Health Impact Assessment in New Zealand

Training

View the types of HIA training in New Zealand.

The HIA Support Unit is not a direct provider of HIA training. However, it has an important role in financially supporting the delivery of HIA training as well as presenting about HIA and the role of the HIA Support Unit.

The HIA Support Unit has financially supported the following HIA training to date:

Introductory and advanced HIA Summer School courses
Half day and two day Whānau Ora HIA training (see Whānau Ora HIA page)
Training through the HIA Learning by Doing Fund
HIA Practitioner workshops.

The HIA Support Unit has presented or regularly presents at the following training:

Introductory and advanced HIA Summer School courses
Half day and two day Whānau Ora HIA training (see Whānau Ora HIA page)
HIA training for public health medicine registrars
Health protection officer training hosted by the Ministry of Health
HIA Practitioner workshops.

The types of HIA training in New Zealand include:

Type	Frequency	Delivered By	Contact
Introductory to HIA Summer School 2010 summer programme	Annual	University of Otago’s HIA Research Unit	Louise Signal louise.signal@otago.ac.nz (04) 385 5541 x 6040
Advanced HIA Summer School	Annual	University of Otago’s HIA Research Unit	Louise Signal louise.signal@otago.ac.nz (04) 385 5541 x 6040
Whānau Ora HIA training	10 half day workshops and 5 two day workshops run in 2008	University of Otago’s HIA Research Unit	hia@moh.govt.nz Christine Stewart (04) 816 2837; or Matt Soeberg (04) 816 2672.
HIA training funded through Learning by Doing Fund	As required	Local or national HIA training experts or consultants	hia@moh.govt.nz Christine Stewart (04) 816 2837; or Matt Soeberg (04) 816 2672.
HIA training hosted by individual DHBs or public health services	As required	Local or national HIA training experts or consultants	hia@moh.govt.nz Christine Stewart (04) 816 2837; or Matt Soeberg (04) 816 2672.
HIA Practitioner Workshops	As required	Hosted regionally on behalf of the HIA Support Unit, with	hia@moh.govt.nz Christine Stewart (04) 816 2837; or Matt Soeberg (04) 816 2672.
Training for specific professional groups, eg public health medicine registrars,,and where appropriate, designated officers under the Health Act, Environmental Health Officers.	As required		Training Facilitator for the professional group
Internal training for Ministry of Health staff	As required		hia@moh.govt.nz Christine Stewart (04) 816 2837; or Matt Soeberg (04) 816 2672.

For further information please contact Christine Stewart on (04) 816 2837 or Matt Soeberg on (04) 816 2672.

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