This website is designed to:

• Provide a user-friendly resource for people wanting to learn more about health impact assessment.

• Provide access to, and information on, the work of the Deakin HIA Research Unit.

The Deakin University HIA Research Unit works as a conduit for organisations and individuals interested in HIA by providing:

- Resources
- Support
- Training
- Advice
- Tools

The principal focus of the work is on the application of HIA to policies, strategies, projects and programs that are likely to have an impact on health, wellbeing and inequalities.

Deakin is also advocating the application of HIA through research, consulting and publishing materials on the most effective ways to ensure that public health can be improved. The unit is concerned with improving health status and making health an important consideration in decision making. It is working, at a range of levels, to increase awareness of the added value that HIA can provide.

Please use the side bars to access information on current research being undertaken by the HIA Unit at Deakin University; up and coming events, seminars and conferences relevant to HIA; educational programs in HIA, and links to national and international HIA organisations and activities.

Contacts
For further information regarding this website please contact
Jenny-Lyn Potter
Faculty of Health, Medicine, Nursing and Behavioural Sciences
Deakin University
221 Burwood Highway
Burwood Victoria 3125
Australia

Telephone: (61) + 03 9251 7215
Facsimile (61) + 03 9244 6261
E-mail: jenny-lynn.potter@deakin.edu.au