Online Course on Health Impact Assessment HIA : A Tool for Developing Healthy Public Policies

Health Impact Assessment (HIA) is a structured and innovative process for prospectively assessing the potential impacts of a project, program or policy on the health and well-being of populations. In order to support capacity building in the field of HIA, the National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy (NCCHPP) has developed an online course on HIA. This 5-hour course is available free of charge in English and French and can be accessed at any time upon registration. It aims to familiarize participants with the process of conducting health impact assessments of projects, programs, and policies in collaboration with relevant stakeholders.

How can the HIA online course help you?

HIA enables public health professionals to work intersectorally and to develop practical solutions that minimize risks and maximize health benefits of public policy decisions made outside of the health sector before their implementation. It will help them influence and assist the decision-making process. This HIA online course will enable you to:
• Develop your HIA skills
• Participate in an HIA process
• Better inform policy makers
• Improve population health.

About this webinar:

In this webinar, we will start by presenting the HIA process as a tool for promoting the adoption of healthy public policies. We will also introduce the NCCHPP’s online course on HIA as a tool to support HIA capacity building. We will then pass the microphone to a health professional who has been involved in an HIA process. She will speak about her HIA experience on HIA’s challenges and benefits, as well as her experience with the NCCHPP’s online course.

Join us to learn how you can use HIA to support healthy public policy development.

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Completed this course online. The course is well designed and cover all aspects of HIA. Thank you!