1. Workshop 2 Chair: Martin Birley Health Impact Assessment: Making the Difference

2. MAKING AN IMPACT Build Capacity for Health Impact Assessment in Liverpool

3. Sophie Grinnell BEng (Hons), MSc HIA Officer/ Researcher, University of Liverpool

4. Overview of presentation Welcome….. Background to project Role of the HIA Officer Opportunities & Challenges –Personal challenges –Contextual challenges –Opportunities

5. Welcome………….

6. Bad bits High levels of deprivation Recycling/composting Stated health is not good Car ownership

7. Good bits Healthy Cities Capital of Culture 2008 World Heritage Status Beatles Football!! Diverse & vibrant cultural mix Home to HIA

8. Liverpool’s leading…approach to integrating Health into all policies www.ihia.org.uk

9. Background to project The project 2 ½ years Partnership approach

10. Aims: develop a HIA culture in Liverpool organisations, integrate HIA into policy development. Objective: Build capacity for HIA, support HIAs.

11. What the project has done so far….. HIA Officer installed Assessed ‘level of readiness’ High level commitment Embed HIA into organisations Capacity Build HIAs

12. How we’ve done it…. Baseline Assessment Declaration Conference Integrated Screening Tool & HIA Policy HIA Network Supported HIAs eg, Action Learning sets.

13. Role of HIA officer ‘sit’ within the Forward Planning Policy Department of City Council to ensure health is incorporated within planning policy eg Core Strategy. Support HIAs being commissioned within the Council & PCT’s. Present papers HIA Integration of SEA & HIA Promoting this project

14. Challenges/opportunities Personal Challenges Contextual Challenges Opportunities

15. Personal Challenges What I had to learn:- –Health –Council –HIA –Academia What I didn’t have to learn:- –Networking

16. Contextual Challenges Understanding the ‘tiers’ within the Council New situation (role, project) New planning system Dual role Politically hot Sustainability Commitment

17. Opportunities High level commitment Position - very positively accepted “Good people” – HIA champions Dual role - networking/partnership Knowledge base – big(ger) picture

18. Thank you for listening

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