RESOURCE - Planning for Health Places with Health Impact Assessments (U.S.)

From the Bringing Health Information to the Community listserv:

Planning for Healthy Places with Health Impact Assessments
is a ‘how to’ guide for conducting health impact assessments (HIAs), developed by the American Planning Association and the National Association of County & City Health Officials, sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This online course will explain the value of conducting an HIA and the steps involved in conducting an HIA. Throughout the course, examples of health impact assessments have been highlighted and discussed. This course is available for free, thanks to a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. For more information please visit the following URL:

http://professional.captus.com/Planning/hia/default.aspx