Save the Date! Spatial planning, public health and health service policies: opportunities for improving health and addressing inequalities
Thursday 8th February 2024 9:30am – 12.30pm (online) Following last year’s successful event, the Wales Health Impact Assessment Support Unit (WHIASU), Public Health Wales (PHW) is hosting its annual event supported by Public Health Network Cymru to bring together professionals working in, or with an interest in, health and spatial planning. Audience: The event is […]
Event: Protecting health and wellbeing in the climate crisis
Are you involved with planning a local climate risk assessment? Would you like to learn more about how people and communities in Wales are vulnerable to climate change? Then join us for our next online conference. This conference will support people who work with Public Service Boards (PSBs) or Public Bodies who are planning or […]
Health Impact Assessment for Climate Adaptation: Examples from Practice
This briefing focusses on adaptation to address climate change and the application of Health Impact Assessment (HIA) as a process that can support policy makers to maximise wellbeing benefits, minimise harm to health, and avoid widening health inequalities when designing adaptation policies. It contains five case studies – two international and three from Wales, and […]
Round-up of Recent Journal and Book Publications by the WHIASU Team:
Below is a round-up of publications from members of the WHIASU team which we have not previously published that might be of interest. Exploring the social value of Public Health Institutes: An international scoping survey and expert interviews Making the case for investing in preventative public health by illustrating not only the health impact but […]
Liz Green – PhD Thesis Defence at Maastricht University
On 6th September, the Director of the Wales Health Impact Assessment Support Unit (WHIASU), Liz Green, successfully defended her PhD thesis, “Health Impact Assessment (HIA) as a tool to mobilise Health in All Policies”, at Maastricht University and has obtained her Doctorate. This is the first time ever that HIA has been the explicit focus […]
New Report: Climate Change in Wales: Health Impact Assessment
This health impact assessment (HIA) is a strategic and comprehensive appraisal of the potential implications of climate change on population health in Wales. It provides robust evidence to inform public bodies, agencies and organisations in their preparations for, and responses to, climate change and climate change events. It aims to support adoption of policies and […]
New report: The health, well-being and equity impact of the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) Agreement on Wales
This report provides a short summary of the findings of a Health Impact Assessment (HIA) of the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) Agreement on Wales. This report is a high-level, evidence-based strategic overview. It summarises the main health, well-being and equity impacts that could potentially occur in the short and longer-term following the UK’s […]
The CPTPP trade deal is a major threat to public health and warrants a health impact assessment (HIA)
A new journal paper has been published in the BMJ with co-authors from the WHIASU team, which looks at the health implications of the UK’s decision to join one of the world’s largest free trade agreements, the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement on Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). The paper recommends that the government should perform a health […]