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Apologies for cross-posting IMPACT, The International Health Impact Assessment Consortium, Department of Public Health, University of Liverpool, will be running the next Health Impact Assessment Training Course 23rd – 27th May 2005 at The Foresight Centre, University of Liverpool. WHAT IS HIA? HIA identifies and encourages practices and policies that promote health and wellbeing in a way that is sensitive to the diversity of the local setting. It is a highly practical and systematic process using a combination of procedures, methods and tools to identify the likely affects of a proposed intervention (policy, programme or project) on a population’s health, and most importantly, looks at the distribution of those affects across different groups. HIA then considers what changes are needed to maximise the health benefits and reduce any health risks with particular emphasis on the reduction of inequalities of health and the promotion of ev idence based socially just interventions. WHO IS IT AIMED AT? The course is aimed at practitioners in Local Government (eg housing, planning, environmental health, community development, regeneration), NHS (eg health promotion, public health, primary care, community, mental health), the Voluntary Sector and Community Groups: Anyone working to reduce health and social inequity. HOW MUCH DOES IT COST? The cost of the course is £575. A limited number of subsidised places for the course are available for those unable to meet the full fee. Priority is given to community groups, voluntary organisations then PhD students - in that order. No monies are available for travel and subsistence. If you wish to apply for a subsidised place, send an outline explaining why you are eligible on no more than one side of A4. For further details email: [log in to unmask] or ring 0151 794 5570/5303