| CLASS # | TOPICS |
|---|---|
| 1 |
Class Introduction Course description, social determinants of health, rapid HIA client introduction. |
| 2 |
Major Health Challenges from a Public Health Perspective Synopsis of mortality and morbidity domestically and abroad; contrasting perspectives on health and disease. |
| 3 |
Rapid HIA, Training Guest lecturer: Barry Keppard, MAPC |
| 4 |
Health Disparities Measurement, definition, monitoring and tracking; inequity versus inequality; arguments for and against a focus on narrowing gaps in health status. |
| 5 |
Socioeconomic Status Income: What aspects of health can buy money? Material factors, relative position, psychosocial factors, stress, bandwidth, risk aversion. Employment: Job demand and control, job insecurity, occupational health and safety, prestige. Education: Contemporaneous and life course effects, links to other social factors. |
| 6 | HIA: Assessment Introduction |
| 7 |
Discrimination, Race / Ethnicity Scientific and social views on race, Latino health paradox, immigration and assimilation, discrimination, unequal returns on investment. |
| 8 | Criminal Justice System |
| 9 |
Neighborhoods: Built and Natural Environment Guest lecturer: Peter James, Harvard School of Public Health Air quality, water, green space, home-based hazards, heat, extreme weather/storms, climate change. Sprawl, food environment, neighborhood amenities, safety, identity and attachment. |
| 10 |
Neighborhoods: Social Environment What is a "neighborhood effect?" Community change, displacement, social capital. |
| 11 |
Embodiment Physiological effects of stress, immune function, life course perspective, intergenerational transmission. |
| 12 |
Policy and Policymaking Guest lecturer: Lauren Smith, FSG (former Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Public Health) Costs and benefits of bringing a health lens to non-health policies; planning and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. |
| 13 | Pathway presentations |
| 14 |
HIA: Applications Reviewing examples of HIAs, HIA process, scoping working session. |
| 15 |
HIA: Screening and Scoping Guest lecturer: Barry Keppard, MAPC Picking a policy, program, budget, plan for assessment; prioritizing health risks and health outcomes to examine. |
| 16 | HIA Assessment Workshop: Record Expungement |
| 17 | HIA Assessment Workshop: Just Cause for Eviction |
| 18 |
HIA: Designing Recommendations Using evidence effectively. HIA Critique Due |
| 19 |
Working Session Informal class presentations, time to workshop in teams. |
| 20 |
HIA: Successes and Failures HIA pitfalls and triumphs, with examples. |
| 21 |
State of the Practice Guest lecturer: Bethany Rogerson, Health Impact Project The breadth, scope, and growth of HIA practice. Comparison to other impact assessment. |
| 22 |
Alternatives to HIA Guest lecturer: Barry Keppard, MAPC Health in all policies, health lens analysis, other tools. |
| 23 |
HIA: Communications Framing, organizing, advocacy. |
| 24 | Final HIA presentations with clients |
| 25 | Final HIA presentations with clients (Cont.) |
| 26 |
Future of HIA Where do we go from here? Will HIA continue to spread? Should it? |