# Meeting with Prof Phil Wheater December 2022 [email protected] Emeritus Professor - MMU. Public Health. Used to be head of department/ head of school. Used to work in the environment and did environment impact assessments. HIA came through senior leadership approach. Public Health Wales did [[Health Impact Assessments]] and Phil did work on the environmental aspect of that. Faculty of Science and Engineering at Man Met. School of Geography. Son is 2nd year Creative Music and Technology at Salford --- ## HIAs - Not been involved - Mental Health HIA framework. Frameworks/ assessments very similar. - This is the approach Phil would take. - Not way Ayo did the Masters. HIA is intensive. Too much for an MSc. Rapid desk based version is MSc. - More comprehensive. Workshops, stakeholders. Interviews with vulnerable populations. Identification of priorities. Ground-truthing that. - Useful that we have Alterline survey. Direction and focus of the HIA. Steps 1. how useful HIA will be 2. Is there any other approaches that we can take? 3. Look at vulnerable population and breakdown into sub-populations. 4. Health determinants. SU can manage some aspects of student life. Can also influence. Look at what can be done by which organisation. First question. - Need to speak to Rosie Tressler. - First step is to look at survey data. - Nerris (??) was involved in HIA Wales. In doc that Ayo sent. Public Health Wales - Phil W involvement?