Saturday, May 6
10:45 a.m. A Call to Action for Healthy Communities, Hall 1A07
1:00 p.m. Healthy Regions, Hall 1A14
2:30 p.m. Creating Healthy Places, Hall 1A22 Incentivizing the Sale of Healthy and Local Food, Hall 1E09
4:00 p.m. From California to Delaware: Transferable Plans for Active Communities, Hall 1E08
Sunday, May 7
9:30 a.m. Beyond Parks: Public Health, Public Space, Hall 1A12 Food Systems Planning: Growing Connections and Planning for Health Across the Country, Hall 1E08
4:00 p.m. Plan4Helath: Partnering for Equity, Hall 1A22
Monday, May 8th
7:30 a.m. Participatory Planning in Health and Transportation, Hall 1E15
9:00 a.m. Safe Routes to Healthy Food, Hall 1E09
10:30 a.m. Plan4Health: Creating Place through Shared Use, Hall 1A21
2:45 p.m. Metrics for Planning Healthy Communities, Hall 1A23/24
4:15 p.m. How to Plan for Healthier Communities, Hall 1A21
Tuesday, May 9th
8:00 a.m. Planning for Healthy Rural-Urban Communities, Hall 1E08
11:00 a.m. Health Community Planning: Methods and Tools, Hall 1A10 Serving Up Health Equity Southern Style, Hall 1A08
Headed to NNPHI's Open Forum? Don't miss the many opportunities to connect with fellow HIA practitioners:
Thursday, Day 1 9:00AM, Health Impact Assessment Panel in La Salle A/B
Friday, Day 1 8:00AM, Breakfast Round Tables, Transforming Eau Claire: Designing a Healthy Community 9:00AM, COPPHI Talks in La Salle A/B
Please see the most recent SOPHIA newsletter here!
SOPHIA Members may be interested in attending the following conferences. Please note that registrations are closing soon!
IAIA17: Impact Assessment's Contribution to the Global Efforts in Addressing Climate Change Montreal April 4-7, 2017 Registration closes March 15th
NNPHI's Open Forum for Quality Improvement New Orleans April 19-21, 2017 Registration closes March 15th
American Planning Association's National Planning Conference New York City May 6-9, 2017 Registration closes April 6th
Learn what HIA is, work through the steps, and then discuss the opportunities and challenges you may face in your community. You will also hear about statewide initiatives and various tools to promote health equity in your area of expertise. http://www.cpe.rutgers.edu/courses/current/ep0704hb.html
The Environmental Public Health (EPH) Community Health and Design Coordinator plays a key role for the Built Environment Unit (BEU). Responsible for managing community and stakeholder engagement activities, including the development and implementation of broad-based marketing, communications and public relations strategies to promote and sustain the community capacity-building within institutions and among residents, namely coordination of stakeholder events and other education and outreach activities of the community planning team; the development of marketing and educational materials; and ongoing evaluation of promotion, education and outreach efforts. Development and Coordination
More information can be found here: http://agency.governmentjobs.com/harriscountytx/default.cfm?action=viewjob&JobID=1591650&ViewSupp=Yes&headerfooter=1&WDDXJobSearchParams=
The Health Impact Review and Policy Analyst will develop, implement, and maintain a Health Impact Review process, in collaboration with the Public Infrastructure Department, in order to achieve a Health in All Policies approach as part of Harris County Public Health's Health Equity Policy.
American Planning Association has an immediate opening for a Research Associate in the Planning and Community Health Center - find out more about the position and how to apply: https://www.planning.org/jobs/ad/9113550/.
Don't miss the SOPHIA Sunday Social at the American Public Health Association's 144th Annual Meeting and Exposition in Denver. Join fellow SOPHIA members and others for a casual gathering Sunday evening, October 30th between 6:00 - 10:00 p.m. at Stout Street Social. So we have a rough idea of how many will be joining us, please email SOPHIA Steering Committee member Jimmy Dills if you are interested (jdills@gsu.edu).
HIA topics are well-represented at APHA. Find some of your fellow HIA practitioners at one of these many sessions featuring HIA, health equity, HiAP, and other HIA-related topics.
The University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute is currently accepting application for the Deputy Director for Community Transformation who will serve as a senior leader for the County Health Rankings & Roadmaps program, a collaboration with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. This Deputy will lead the program’s work in the following areas:
· Building partnerships with organizations across the nation who are committed to building health in local communities; · Providing tools and guidance to local communities who are advancing health improvement efforts; · Creating and supporting a network approach to link partners and communities in these efforts; · Learning and sharing lessons to accelerate local health building; · Serving as an ambassador for building a culture of health
Successful candidates for this position will have strong skills in connecting vision with operations, managing complex projects, integrating work across a variety of programs, working with diverse partners from multiple sectors (including state or national philanthropies) and preferably a combination of both local and national experience.
For more information and to apply, please visit http://www.ohr.wisc.edu/Weblisting/External/PVLSummary.aspx?pvl_num=85410. To ensure consideration, applications must be received by September 30, 2016.