Health impact assessments, or HIAs, are increasingly being used as tools to bring public health into decisions.
The American Public Health Association annual meeting this year in Boston will include 30 presentations on HIAs.
See below for some highlights:
Monday, Nov. 4, 2013: 2:30-4 p.m.
- Beyond busing: Supporting school integration in Minnesota through a rapid health impact assessment
- Jonathan Heller, Ph.D., Celia Harris, M.P.H., and Marnie Purciel-Hill, M.P.H., M.S.U.P.
- Lessons learned from developing a statewide HIA program: A perspective from the Minnesota Department of Health
- Kristin Raab, M.L.A., M.P.H.
- Leveraging, convening, training, and funding: New partners and grant models to support health impact assessment in Minnesota
Bethany Rogerson, M.S.
- Implications of community leadership in HIA: Two examples from Minnesota
Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013: 8:30-10 a.m.
- Analyzing the health impacts of federal legislation to modify the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP)
Keshia Pollack, Ph.D., M.P.H., Marjory Givens, Ph.D., M.S.P.H.,
Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013: 10:30 a.m.-noon
- Designated housing regulations and health: Implications for low-income disabled and elderly Americans
Marjory Givens, Ph.D., M.S.P.H., Keshia Pollack, Ph.D., M.P.H., Bethany Rogerson, M.S.
Monday, Nov. 4, 2013: 8:30-10 a.m.
- Family unity, family health: A health impact assessment of federal immigration policy reform
Sara Satinsky, M.C.R.P., M.P.H., Lili Farhang, M.P.H., Jonathan Heller, Ph.D., Alice Hu, M.S.P.H.
- Don’t punt away our health: Use of rapid health impact assessment to improve a proposed football stadium in low-income Los Angeles
Becky Dennison, M.P.P., Eric Ares, Pete White
- Healthier lives, stronger families, and safer communities: A health impact assessment of alternatives to incarceration in Wisconsin
David Liners, community organizer; Kim Gilhuly, M.P.H.
- Disrupting the school-to-prison pipeline: Using health impact assessment to address school discipline policies in Los Angeles
Maisie Chin, M.A.
Monday, Nov. 4, 2013: 8:30–10 a.m.
Alexandra Nolen, Ph.D., M.P.H., director, Center to Eliminate Health Disparities; associate director University of Texas Medical Branch, Pan American Health Organization/World Health Organization Training Center, Galveston, TX
Monday, Nov. 4, 2013: 2:30–4 p.m.
Ben Wood, M.P.H., Division of Prevention and Wellness, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston, MA
Allyson Auerbach, M.P.H. , Health Resources in Action, Inc., Boston, MA
Suzanne K. Condon, M.S. , Bureau of Environmental Health, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston, MA
Monday Nov. 4, 2913: 2:30–2:50 p.m.
Holly Holtzen, Ph.D., Elizabeth G. Klein, Ph.D., M.P.H., Brittney Keller, and Alex Nelson
Nicole Iroz-Elardo, School of Community Health, Portland State University, Portland, OR
Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013: 12:30–1:30 p.m.
- Health impact assessment of the development of a full service grocery store within an urban food desert
Cynthia L. Stone, Dr.P.H., Sandra F. Cummings, M.S.W., Stephen J. Clarke, Ph.D., M.A., Susan Hancock, M.P.H., Andrea Homoya, M.P.H.candidate, and Neicole Young, M,.P.H. candidate
Poster session: Board 1
Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013: 1:00–1:15 p.m.
- Toward a legal mandate for health impact assessment in the United States: Lessons from the European Union
Michelle Miller, J.D., M.P.H.
Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013: 2:30–3:30 p.m.
- Establishing meaningful community health planning partnerships using health in all policies principles
Carra Moroni, M.Ed., R.D., L.D.
Poster session: Board 2
Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2013: 2:30–2:50 p.m.
Peter James, M.H.S., Sc.D., Kate Ito, and Mariana Arcaya, M.C.P.
Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013: 8:30–9:30 a.m.
John Prochaska, Dr.P.H., M.P.H., Alexandra Nolen, Ph.D., M.P.H., Rob Buschmann, M.P.P., Elizabeth Fuller, Dr.P.H., Holly Avey, Ph.D., M.P.H., Deirdre Oakley, Ph.D., Erin Ruel, Ph.D., James E. Dills, M.U.P., M.P.H., Michelle Rushing, M.P.H., Poster session: Board 8
Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013: 8:30–9:30 a.m.
Kate Ito, Peter James, M.H.S., Sc.D., Ben Wood, M.P.H., and Mariana Arcaya, M.C.P.
Poster session: Board 3
Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013: 8:30–10 a.m.
- Promoting equity through the practice of health impact assessment I
Victor Rubin, Ph.D., Jonathan Heller, Ph.D., and Ngozi T. Oleru, Ph.D.
- Promoting equity through the practice of health impact assessment in King County, Washington
Ngozi T. Oleru, Ph.D.
- Foundations supporting the movement to ensure equity in the practice of health impact assessment
David Fukuzawa, M.S.
Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013: 11:30–11:50 a.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2013: 12:30–2 p.m.
- Federal-level health impact assessments: Lessons learned
Marjory Givens, Ph.D., M.S.P.H., and Keshia Pollack, Ph.D., M.P.H.
- · A sugar-sweetened beverage excise tax health impact assessment (HIA) for Maine
Michele Polacsek, Ph.D., M.H.S., and Karen O'Rourke, M.P.H.
Allyson Auerbach, M.P.H., Laurie Stillman, M.M., Valerie Polletta, M.S., and Aleya Martin, M.P.H.
- Analyzing the effects of a sugar-sweetened beverage tax on LA county's low-income and communities of color: A health impact assessment study
Breanna Morrison, M.P.L., LaVonna B. Lewis, Ph.D., Lark Galloway-Gilliam, M.P.A., and Gwendolyn Flynn