PHES In the News:Peer Review Session for Healthy Planning Research and Tools July 23, 2009Sara L. Mayer, MPP, Director of Health Policy and Planning at the San Mateo County Health System will present "Localizing and expanding health involvement in land use planning: Developing Healthy Planning Checklists across San Mateo County's 22 cities" at the next peer review session on Thursday, July 23, 2009 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 noon at the San Francisco Department of Public Health, 1390 Market Street, Suite 910. Please contact megan.wier@sfdph.org for more information or to be added to the email list. New HIA Released Examining National Paid Sick Days Act and Health June 11, 2009Researchers at SFDPH and HIP are excited to jointly release a health impact assessment of a proposed national paid sick days law. The new report titled “A Health Impact Assessment of the Healthy Families Act of 2009” uses a combination of quantitative and qualitative evidence to assess the impacts of the proposed law on community and individual health. The HIA finds substantial evidence that indicates that the law would have significant positive public health impacts for all Americans. The bill, HR 2460, is currently being considered by the U.S. House of Representatives. The new report may be accessed from our Paid Sick Days page. HIA Practices Standards Released April 7, 2009The North American HIA Practice Standards Working Group is excited to release the recently developed Practice Standards for Health Impact Assessment (HIA). These standards were developed to provide practitioners of health impact assessment with a set of benchmarks to guide their own HIA practice, and to stimulate discussion about HIA content and quality in this emerging field.
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