HIA Network of Practice – Integrated Impact Assessment (IIA) Event
This session for the HIA Network of Practice will be focusing on Integrated Impact Assessments (IIA). Speakers will explore a range of perspectives and experiences of using and designing IIAs. This will include developing an online IIA tool, how to incorporate health, undertaking Quality Assurance, and WHIASU’s own approach. We will then open the floor for […]
Facilitators, Barriers and Views on the Role of Public Health Institutes in Promoting and Using Health Impact Assessment – An International Virtual Scoping Survey and Expert Interviews
Public health institutes have an important role in promoting and protecting the health and well-being of populations. A key focus of such institutes are the wider determinants of health, embracing the need to advocate for ‘Health in All Policies’ (HiAP). A valuable tool to support this is the health impact assessment. This scoping study aims […]
New report: Protecting the mental wellbeing of our future generations: learning from COVID-19 for the long term. A Mental Wellbeing Impact Assessment Approach.
This comprehensive Mental Wellbeing Impact Assessment (MWIA) has been carried out by the Wales Health Impact Assessment Support Unit to identify the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and associated policy responses, on the mental wellbeing of young people aged 10-24 in Wales. The report aims to provide evidence and learning to inform cross-sector policy and […]
New report: The public health impact of public bodies refocusing on waste reduction and reuse in Wales
The report – ‘Circular Economies and Sustainable Health and Well-being: The public health impact of public bodies refocusing on waste reduction and reuse in Wales’, details how implementing policies to reduce and re-use waste, alongside recycling schemes will have possible significant positive impacts on health and well-being for the whole population of Wales. These include […]
New Health Impact Assessment (HIA) network – launch event
The Wales Health Impact Assessment Support Unit (WHIASU) in Public Health Wales is launching a new HIA network at a virtual event on Thursday 26th May. The event will take place online via Microsoft Teams, 10am-12noon. Join us to find out more about the HIA network and to share ideas as part of shaping the […]
Rising to the Triple Challenge of Brexit, COVID-19 and Climate Change for health, well-being and equity in Wales, Spotlight on: Rural Communities
A new report published by Public Health Wales highlights how the combined influences of Brexit, Coronavirus and climate change will potentially see rural communities in Wales experience a time of great change, with both opportunities and negative impacts to navigate. This Spotlight Paper focuses on the issues that Rural communities may face now and in […]
Maximising health and well-being opportunities for spatial planning in the COVID-19 pandemic recovery
Collaboration between policy makers and practitioners in spatial planning with colleagues in health is vital in order to maximise health and well-being opportunities in the recovery from the Coronavirus pandemic, according to a new report from Public Health Wales. The report is being published ahead of an event ‘Creating healthy places and spaces: a collaborative […]
No place like home? Exploring the health and well-being impact of COVID-19 on housing and housing insecurity
Today the Wales Health Impact Assessment Support Unit (WHIASU) and Policy Team in the WHO CC on ‘Investment for Health and Wellbeing’, Public Health Wales have published ‘No place like home? Exploring the health and well-being impact of COVID-19 on housing and housing insecurity’. This comprehensive and participatory Health Impact Assessment (HIA) explores the health […]
New resource highlights health impacts of climate change
Public Health Wales has published a series of infographics highlighting the importance of climate change impact on the health and wellbeing of the population of Wales, and to support public bodies and businesses to take action to address any impacts. Launched to coincide with the Council of Parties 26 (COP26), the infographics focus on the […]