echp

Part of WHO Europe, the ECHP developed the Gothenburg Consensus Paper on HIA and has a useful section on health impact assessment.

National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Netherlands
https://webcollect.rivm.nl/hiadatabase/

This is a newly developed website that seeks to bring together a range of resources and guidelines on HIA.

STAKES, National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health
http://info.stakes.fi/iva/EN/examples/index.htm

This website provides an overview of Human Impact Assessment. There approach seeks to integrate environmental and social impact assessment.

England

HIA Gateway
http://www.hiagateway.org.uk/page.aspx?o=hiagateway

This is possibly the most well known HIA resource for practitioners. The HIA Gateway is currently undergoing redevelopment and its location is currently being debated. However, this website is particularly useful for those who are new to HIA. It provides a wealth of information including access to a comprehensive collection of HIA reports, a diverse range of HIA tools and guideline documents, information on training courses within the UK and a glossary of terms.

Health Impact Assessment - London Health Commission
http://www.londonshealth.gov.uk/hia.htm

This website provides useful links to the HIA reports of the Draft London Mayoral strategies and access to the evidence base which have supported these. Access to other HIA reports and the evaluation of the HIAs on the Draft Mayoral strategies are also available.

International Health Impact Assessment Consortium - IMPACT
http://www.ihia.org.uk/

The IMPACT site offers a comprehensive list of HIAs that have been undertaken within diverse sectors and provides useful information for individuals or organisations that require training in HIA.

The Birmingham University - HIA Research Unit
www.pcpoh.bham.ac.uk/publichealth/hiaru/

The HIA Research Unit at Birmingham University provides a range of research and practical resources linked to HIA.

Wales

Welsh Health Impact Assessment Support Unit – Cardiff Institute of Society, Health and Ethics (CISHE)
http://www.wales.nhs.uk/sites3/home.cfm?OrgID=522

This site provides useful information on the latest developments in HIA in Wales. The website aims to provide a resource to those currently practicing HIA and those who are new to it. Access to completed HIAs in Wales since 1997 and the team at CISHE continue to support a diverse range of organisations in their application of HIA at both national and local government levels.

Scotland

NHS Lothian – Health Impact Assessment
http://www.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk/hia/

An overview of HIA, access to a range of completed HIAs in diverse sectors and useful HIA websites are provided on this website.

The Republic of Ireland

Strengthening Capacity - The Institute of Public Health in Ireland
http://www.publichealth.ie/

This site provides information on HIA developments and resources for people who want to conduct HIA.

United States of America

UCAL, School of Public Health
http://www.ph.ucla.edu/hs/health-impact

This website outlines a project being undertaken which explores the feasibility of HIA and aims to develop prototype HIAs to demonstrate how HIA methodologies can be applied to policy decisions in the US.

The University of California at Berkeley Health Impact Group
http://ehs.sph.berkeley.edu/hia/

This group is a non-partisan, independent collective that emerged from a graduate seminar on HIA at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health.

Canada

Public Health Agency of Canada
http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/ph-sp/phdd/implement/implementation2.html

This website provides an overview of HIA in the context of implementing a population health approach to policy development.

Other

Health Impact Assessment Wiki
http://www.seedwiki.com/wiki/health_impact_assessment_hia_community_wiki/

This HIA website aims to provide up-to-date information about HIA theory, policy and practice from across the world.