9TH INTERNATIONAL HIA CONFERENCE
 

9-10 October 2008 Liverpool Marriott City Centre Hotel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
The pre-conference training workshops will be held on 8 October at Blackburne House Conference Centre in Liverpool.  

 

 
   
     
  Thursday 9 October
       
08.30 Registration and refreshments
       
      PLENARY SESSION 1
Chair: Alex Scott-Samuel, Director, IMPACT, University of Liverpool, UK
       
  09.30   Introduction
Alex Scott-Samuel
Director, IMPACT, University of Liverpool, UK
       
  09.40   Keynote presentation
Margaret Whitehead
W H Duncan Chair of Public Health, University of Liverpool, UK
       
  10.30   Refreshments
       
      PLENARY SESSION 2
Chair: Alex Scott-Samuel, Director, IMPACT, University of Liverpool, UK
       
  11.10  

The implications of the Commission on Social Determinants of Health report for HIA
Carlos Dora
World Health Organization, Switzerland
Sarah Simpson
WHO Regional Office for Europe, Venice, Italy
Alex Scott-Samuel
Director, IMPACT, University of Liverpool, UK
Ben Cave
Director, Ben Cave Associates, UK

       
  11.50   PARALLEL SESSION 1
       
      1A Sustainable well-being
Chair: Lea den Broeder, Advisor, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, The Netherlands
         
        A report on an HIA of the Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy for England
Ben Cave
Director, Ben Cave Associates, UK
         
        Excellence for the masses: Can the Royal Commonwealth Pool, Edinburgh deliver health improvement?
Martin Higgins
Scottish HIA Network Co-ordinator, NHS Lothian, UK
         
        HIA: Is sustainable well-being possible without health equity?
Jordan Panayotov
Director, Independent Centre for Analysis and Research of Economies, Australia
         
        Burden of disease due to environmental tobacco smoke in North Rhine-Westphalia: Situation before implementation of the non-smoker-protection legislation
Thomas Classen
Scientific Assistant, Bielefeld University, Germany
         
      1B Healthy urban planning
Chair: Erica Ison, Specialist Practitioner in HIA, UK
         
        Influencing planning through HIA
Claire Higgins
Public Health Development Officer, Institute of Public Health in Ireland, UK
         
        The role of HIA in promoting eco-industrialism for developing healthier business parks to support sustainable urban planning
Arvin Prashar
Research Fellow, University of Salford, UK
         
        A framework for public health officials to integrate HIA considerations in municipal project undertakings for the City of Toronto
Ronald Macfarlane
Supervisor Environmental Health Assessment and Policy, Toronto Public Health, Canada
         
      1C Capacity building and quality assurance
Chair: Martin Birley, Principal, BirleyHIA, UK
         
        A comparison of the design and outcomes of HIA capacity building programmes at national and international level
Debbie Abrahams
Director, IMPACT, University of Liverpool, UK
         
        Building capacity for health impact assessment: Current status and future directions
Andrew Dannenberg
Medical Officer, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
         
        Assessing the impacts of health impact assessments in the United States
Arthur Wendel
Medical Officer, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
         
        How do we determine, and then improve, quality and standards for HIA?
Mette Fredsgaard
Intern, Ben Cave Associates, UK
         
      ID Workshop
        Be realistic: demand the impossible!
Debra Fox
PhD Student, University of Liverpool, UK
Fiona Haigh
Research Associate, IMPACT, University of Liverpool, UK
         
  13.10   Lunch
       
      PLENARY SESSION 3
Chair: Carlos Dora, World Health Organization, Switzerland
       
  14.10   Keynote presentation:
The power of health: Spirituality and health impact assessment in Thailand

Decharut Sukkumnoed
Health Systems Research Institute, Thailand
         
         
  14.55   PARALLEL SESSION 2
         
      2A Methodology
Chair: Margaret Douglas, Consultant in Public Health, NHS Lothian, UK
         
        Assessment and access: Negotiating roles in a global impact assessment of a polyclinic procurement
Neil de Reybekill
Principal Consultant (Primary Care), MEL Research, UK
         
        Evaluation of HIA: Challenging (some of) the received wisdom
Erica Ison
Specialist Practitioner in HIA, UK
         
        Inclusion of health and well-being impacts within environmental assessments for major land-use planning projects in New South Wales, Australia
Liz Harris
Director, Research Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, University of New South Wales, Australia
         
      2B Health impact assessment
Chair: Owen Metcalfe, Associate Director, Institute of Public Health in Ireland, Ireland
         
        Health impact assessment of a local regeneration project in a southern European city (Bilbao)
Amaia Bacigalupe
Associate Researcher, Basque Government Health Department, Spain
         
        Increasing human health assessment and promotion in the United States
Sarah Heaton
Public Health Analyst, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
         
        Application of rapid health impact assessment to the administration system change in a city in Japan
Michiko Hoshiko
Post-graduate Student, Kurume University, Japan
         
        Title tbc
Guilherme Netto
Ministry of Health, Brazil
         
      2C Healthy urban planning
Chair: Andrew Dannenburg, Medical Officer, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
         
       

Health impact assessment in physical planning: Preserve urban green areas or develop them?
Ida Knutsson
Public Health Planning Officer, Swedish National Institute of Public Health, Sweden

         
        Marsh Farm New Deal for Communities equality-focused HIA
Helen Miller
Health and Well-Being Co-ordinator, Marsh Farm Community Development Trust, UK
Chimeme Egbutah
Health Inequalities Officer, Luton Borough Council and Luton Teaching Primary Care Trust
         
        Assessing the health impacts of a major town centre development proposal: Spotlight on urban design and the loss of green space
Andrew Pennington
Research Associate, IMPACT, University of Liverpool, UK
         
        Health inequalities and equality impact assessment of Healthcare for London: Consulting the capital
Paul Iggulden
Senior Associate, Ben Cave Associates, UK
         
      2D Workshop
        Spiritual well-being in HIA
Martin Birley
Principal, BirleyHIA, UK
Decharut Sukkumnoed
Health Systems Research Institute, Thailand
Eva Elliott
RCUK Academic Fellow, WHIASU, UK
Anthea Cooke
Director, Unukshuk Consultancy Ltd, UK
         
  16.20   Refreshments
       
      PLENARY SESSION 4
Chair: Carlos Dora, World Health Organization, Switzerland
       
  16.40   Plenary presentation
Thomas Fischer
Professor of Civic Design, University of Liverpool, UK
       
  17.10   Close
       
  18.30   Reception at Merseyside Maritime Museum
Welcome: Gideon Ben Tovim, Chair, Liverpool Primary Care Trust
       
  19.45   Conference dinner at Merseyside Maritime Museum
       
  23.00   Close
       

 

 

  Friday 10 October
       
08.30 Registration and refreshments
       
      PLENARY SESSION 5
Chair: Anthea Cooke, Director, Inukshuk Consultancy Ltd, UK
       
  09.00   Introduction
Anthea Cooke
Director, Inukshuk Consultancy Ltd, UK
       
  09.10   Keynote presentation
Liz Harris
Director, Research Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, University of New South Wales, Australia
       
  9.55   Plenary presentation
Achieving system change for well-being through HIA
Jude Stansfield
CSIP North West Development Team, UK
       
  10.30   Refreshments
       
  11.00   PARALLEL SESSION 3
       
      3A Quantification
Chair: Odile Mekel, Head of Innovation Management, NRW Institute of Health and Work (LIGA.NRW), Centre of Public Health, Germany
         
        Environmental determinants of public health in Scotland
Hilary Cowie
Senior Statistician, Institute of Occupational Medicine, UK
         
        Comparing health impact assessment and health technology assessment: Exploratory analysis
Rainer Fehr
Department Head of Health and Innovation Management, LIGA.NRW, Germany
         
        Quantifying the health impacts of stack emissions from waste incineration facilities
Salim Vohra
Director, Centre for Health Impact Assessment, Institute of Occupational Medicine, UK
         
        DYNAMO-HIA: A tool for the quantification of health impact of policies
Stefan Lhachimi
Research Scientist, Erasmus MC, The Netherlands
         
      3B Well-being and impact assessment
Chair: Louise Signal, Director, HIA Research Unit, University of Otago, New Zealand
         
        Comparing HIA and MWIA: Are there grounds for integration?
Martin Higgins
Scottish HIA Network Co-ordinator, NHS Lothian, UK
         
        Promoting and protecting mental well-being through impact assessment
Anthea Cooke
Director, Inukshuk Consultancy Ltd, UK
         
        Involving the public in HIA: An evaluation of current practice in Wales
Chloe Chadderton
Research Associate, Welsh Health Impact Assessment Support Unit, UK
         
      3C Sustainable well-being
Chair: Hilary Dreaves
Research Fellow (HIA), IMPACT, University of Liverpool, UK
         
        Social sustainability assessment of the Mellersta Norrland Structural Fund Programme and a structural fund project
Andreas Johansson
Public Health Planning Officer, Swedish National Institute of Public Health, Sweden
         
        A prospective HIA of a selective licensing scheme in the South Wales Valleys
Maria Uren
Health Improvement Co-ordinator, Welsh Local Government Association, UK
         
        Health in all policies: Supporting municipalities in the Netherlands, lessons learned
Marije van Koperen
Consultant/Advisor Municipal Policy, Netherlands Institute of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, The Netherlands
         
      3D Workshop
        Making the case for public health in Strategic Environmental Assessment
Ben Cave
Director, Ben Cave Associates, UK
Lea den Broeder
Advisor, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, The Netherlands
Erica Ison
Specialist Practitioner in HIA, UK
Martin Higgins
Scottish HIA Network Co-ordinator, NHS Lothian, UK
         
  12.20   Lunch
       
      PLENARY SESSION 6
Chair: Debra Fox, PhD Student, University of Liverpool, UK
       
  13.30   Plenary presentation:
Questions of spirituality: The challenge of assessing impacts on spiritual health – reflections from Aotearoa/New Zealand
Louise Signal
Director, HIA Research Unit, University of Otago, New Zealand
         
  14.00   PARALLEL SESSION 4
         
      4A Healthy urban planning
Chair: Debbie Abrahams, Director, IMPACT, University of Liverpool, UK
         
        Can Liverpool city development provide practice examples of urban planning and health?
Rainer Fehr
Department Head of Health Innovation Management, LIGA.NRW, Germany
         
        HIA of a football stadium, superstore and town centre development: How was it for you?
Fiona Haigh
Research Associate, IMPACT, University of Liverpool, UK
         
        Adding value to planning: An HIA of the preferred strategy of a local development plan in Wales
Liz Green
HIA Development Officer, Welsh Health Impact Assessment Support Unit, UK
         
      4B Methodology
Chair: Mary Mahoney, HE Partnership Manager, University of Gloucester
         
        Considering the validity of methods used for an HIA of the redevelopment of social housing in Devonport, Plymouth
Andrew Pratt
Health Impact Specialist Practitioner, Plymouth PCT, UK
         
        Developing a peer review process for HIA: Experience in the WHO European Healthy Cities Network
Erica Ison
Specialist Practitioner in HIA, UK
         
        Engendering health impact assessment, equity and human rights
Helen Keleher
Head, Department of Health Sciences, Monash University, Australia
         
      4C Looking forward
Chair: Ben Cave, Director, Ben Cave Associates, UK
         
        Institutionalising HIA in Korea
Eun Jeong Chun
Resident, Seoul University, Republic of Korea
         
        Use of HIA in planning for climate change
Diane McClymont Peace
Manager, Health Canada, Canada
         
        HIA, but not as we know it: Are we ready for legislation?
Andrew Pennington
Researcher/HIA Specialist, IMPACT, University of Liverpool
         
        Beyond Mrs Hatton: Where are we now in the development of the legal basis for health impact assessment?
Roger Seddon
Development Officer, Welsh European Funding Office, UK
         
      4D Workshop
        Quality, competence and capacity for HIA
Martin Birley
Principal, BirleyHIA, UK
Hilary Dreaves
Research Fellow (HIA), IMPACT, University of Liverpool, UK
         
      PLENARY SESSION 7
Chair: Alex Scott-Samuel, Director, IMPACT, University of Liverpool, UK
       
  15.20   Question time: Future of HIA
     

Panel:
Debbie Abrahams
Director, IMPACT, University of Liverpool, UK
Ben Cave
Director, Ben Cave Associates, UK
Andrew Dannenberg
Medical Officer, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA
Liz Harris
Director, Research Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, University of New South Wales, Australia
Decharut Sukkumnoed
Health Systems Research Institute, Thailand
Matthias Wismar
Health Policy Analyst, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
Carlos Dora
World Health Organization, Switzerland

       
  16.05   Comments on panel discussion followed by handover to HIA09 Netherlands
Lea den Broeder
Advisor, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, The Netherlands
       
  16.15   Close and refreshments
       
       

 

 

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