Home About Us Contact Us About Us Who we are The Health Impact Assessment (HIA) project is a joint endeavor of the Washington, D.C. based Partnership for Prevention and researchers at the UCLA School of Public Health. What we do With support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, our project aims to assess the feasibility of HIA and to develop prototype HIAs that demonstrate methodologies, eventually enabling HIA to contribute to more informed decision-making about public policies impacting health in the U.S. Aim of this website This website is intended for Researchers and students interested in learning more about health impact assessment. See What is HIA | Methodology. Policy-makers and stakeholders interested in finding out more about the health impacts of policies. See Publications. The Los Angeles City Living Wage Ordinance The Los Angeles City Living Wage Ordinance, approved by the Los Angeles City Council in 1997, sets an annually adjusted minimum wage that city contractors must pay employees who are engaged in work on city service contracts or economic development grants. The Ordinance aims to increase income and lower the number of uninsured, two factors clearly associated with health. Read more about this study. HIA Training Workshops Find schedules and more information on training workshops. Deaths Prevented Due to Living Wage Increases Use this form to calculate various elements and information based on other such various elements and information. Try our very own online calculator. World Health Organization Health Impact Assessment A good overall guide, the WHO's HIA site provides everything from a basic overview of HIA to tools and completed HIA examples. Visit the site. What is HIA? | Methodology | Reports & Publications | Training | Links | Contact Us | About Us ©2003-2006 UCLA School of Public Health | Site designed by WebFirst