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Center for Health Impact Evaluation
Chief Science Office
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
313 N. Figueroa St., Rm 608
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Phone: (213) 288-8673
Fax: (213) 250-2594
Email: CHIE@ph.lacounty.gov
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Health
Impact Assessments
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The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) Health Impact Assessment (HIA) Project
The goals of NACCHO's HIA Project are to increase local health department (LHD) staff training and experience in HIA, promote the use of HIA at local health departments, improve community design and built environment decisions by increasing the consideration of health, and ultimately improve community health. Through its HIA project, NACCHO works to achieve these goals by assisting LHDs in increasing the use of HIA in community design, transportation, parks and recreation, housing, and land use planning decisions, among others.
NACCHO Link
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World Health
Organization (WHO) HIA Methodology
and Capacity Building
The World Health Organization showcases HIAs from multiple sectors, including agriculture, air, culture, development, energy, housing, mining, noise, social welfare, tourism, transport and communications, waste, and water. WHO maintains a strong relationship with
the International Association for Impact
Assessment; it has also
published reports on HIA methodology
development and mechanisms for building
HIA capacity.
WHO Link
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The Pew Charitable
Trusts
The Pew Charitable Trusts is an
organization that strives to improve
public policy by conducting rigorous
analysis, linking diverse interests to
pursue common causes and to inform the
public by providing useful data that
illuminate the issues and trends shaping
our world.
Pew
has developed a comprehensive guide
to support practitioners in the
field by describing the key tasks and
activities for HIA, as well as the issues
and challenges that arise in the course
of practice.
Pew Link
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The Society of Practitioners of Health Impact Assessment (SOPHIA)
SOPHIA is an international association of individuals and organizations that provides leadership and promotes excellence in the field of HIA. They develop resources that help build HIA practitioner capacity; support peer mentoring opportunities; and keep members up to date on resources, training, and technical assistance opportunities. SOPHIA is open to HIA and Health in All Policies (HiAP) practitioners, researchers, and advocates with all levels of experience. By promoting the thorough and systematic consideration of health in decision-making across a range of sectors, SOPHIA works to reduce health inequities and achieve better health for all.
SOPHIA Link
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Economic Evaluation
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Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) Public Health Economic Tools
This collection of economics tools is maintained by the
CDC's Center for State, Tribal,
Local and Territorial Support. It provides links
to a variety of tools developed by health
economists to calculate, among others, the costs
of various illnesses, demands for service during
a pandemic, and the costs and benefits of
changing regulations on HIV screening among new
immigrants to the US. In addition, the page
directs users to health economics training and
other resources relevant to economic evaluation
in public health.
CDC Link
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Veterans Affairs (VA)
Health Economics Research Center (HERC)
HERC assists VA researchers in assessing the
cost-effectiveness of medical care, evaluating
the efficiency of programs and providers, and
conducting health economics research. Their
website includes various resources describing
the basic concepts and methods used in health
economics, archives of webinars and online
courses given by VA researchers, and a database
of health economics publications.
HERC Link
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National Institutes of
Health (NIH) Health Economics Self-Study Course
Online course with content describing
the scope of health economics, the US
health care system, and a guide to
identify and assess the quality of
health economics studies and related publications.
NIH Link
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Academy Health
Public Health Systems Research
(PHSR) is an
emerging discipline that examines the
organization, financing, and delivery of
public health services, as well as the
impact of these activities on population
health. The PHSR website provides an
overview of the field and links to
various training and research resources
from the PHSR community. The group holds
a meeting every year in conjunction with
Academy Health's Annual Research Meeting.
PHSR Link
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Model
Simulation
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Making the Case for Systems Science Approaches in Public Health
This paper outlines the context for systems science, opportunities for the application of systems science
in public health, and ways of moving the field of systems science forward in the public health realm.
Link to paper
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Opening a
Window on Systems Science Research in
Health Promotion and Public Health
This paper outlines simulation modeling
in healthcare and provides insight into
systems science. It sought
examples of work that demonstrates how
systems science methods have been used
to engage practical challenges and
opportunities within real-world
organizational settings.
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Simulation Modeling
in Healthcare: Reviewing Legacies and
Investigating Futures
This article proposes considered futures
for the use of simulation as a problem
solving technique within healthcare
settings, and
presents options for how simulation
could be used within the healthcare
domain. Such options or futures could
assist in identifying the critical
barriers towards having a successful
strategy and provide the basis for
debate that will be necessary to attain
it.
Link to paper
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How Modeling Can
Inform Strategies to Improve Population
Health: A Workshop
On April 9, 2015, the Roundtable on
Population Health Improvement in
Washington, DC held a workshop exploring
how modeling can inform strategies to
improve population health. The workshop
included a dialogue between modelers
from a range of disciplines and model
users, with a focus on making practical
contributions to move modeling forward
in population health at local, state,
and federal levels, including strategies
to build capacity for modeling.
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