Health Impact Assessment Training Session

This event was held on May 24, 2007.

Thursday, May 24, 2007
Coffman Memorial Union, Campus Club Conference Room ABC
University of Minnesota East Bank Campus
300 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455

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About the Event
Agenda
Audience
Directions
Registration

About the Event
This event is a training and working session focused on the three levels of HIA tools that the Design for Health team has developed (HIA Preliminary Checklist, HIA Rapid Assessment and the HIA Threshold Analysis). For more information on the HIA tools please visit: http://designforhealth.net/hia/

Agenda

8:00 a.m. Registration and Refreshments
8:15 Welcome & Partner Survey
Ann Forsyth
Professor, College of Design, and Director, Metropolitan Design Center, University of Minnesota
8:45 Working Session: HIA Preliminary Checklist
Carissa Schively
Assistant Professor, Urban and Regional Planning Program
Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
Download Powerpoint Presentation (2.91 MB)
9:05 Working Session: HIA Rapid Assessment – Part 1
Ann Forsyth
Download Powerpoint Presentation (7.83 MB)
10:00 Break & graffiti wall
10:15 Working Session: HIA Rapid Assessment – Part 2
Ann Forsyth
11:00 Working Session: HIA Threshold Analysis
Kevin Krizek
Associate Professor, Urban and Regional Planning
Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota
Download Powerpoint Presentation (2.02 MB)
11:30 Question and Answer Session
11:45 Technical Assistance Update
12:00 p.m. Lunch

Audience

This event is solely for staff of community funding recipients. These municipalities received funding to address public health issues in their comprehensive plans and ordinances.

Directions

The event will be held on the fourth floor Campus Club level of Coffman Memorial Union in Conference Room ABC. Coffman Memorial Union is located on the East Bank campus of the University of Minnesota at 300 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, MN.

The nearest parking is in the East River Parkway Garage, just south of Coffman Memorial Union at 391 East River Parkway. Please view the University parking Web site for other parking options. Staff of community funding recipients will receive additional information about parking validation. Carpooling is recommended.

Busing and biking are also options. The University of Minnesota campus is served by a number of transit and bicycle routes and all metro area buses offer racks for bike-bus connections. Contact Metro Transit at 612-373-3333 for transit information or view biking information from the University’s Parking and Transportation Services Office.

Registration

Registration for Health Impact Assessment Training Session is now closed.