Hilary Dreaves

Research Fellow (HIA)

IMPACT

International Health Impact Assessment (HIA) Consortium,

Department of Public Health and Policy,

Institute of Psychology, Health and Society,

University of Liverpool

0151-794 5004

Health Impact Assessment (HIA)

– International and Online

• IMPACT wins inaugural Impact Award 2009

• Methodological Research in HIA

• Knowledge Exchange / CPD: >35 countries to date

• Consultancy: >40 HIAs published to date

Knowledge Exchange / CPD

• Comprehensive 5 day HIA course (>35 countries to date)

• On campus MPH full 15 credit module

• WHO HIA guides and toolkit

• World Bank/ International Finance Corporation (IFC) guide

• WHO Healthy Cities guide and capacity building

• Government HIA capacity building, e.g. Brazil, Italy, Finland,

Portugal, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Chile.....

• UK Regional capacity building, e.g. North East and North

West (> 439 in NW alone)

• Bespoke formats, e.g. one, two and three day courses

• Laureate Online MPH (>190, mostly Africa and S. America)

• “On campus; on location; on line”

Consultancy: >40 published to date HIA Topic Date

Strategic guidance for safeguarding and improving the health of communities affected by estate regeneration in Tower Hamlets 2010

Liverpool Core Strategy (Comprehensive – integrated with Sustainability Appraisal) ongoing

City West Housing Trust‟s Home Improvement Programme (Comprehensive) 2010

Liverpool Mutual Homes‟ Community Housing Investment programme (Rapid) 2009

Speke CAB Paylink Project (Rapid) 2010

„A new Health Service for Liverpool‟ (Rapid) 2009

Leigh LIFT centre development (Desk-based) 2008

Liverpool Advocacy Strategy (Desk-based) 2008

Liverpool Homeless Strategy (Desk-based) 2008

Jersey Energy from Waste – stage 2 (Rapid) 2008

Kirkby Sports Stadium & retail park development HIA (Rapid) 2008

Merseyside‟s „Health is Wealth‟ Commission (Desk-based) 2008

Birmingham International Airport‟s Runway Extension (Rapid) 2008

Oldham Town Centre‟s Integrated Care Centre (Rapid) 2007

„Our Health our care our say‟ and young carers (Rapid) 2007

Jersey Energy from Waste – stage 1 (Rapid) 2007

Coventry and Warwickshire Acute Services Review (Screening and Scoping) 2007

Reconfiguring women‟s and children‟s health services in NW England (Rapid – integrated with Race IA) 2006

Liverpool Residential Relocation Core Document (Desk-based) 2006

Norris Green – Citizens‟ Jury (Comprehensive) 2006

Norris Green - Anti Social Behaviour Orders (Comprehensive) 2006

NW Regional Economic Strategy (Desk-based) 2006

Liverpool & South Sefton Strategic Services Development Plan (Desk-based) 2005

Clean Accessible Transport for Community Health (Rapid) 2004 & 2005

Liverpool Alcohol Strategy (Rapid) 2005

MerseyTram Line 1 (Rapid – integrated with EIA) 2004

Castlefields Housing & Regeneration Programme (Rapid) 2004

EC European Employment Strategy (Comprehensive) 2004

UK Employment Strategy (Comprehensive) 2004

Ireland Employment Strategy (Comprehensive) 2004

Germany Employment Strategy (Comprehensive) 2004

Netherlands Employment Strategy (Comprehensive) 2004

UK Foresight Vehicle Strategy (Comprehensive) 2002

UK Foresight Vehicle Strategy (Rapid) 2001

Stepping Out (Young Women‟s Empowerment project) (Comprehensive) 2001

Target Hardening (Burglary Reduction project) (Comprehensive) 2001

Parenting 2000 (Parenting project) (Comprehensive) 2001

Private Rented Dwellings (Housing Renewal programme) (Rapid) 2001

Ayelsbury Plus New Deal for Communities (Housing & Regeneration) (Rapid) 2001

What is HIA?

‘A combination of procedures, methods and tools by which a policy, programme or project may be judged as to its potential effects on the health of a population, and the distribution of those effects within the population.‟

WHO (1999) Gothenburg consensus paper

Why do HIA?

HIA aims to inform and influence

decision-making to enhance the

positive impacts of any decision and

reduce (or eliminate) any negative

impacts.IMPACT 2005

Qualitative and quantitative data

collection

Impact analysis

Establish priority impacts

Recommendations developed

Profiling of communities

Policy analysis

Process evaluation

Screening

Scoping

Conduct assessment

Report on health impacts and

policy options

Impact and outcome evaluation

Monitoring

A generic model of HIA (Abrahams et al, 2004)

Definition of Capacity Building

“an approach to the development of

sustainable skills, organisational structures,

resources and commitment to health

improvement in health and other sectors, to

prolong and multiply health gains many

times over”(Hawe, P et al 1997)

Capacity Building for HIA

Source: New South Wales Health Department 2001.A Framework for Building Capacity

to Improve Health http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/pubs/2001/pdf/framework_improve.pdf

Source: New South Wales Health Department 2001. A Framework for Building Capacity to Improve Health http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/pubs/2001/pdf/framework_improve.pdf

Paul Duvall

eLearning Unit

126 Mount Pleasant

University of Liverpool

L69 3GR

Tel: 0151 7942477

elearning@liverpool.ac.uk

Resource

Transformation:

Enablers:

External:

• Global market demand (and resource) for HIA

• IMPACT reputation

• HIA Methodological expertise

• HIA Capacity Building experience and expertise

• Demand for on line provision

• Requests for internships, distance support for early

work, etc

• Moves towards competency / accreditation

• Desire to be “qualified”, especially in the commercial

market place.

Internal:

• Excellent support from colleagues

• University strategic vision

• Experienced and expert HIA facilitators

Disablers:

Internal:

• “Parallel universes” of student registration (or not)

• TULIP

• Lack of coherence and mixed messages (KE and CPD)

• “Enthusiasm” for KE/CPD

• Time consuming “fishing expeditions” cross department

and faculties

• Communications – but a little better with new Research

Strategy launches

• Capacity – new ways of working

External:

• UK Policy environment