[EQ] Health Impact Assessment: A practical guide

Health Impact Assessment: A practical guide

 

Harris, P., Harris-Roxas, B., Harris, E., & Kemp, L.

Sydney: Centre for Health Equity Training, Research and Evaluation (CHETRE)

Part of the UNSW Research Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity

The University of New South Wales, Australia UNSW -2007

 

The guide aims to provide people a practical understanding of HIA, its process, concepts and theories.

 

Available online as PDf file [43p.] at: http://www.hia2007.com/Health_Impact_Assessment_A_Practical_Guide.pdf

 

“…..Health Impact Assessment HIA is both a health protection and health promotion tool. In Health Impact Assessment HIA, health should be broadly defined to include assessments of both health hazards and health benefits of a proposal and the potential ways in which health and wellbeing can be both protected and promoted….”

 

Table of Contents

Foreword

Introduction

PART One: Overview of Key Concepts

What is HIA?

Why undertake HIA?

What do we mean by ‘health’?

How is health created?

What are health impacts?

HIA is prospective

Broad participation

Equity

PART Two: The Steps in HIA

1. Screening

2. Scoping

3. Identification

4. Assessment

5. Decision-making and recommendations

6. Evaluation and follow-up

Glossary of Terms

References

Appendices

 

Ben Harris-Roxas, Research Fellow - Centre for Health Equity Training, Research and Evaluation (CHETRE)

Phone +61 2 9385 0118 | Fax +61 2 9385 0140 | Email b.harris-roxas@unsw.edu.au
 

For a print copy of the guide and/or more information about HIA please phone +61 2 9835 0129 or email at s.m.green@unsw.edu.au. An online

version of the guide, with additional materials, links to further resources, and online exercises, is being developed and will be released in 2008 on HIA Connect http://www.hiaconnect.edu.au



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