Dear Colleagues,

The South East Asia and Oceania Health Impact Assessment Conference is being
held in Sydney, Australia from 7-9 November 2007.

Abstracts for presentations and posters are invited under the following streams:

HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT IN PRACTICE
There is a rapid growth in the use of Health Impact Assessment methodology
in the Asia Pacific Region. This stream aims to share these experiences with
other practitioners and people working in the field.

HEALTH, COMMUNITY WELLBEING AND SUSTAINABILITY
Promoting the health of people is more than managing illness. This stream
aims to explore the different ways in which people across the region use HIA
and other planning tools to think about the health and well being of their
communities and ways of creating sustainable futures.

CREATING ENVIRONMENTS FOR HEALTH
The rapid economic growth of the region is bring into sharp relief the
importance of the natural, man-made, social and economic environment to
health. This stream aims to explore innovative approaches that are being
taken across the region to create environments for health.

LIVEABLE URBAN COMMUNITIES
Urbanisation is placing major strain on the social and economic
infrastructure of cities across the region. In many countries the rise in
levels of obesity is being connected to the ways in which our cities are
being designed. This stream aims to explore how practitioners have responded
to these challenges using HIA and other planning tools to create liveable
urban communities.

WORKING WITH OTHER SECTORS
Many of the forces that have the greatest impact on health lie outside the
direct control of health systems in areas such as employment, income
security and housing. This stream aims to illustrate how HIA can be used as
a process for working effectively with government, civil society and the
private sector to promote health.

Abstracts are due by Monday the 18th of June 2007.

For more information in the conference, including the draft program and
speaker information, or to submit your abstract online please go to
http://www.hia2007.com

The call for abstracts brochure can be downloaded from:
http://www.hia2007.com/files/135781_ICMS_HIA_A5_Postcards.pdf
[PDF 240 Kb]

Regards,

Ben Harris-Roxas

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HIA2007 Conference Speakers

Hugh Barton
WHO Collaborating Centre for Healthy Cities and Urban Policy, University of
West England, Bristol
Professor Hugh Barton has conducted extensive research on sustainability,
planning and the health impacts of urban environments.

Robert Bos
Sanitation and Health, World Health Organization, Geneva
Robert Bos has a long history of developing methods and capacity to use HIA
on water resource developments as part of the WHO’s Water, Sanitation and
Health Program.

Andrew Gilman
Sustainable Solutions International, Ottawa
Dr Andrew Gilman has had an extensive career working on sustainability and
health issues in Canada and internationally. He is the former Director of
Health Canada’s Office of Sustainable Development.

Ashley Gould
Welsh Local Government Association, Cardiff
Ashley Gould has worked on a number of health improvement initiatives at the
local government level in Wales, including HIA. His current work focuses on
capacity building and partnership working for health and wellbeing.

Elizabeth Harris
Research Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, University of New South
Wales, Sydney
Elizabeth Harris’ research led to the development of the Equity Focused
Health Impact Assessment Framework. Her work has focused on the development
and implementation of policy and practice interventions to reduce health
inequalities.

Richard Morgan
Centre for Impact Assessment Research and Training, University of Otago, Dunedin
Professor Richard Morgan has extensive experience in environmental
management and HIA. He was president of the International Association for
Impact Assessment in 2004.

Rob Quigley
Quigley and Watts Associates, Wellington
Rob Quigley has played a key role in the development of HIA in England and
New Zealand. He is actively involved in a range of HIAs across New Zealand.

Wiput Phoolcharoen
Thai Healthy Policy Foundation, Bangkok
Dr Wiput Phoolcharoen has wide-ranging expertise in public health issues in
the South East Asian Region. He is the former Director of the Thai Health
Systems Research Institute and currently the President of the Thai Healthy
Public Policy Foundation

Decharut Sukkumnoed
Thai Healthy Policy Foundation and Kasetsart University, Bangkok
Dr Decharut Sukkumnoed has guided the development of HIA and healthy public
policy in Thailand over the past seven years and is recognised as a HIA
leader in the region.

Daniel Tarantola
Initiative on Health and Human Rights, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Professor Daniel Tarantola has had a distinguished career as an advisor to
the World Health Organization and was involved in the creation of Call for
Abstracts: South East Asia and Oceania Health Impact Assessment Conference,
Sydney 7-9 November 2007 Sans Frontieres. He is best known for his
influential work in the area of HIV/AIDS and human rights.

Gareth Williams
Cardiff Institute of Society, Health and Ethics, Cardiff University, Cardiff
Professor Gareth Williams has over 20 years of experience in the sociology
of health and wellbeing. His current research looks at the relationships
between economic regeneration, community development and sustainable health.


Pre-Conference Workshops

    * What is health impact assessment?
    * Health Risk Assessment: An overview
    * HIA: A tool for healthy public policy

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Ben Harris-Roxas
Health Inequalities, Health Impact Assessment and Healthy Public Policy Program
(CHETRE)
http://www.hiaconnect.edu.au

Centre for Primary Health Care & Equity
School of Public Health and Community Medicine
University of New South Wales
CRICOS Code 00098G

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