e-learning course: Health Impact Assessment in Practice

NHS Health Scotland Health Impact in Practice – e learning course

An excellent short introduction to HIA has been made available as an interactive e-learning course by NHS Health Scotland. It is available to all as an open access course.

The course contains six modules, each of which takes up to 2 hours to complete. It includes three case studies, and there is a downloadable workbook for you to record your findings as you work through these.

To find the course go to
http://elearning.healthscotland.com
You do not need to register but can click on ‘login as guest’ to access the course. Go to ‘Courses and Resources’ then click on Health Impact Assessment in Practice (Under Health Inequalities).

You may need to change certain settings on your browser since the course requires your browser to accept certain ActiveX controls and allow pop-ups in order to run. The site may ask you to run a compatibility test to ensure that your computer has the appropriate software to run the course. Notes on the site will explain how to do this and then you should be able to follow the course.