Free Health Impact Assessment Training
Wednesday, December 18
9:00AM – 4:00PM, Registration starting at 8:30AM, Lunch provided
Northwest Area Foundation: 60 Plato Boulevard East, Suite 400, St. Paul, MN 55107
This HIA training from the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) will provide an introduction to the 6 steps of HIA (Screening, Scoping, Assessment, Recommendations, Reporting, Evaluation and Monitoring), with a particular focus on Stakeholder Engagement and Scoping. Instruction will include in-class exercises to gain hands-on experience performing an HIA.
Training is free and lunch will be provided, but space is limited to 40 people and will be filled on a first come first serve basis. Attendees will be required to read background materials before the training (about 2 hours of time). Training is open to all persons interested in using HIA to promote health in policies, comprehensive plans and projects, including HIA practitioners, steering committee members, and stakeholders.
RSVP by Tuesday, December 10 to: health.hia@state.mn.us
Training is sponsored by the Minnesota Department of Health and Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Minnesota, and is supported by a grant from the Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts.
For more information:
Health Impact Assessment at MDH | Division of Environmental Health
http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/hia/
health.hia@state.mn.us
Current HIA work conducted by MDH is supported by a grant from the Health Impact Project, a collaboration of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts.
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