The Institute of Public Health (IPH) is hosting a webinar to launch a new digital learning module, ‘Introduction to Health Impact Assessment’, at 11am on Wednesday, 29 June 2022.

The Institute is delighted to announce the launch of its first digital learning module, which will be made available online and on mobile devices through a new ‘Public Health Matters’ app, developed as a public health learning and communications platform.

This short introductory module to Health Impact Assessment (HIA) will provide an interactive learning experience for anyone interested in understanding HIA and how it might apply to new policies, programmes or projects.

To introduce this new HIA digital learning module and our new ‘Public Health Matters’ app, IPH is hosting a webinar on Wednesday, 29 June, which will hear from Dr Joanna Purdy, IPH Public Health Development Officer and Dr Liz Green, Consultant in Public Health, Policy and International Health / Programme Director for Health Impact Assessment, Public Health Wales.

Dr Purdy will introduce the new digital HIA module and also provide a recap on the recently updated HIA Guidance.

Dr Green will give a short presentation, ‘From Global to Local how HIA can be used in Practice’.

Register for the webinar here.

For more information about Health Impact Assessment visit our dedicated HIA section on our website at https://publichealth.ie/hia-guidance.