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Volume 1, Issue 1October 2016

LETTER FROM THE SOCIETY OF PRACTITIONERS OF 
HEALTH IMPACT ASSESSMENT 

Welcome to the first issue of  CHIA! SOPHIA is thrilled to partner with Indiana University (IU) to produce this important 
resource for the Health Impact Assessment (HIA) field. CHIA was created in response to an important need identified by 
HIA practitioners to have a platform to both share their work in a new way and learn. As the HIA field continues to grow and 
reinvent itself, CHIA will serve as a compendium of  evidence-based approaches to conducting HIAs.  

The publication of  CHIA provides an excellent opportunity for SOPHIA to further our mission of  providing leadership and 
promoting excellence in the field of  HIA. IU has been working hard for almost two years to produce this resource, and SO-
PHIA has been supporting IU by recruiting our members to serve as editorial board members and reviewers. Like many HIA 
field endeavors, the result is a product that reflects the current state of  the field, and provides yet another opportunity for the 
HIA community to come together into the future. We encourage all SOPHIA members to take advantage of  this incredible 
opportunity and contribute to the HIA community of  practice.

Tatiana Lin, SOPHIA President

Nancy Goff, SOPHIA Director