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Health Impact Assessment
- Health Effects Assessment Tool: A Guide for assessing health impacts of resource projects http://bit.ly/9yaP82 by Tania Barron, Marla Orenstein and Ame-Lia Tamburrini
- Keynote presentations from the HIA '09 Conference in Rotterdam http://icio.us/fo5fxq
- Competency Framework for Health Impact Assessment, as discussed at HIA09 conference http://icio.us/rjhitd
- HIA Report: HIA of the Herne Bay Area Action Plan by Kent PCT http://bit.ly/aOKJJp
- Salim and Gifty from the Centre for HIA at the Institute of Occupational Medicine have been doing a huge amount of work on the health impact assessment wiki http://bit.ly/ac6nOM
- Pittsburg Railroad Ave Specific Plan HIA [USA] http://bit.ly/d8tqlc
- New Gold Coast City Council (Australia) Social & Health Impact Assessment Policy out for comment 'til 1 March '10 [PDF] http://bit.ly
- Thailand: "Map Ta Phut panel wants to revive buffer zone" http://bit.ly/cShSe6 Having been there, an expanded buffer is desperately required.
- New HIA Gateway Resources http://bit.ly/ceArLZ
- New Zealand HIA newsletter for Feb 2010 [PDF] http://bit.ly/arQqFX
- Did you know there's a public calendar for HIA events? http://bit.ly/boZ812
- HIA Best Practice Sharing Workshop in Wales 2009 - Presentations now online! http://bit.ly/7ZP7T5
Evidence Reviews and Summaries
- Health Impacts of Wind Energy: A rapid review, by Erica Ison http://icio.us/v4v2su
- Evidence on Recycling and Health - Review commissioned by the HIA Gateway http://icio.us/ymfjmj
Jobs & Other Opportunities
- Consultancy: WHO Seeks Environmental Impact Assessment Consultant for Health Sector http://bit.ly/baktfP
- Senior Consultant - Health & Social Impact Assessment (Perth, Australia) http://bit.ly/cStOOk
- Project Manager HIA of California Cap and Trade HIA: http://bit.ly/du2jvq
- PhD Studentship at University of York: Social Gradients of Child Wellbeing in Relation to Inequality http://bit.ly/akPzbm
Conferences & Events
- Short course on IFC Performance Standards 6 March, coincides with Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada Conference http://bit.ly/bnbSVy
- Marmot and the Third Sector: Addressing Health Inequalities Together, London 9 March http://bit.ly/9lOE6w
- Fifth EU Ministerial Conference on environment and health, Parma, Italy, 10-12 March 2010 http://bit.ly/aAWHej (Keep an eye out for media reports)
- Conference: Equality and inequality in health: Measuring and commissioning for equity, London, 11 March 2010 http://bit.ly/9pOtSz
- Canadian NCCHPP workshop on "Deliberating to Inform Decision-making" in Montréal, 12 March http://bit.ly/aVuHBW
- Canadian Conference on Global Health 2010: The Call for Abstracts for Papers and Posters, due 29 March http://bit.ly/dq1CLE
- Prevention and health inequalities : Cost-effective and evidence-based solutions, London, 30 March 2010 http://bit.ly/cN3Y57
- What is Evidence-Informed Decision Making? Five Day Workshop in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 10-14 May http://bit.ly/aJX9bq
- Sustainability Assessment Symposium: Towards Strategic Assessment for Sustainability, Perth 25-26 May 2010 http://bit.ly/cBGsA5
- Double IAIA Symposia Climate Change & Impact Assessment. Aalborg, Denmark 25-26 Oct http://j.mp/9HvtyJ Washington DC USA 15-16 Nov http://j.mp/b8fJxA
- HIA2010 3rd Asia Pacific HIA Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand, 17-19 November 2010 http://bit.ly/ciV6GJ
- Three Day HIA Training, Liverpool UK 14-18 June 2010 http://j.mp/cD86FF
- One day training course on HIA, Birmingham UK, 14 July 2010 http://bit.ly/cS3n3x
- Three day HIA training course, 5th-7th October 2010, Gregynog, Waleshttp://j.mp/aMXJmk
- The European Journal of Public Health "Who supports health research in Europe?" http://bit.ly/9yBnKB
- Collection of articles on climate change and health from the Lancet http://icio.us/zy4vgl
- The social determinants of asthma http://bit.ly/deaJxH
- Primary prevention from the epidemiology perspective: Three examples from the practice [BMC MRM] http://bit.ly/aJRzue
- Health in the European Union: trends and analysis http://bit.ly/aNfPYC
- Report: Content Analysis of Media Coverage of Health Inequalities in Canada 2008 http://bit.ly/a9tyqD
- Videos: Urban Health Champions http://bit.ly/bcfZKC WHO's Urban Health Champions to celebrate World Health Day on April 7.
- New Book: Health and Social Justice http://bit.ly/9RbUGh
- Article: "Assessment of Health Impacts of Heatwaves in Brisbane: How to Best Define A Heatwave?" http://bit.ly/cYe8C5
- Article: "Inequalities, inequities, environmental justice in waste management and health" by Marco Martuzzi http://bit.ly/awNYdY
- Malaria's key survival protein identified, offering drug hope http://retwt.me/1LRRE
- What impact will the swine flu and the pandemic response have on public trust? [Inside Story] http://j.mp/aDPhTO
- The Lancet retracts autism paper 12 years on http://link.reuters.com/kuf37h
- Financing of health systems to achieve the health Millennium Development Goals in low-income countries http://bit.ly/9FiTgX
- Health Disparities Calculator released by US National Cancer Institute http://bit.ly/9vcuW0
- Gates Foundation to double spending on vaccines http://bit.ly/cF6hUI
- The impact of racism upon the health and wellbeing of young Australians 2009 http://bit.ly/a6FgQb
- The trend in mental health-related mortality rates in Australia 1916-2004: ... http://bit.ly/5S0pzA
- New Equity and Health Blog http://bit.ly/4LZ36q
- Something different: Feral pig hunting - A risk factor for human brucellosis in north-west NSW? http://bit.ly/97gz0f
- UN Report on the World Social Situation (RWSS) 2010: Rethinking Poverty http://bit.ly/9bPkjI
- UK National Equality Panel report: An Anatomy of Economic Inequaltiy in th UK http://bit.ly/a2j0jK
- 10 Out of 10 Deadly Health Stories: Successful programs from Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services [where deadly = good] http://bit.ly/bbHxcr
- Social Justice Report 2009 [Australian Human Rights Commission] http://bit.ly/9RW45H Indigenous language, country and identity.
- Geoengineering the climate: science, governance and uncertainty [The Royal Society] http://bit.ly/bW6K02
- Miliband's war on climate change denialism (and the media's role in it) http://bit.ly/ag6vOi
- Tritium Leak At Vermont USA Nuclear Plant Grows http://bit.ly/cP3KSC
- Western Australia to set up country's first mental health commission [ABC News] http://bit.ly/biRC21
- Bowles on income inequality http://bit.ly/b56055
- The Australian Government wants to implement the most drastic change to social security ever. And nobody knows about it. http://bit.ly/bvdEqD
- Equality Speak: Challenges for a fair society http://j.mp/9FtLa3 The introduction is free to download, but you have to pay for the rest of the book.
- We have a floor, now we need a ceiling: Reducing Canada’s income inequalities (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives) http://bit.ly/dAK5JO
- Transport supports are 'key' to fighting social exclusion, allowing the vulnerable access to services.The Irish Times http://bit.ly/9YQQZe
- London 2030: Predictions (The Guardian) http://bit.ly/bgPkDb
- Documentary: Petropolis - Aerial Perspectives on the Alberta Tar Sands (trailer) http://j.mp/bIMyYP
- Good points on how to make your presentations worthwhile http://bit.ly/aZlHyO
- Tales of Water in Africa: Innovation vs the Boring Stuff http://bit.ly/aj6hpY
- Discussion of SLAPP: "Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation" http://bit.ly/cEnS2Y
- Newly launched Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Worker Association (Australia) http://www.natsihwa.org.au
Older Links That are New to Us
- New Zealand Association for Impact Assessment http://www.nzaia.org.nz/
- Inukshuk HIA Consultancy http://bit.ly/bomZUo
- Information from the World Bank Group on urban health http://icio.us/xpjhun
- The Black Report 1980 - Original Text http://bit.ly/aNApaT
- Who to believe on Climate Gate? [Cartoon] http://bit.ly/9duWLw
- ‘The Spirit Level’ as explained by puppets in 3 minutes [video] http://j.mp/apUiqB
- Biodiversity explained in images by Christoph Niemann http://bit.ly/atxu98
- It turns out we all think we're above average. Meet the Lake Wobegon Effect: http://bit.ly/dh2fnJ
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