November 2023 Volume 8 Issue 1

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

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Welcome to the Fall 2023 CHIA issue. 

This issue has an article about using an HIA to improve the built environment to improve activity, 
decrease bike injuries and decrease obesity in Nevada. Another article used Snapchat and Uber’s 
social media platforms to examine the health impact on lifestyle behaviors and promoting healthy 
choices. We also included the Farewell message with permission from Ruth Lindberg, the Director 
of the Health Impact Project at Pew Charitable Trust.

I would also like to highlight that the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Pew Charitable Trust 
HIA database has now moved to the Institute for People, Place and Possibility through Community 
Commons. Access to the database can be found at https://hia.communitycommons.org/.

The website can be used for HIA and HiAP development. It includes Health Notes, Briefs, 
Visualizations and the Mapping of Health Impact Assessments. You can browse the HIA by vital 
conditions, priority populations and other factors. 

We would like to encourage those doing HIAs and HiAP work to please consider submitting an 
article to share your findings, processes and methods. Thank you for all that you do to promote 
health as a part of community decision making and policy development. 

Sincerely, 

Cynthia Stone, DrPH, RN
Chronicles of Health Impact Assessment Journal Editor

https://hia.communitycommons.org/