274750 Providing Capacity Building for HIA: The Georgia Health Policy Center Experience

Tuesday, October 30, 2012 : 10:30 AM - 10:50 AM

James E. Dills, MUP, MPH , Georgia Health Policy Center, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA
In 2011, NNPHI was funded to support capacity building for Health Impact Assessment in partnership with the Health Impact Project. NNPHI funded two public health institutes, the Georgia Health Policy Center and the Oregon Public Health Institute to serve as regional training centers on HIA and provide direct technical assistance on HIA to public health institutes, health departments and other stakeholders. NNPHI also funded the Georgia Health Policy Center to conduct an HIA on the redevelopment of Fort McPherson base in the Atlanta area. The Georgia Health Policy Center is also providing technical assistance to several federal agencies within the National Prevention Council to support their use of HIA as a tool.

Learning Areas:
Public health or related public policy

Learning Objectives:
1) To describe the role of the Georgia Health Policy Center in growing capacity both regional and nationally to conduct HIAs

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am a research associate responsible for research, training, and technical assistance related to health impact assessment.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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