Recent News
2010-05-17 HIA Summer Training Course June 22-25, 2010
SFDPH is excited to announce that enrollment is now open for our annual Health Impact Assessment (HIA) Practitioners Summer Training Course. The overall goal of the course is to provide current and future practitioners of HIA experience using available procedures, regulations, and tools to implement an HIA. This year’s course will be held from June 22-25, 2010 near Civic Center in San Francisco.
2009-11-02 Galveston Adaptation of HDMT
Following the impact of Hurricane Ike last year, which damaged or destroyed 70% of Galveston, Texas' residential and commercial buildings, the island is adapting the HDMT to a post-disaster recovery scenario. The Center to Eliminate Health Disparities at the University of Texas Medical Branch is working with the local city and county governments, community-based service providers and non-profit agencies to ensure that current rebuilding efforts as well as new ordinances incorporate an assessment on the likely impact on health. To learn more, contact Lexi Nolen at the Center to Eliminate Health Disparities.
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