Health Impact Assessment

Planning for Healthy Places with Health Impact Assessments

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Source: American Planning Association and the National Association of County & City Health Officials

Type: Online Course

Level: Intermediate

Description: This online course explains the value of conducting an HIA and the steps involved in conducting an HIA. The course, developed by the American Planning Association and the National Association of County & City Health Officials, was funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Continuing Education Credits: N/A



Easy Approaches to Convert Quality Improvement to Research

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Source: Improving Science Research Network

Type: Web Seminar

Level: Advanced

Description: “With the approaches described in this seminar, it becomes clear that for the clinician, there is no hospital too small for conducting improvement research; and for the scientist, there is no research question too big that can’t be answered and supported through a research network. Today, multi-site network studies are a necessity to generate evidence for healthcare improvement and patient safety, but how well do they work? Join the ISRN for a discussion on easing the transition of a project from quality improvement to research.”



Built Environment + Public Health: Course Curriculum

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Source: Built Environment + Public Health Curriculum

Type: Online Course

Level: Intermediate

Description: This CDC-funded Web site an interdisciplinary undergraduate, graduate, or continuing education curriculum in public health and built environment. This curriculum is flexible enough to be offered as a full semester course, individual units or single class modules or individual assignments. This Web site also provides opportunity for faculty and other users to share comments, amendments and develop collaborations at the intersection of the built environment and health.



A Model Built Environment and Public Health Course Curriculum: Training for an Interdisciplinary Workforce

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Source: American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Type: PDF

Level: Intermediate

Discription: Botchwey N, Hobson S, Dannenberg AL, Mumford KG, Contant CK, McMillan TE, Jackson RJ, Lopez R, Winkle C. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2009;36(2S):S63–S71.



UC Berkeley Health Impact Group

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Source: UCBHIG

Type: Online Course

Level: Intermediate

Description: The UC Berkeley Health Impact Group (UCBHIG) is a non-partisan, independent collective whose mission is to promote the field of Health Impact Assessment through advocacy, education, research, and community outreach. UCBHIG’s work focuses largely on the development of qualitative and quantitative tools.