HIA Training Resources

UCLA HIA Training Manual *
(developed for HIA Training Workshops in California, June 2006-April 2007. Updated June 2008)

Presentations from the CDC/NACCHO/APA/UCLA HIA Training Workshop
(presented at the September 2007 HIA training workshop in Atlanta. Updated January 2008)

• Training Manual Section 1 (pdf - 62 KB)
  • What is HIA? Why us it?
  • Principles and values of HIA
  • Approaches to HIA
  • What does a completed HIA look like?
• Workshop presentation (Brian Cole, UCLA, April 13, 2007, Sacramento, CA) (pdf - 39 KB)

Examples of completed HIAs
• Comprehensive Report: "HIA of Proposition 49: Funding for After-school Programs" (pdf - 204 KB)
• Policy brief: "Policy brief for the HIA of the Los Angeles City Living Wage Ordinance" (pdf - 112 KB)
• Interactive tool: "Calculator for estimating health effects of wage increases and health insurance"
• Logic framework: "Logic framework for HIA of Proposition 49: Funding for After-School Programs" (pdf - 17 KB)
• Process: "Eastern Neighborhoods Community Health Impact Assessment" (San Francisco)

Phases of HIA (Modules 2-6)

2. Screening

• Training Manual Section 2 (pdf - 68 KB)
  • Key Criteria to assess
  • Assessing Significance
  • Determining whether to proceed with an HIA
• Workshop presentation (Brian Cole, UCLA, April 13, 2007, Sacramento, CA) (pdf - 415 KB)
• Screening exercise (designed for in-class, small group practice) (pdf - 303 KB)

Additional materials
• British Columbia HIA Screening Checklist (pdf - 23 KB)
• HIA Screening Tool for the Greater London Authority (pdf 30 KB)
• UCLA Comprehensive HIA Screening/Scoping Checklist  (pdf - 71 KB)
• Surgeon General's Healthy People 2010 Objectives most relevant to HIA  (pdf - 37 KB)

3. Scoping

• Training Manual Section 3 (pdf - 64 KB)
  • Focusing the Analysis- Key Determinants of Health
  • Developing a Logic Framework
• Workshop presentation (Brian Cole, UCLA, April 13, 2007, Sacramento, CA) (pdf - 415 KB)
• Scoping exercise (designed for in-class, small group practice) (pdf - 19KB)

Additional materials
• Merseyside HIA Scoping Checklist (pdf - 14 KB)
• New Zealand HIA Scoping Checklist (pdf - 20 KB)
• UCLA Comprehensive HIA Screening/Scoping Checklist (pdf - 71 KB)
• San Francisco Healthy Development Measurement Tool
• Logic framework for the HIA of California Proposition 49: After-school program funding
• Logic framework for the HIA of the Living Wage Ordinance

4. Profiling

• Training Manual Section 4 (pdf - 18 KB)
  • Purpose of profiling
  • Sources of information
• Workshop presentation (Riti Shimkhada, UCLA, April 13, 2007, Sacramento, CA) (pdf - 1.84 MB)
• Profiling exercise (designed for in-class, small group practice) (pdf - 61 KB)
• Sources of information for profiling a population's demographic and health risk characteristics

 5. Assessment

• Training Manual Section 5 (pdf - 17 KB)
  • General logic of HIA assessment
  • Protocols
• Workshop presentation (Brian Cole, UCLA, April 13, 2007, Sacramento, CA) (pdf - 415 KB)
• Assessment exercise: Traffic Scenario (designed for in-class, small group practice) (pdf - 25 KB)

Additional materials
• Outline of analysis for HIA of the Los Angeles Living Wage Ordinance  (pdf - 125 KB)
• Spreadsheet for estimating changes in children's physical activity and body mass index (from HIA of State PE Policies, not included in the original HIA) (forthcoming)

6. Reporting and monitoring

• Training Manual Section 6 (pdf - 31 KB)
  • Elements of an HIA Policy Brief
  • Three ways to evaluate your HIA
  • HIA Process Evaluation Tool
• Reporting and monitoring exercise (designed for in-class, small group practice) (pdf - 11KB)

Additional materials
• Table of contents for HIA of California Proposition 49: After-school program funding (pdf - 48 KB)
• Policy brief for the HIA of the Los Angeles City Living Wage Ordinance (pdf - 112 KB)

7. Barriers to HIA practice

• Training Manual Section 7 (pdf - 22 KB)

Links to more information

* The original print version of this manual was developed for a series of HIA training workshops conducted from June 2006 through April 2007 in Los Angeles, San Francisco and Sacramento. This web version of the manual was created June 2008 based on the April 2007 version of the printed manual. Support for these trainings and the training manual was provided by a grant from the California Endowment’s Healthy Eating Active Communities Initiative, Jonathan Fielding, Principal Investigator. Brian Cole, Dr.P.H. was the lead developer of the course and lead author of the manual with contributions from (in alphabetical order):

Georgina Agyekum, M.P.H., Research Assistant (UCLA)
LaShawnta Bell-Lewis, M.P.H., Research Assistant (UCLA)
Amy Cornbleet, M.P.H., Research Assistant (UCLA)
Sandra Hoffman, M.P.H., Research Assistant (UCLA)
Candace Rutt, Ph.D., Consultant (U.S. Centers for Disease Control)
Riti Shimkhada, Ph.D., Research Assistant (UCLA)

Presentations from the CDC/NACCHO/APA/UCLA HIA Training Workshop
(presented at the September 2007 HIA training workshop in Atlanta. Updated January 2008)

• Module 1: Health Impact Assessment for Healthy Places: A Guide for Planning and Public Health
  • Slides (Color, 2 slides per page)
  • Slides with Instructor Notes (Black and White, 1 slide per page)
• Module 2: Screening
  • Slides (Color, 2 slides per page)
  • Slides with Instructor Notes (Black and White, 1 slide per page)
• Module 3: Scoping
  • Slides (Color, 2 slides per page)
  • Slides with Instructor Notes (Black and White, 1 slide per page)
• Module 4: Assessment
  • Slides (Color, 2 slides per page)
  • Slides with Instructor Notes (Black and White, 1 slide per page)
• Module 5: Reporting
  • Slides (Color, 2 slides per page)
  • Slides with Instructor Notes (Black and White, 1 slide per page)
• Module 6: Evaluation
  • Slides (Color, 2 slides per page)
  • Slides with Instructor Notes (Black and White, 1 slide per page)

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