Developing a Model Curriculum for a University Course in Health Impact Assessment in the USA

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• Personal Author:
  Botchwey ND ; Dannenberg AL ; Pollack KM ; Seto E ; Stone CL
• Description:
  As health impact assessments (HIAs) become increasingly common in the USA, there is growing demand for instruction beyond short courses and online training. As of October 2013, there are graduate level courses that include instruction on HIA in at least 17 universities in the USA, including four courses that focus explicitly on HIA. Instructors of these four courses collaborated to develop a model curriculum for teaching HIA that draws on a framework for experiential learning and on a theoretical model of curriculum formulation. This article includes an in-depth analysis of these courses and presents a model curriculum for HIA instruction during an academic quarter or semester course in a university. This model curriculum may help faculty develop a graduate level HIA course at their institution, as well as inform public health and community design professionals interested in building capacity to conduct HIAs, and students considering taking an HIA course. International instructors could also learn from the US experience, and apply the model curriculum to their setting and educational structure. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Education Occupational Health Public Health Safety Staff Development
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: HIA Curriculum Development Graduate Education Model Curriculum Public Health Training
• ISSN:
  1461-5517
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Georgia ; Indiana ; Maryland ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 3 ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5 ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  80-85
• Volume:
  33
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20054834
• Citation:
  IAPA 2014 Jan; 33(1):80-85
• Contact Point Address:
  Keshia M. Pollack, Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 624 N. Broadway, Room 557, Baltimore, MD 21215, USA
• Email:
  kpollac1@jhu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Performing Organization:
  University of Washington
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Impact Assessment and Project Appraisal
• End Date:
  20250630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:f790fe2102abca9be0defc468b57eb69ff8066907490206cad8b5aa9ef9f12f3a3b1e1750a878a7b8077acc85363880986864d64a7b5fdf5291f67ef624bdff9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/217254/cdc_217254_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 140.48 KB ]