Sample Syllabi for HIA Education

HIA courses taught across the US and Internationally are listed below. Courses included in this teach students how to conduct health impact assessments as the central focus of the instruction. Full syllabi for these courses are available through the hyperlinks.

 

US HIA Course Offerings:

  • Health in Appalachia | Berea College, Department of Physical Education and Health, Kentucky | Elizabeth Walker, Deborah Payne
  • Impact Assessment | Georgia Institute of Technology, School of City and Regional Planning | Nisha Botchwey
  • Health Impact Assessment | Indiana University, School of Medicine, Department of Public Health | Cynthia Stone, Marion S. Greene
  • Health Impact Assessment | Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Maryland | Keshia M. Pollack
  • Health Impact Assessment | University of California, Berkley School of Public Health | Rajiv Bhatia, Edmund Seto, Jason Coburn
  • Health Impact Assessment | University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Health | Brian Cole
  • Health Impact Assessments | University of Washington, School of Public Health | Andrew Dannenberg
  • HIA of Global Environmental Change | University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health, Population Health Sciences | Jonathan Patz
  • Lehman College (summer class)
  • Impact Assessment | Portland State University, College of Urban and Public Affairs | J. Strathman

 

International HIA Course Offerings:

  • Health Impact Assessment | University of Liverpool, U.K.
  • University of New South Wales, Research Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, Australia | Patrick Harris

 

Note, those who would like to add their course to this list of HIA offerings, please submit your class information to the Clearinghouse here.

Map of Georgia Tech

Georgia Institute of Technology
School of City and Regional Planning
245 4th St
Atlanta, GA 30332

The Built Environment and Public Health Clearinghouse was supported by the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention's Office of the National Prevention Strategy and Healthy Community Design Program and made possible through additional support from the American Public Health Association, the National Network of Public Health Institutes, and the American Planning Association's Planning and Community Health Research Center. Interested in adding to and supporting the Clearinghouse? Contact the Clearinghouse at bephc@gatech.edu.