Health Impact Assessment: Concepts, Theory, Techniques and Applications (Oxford Medical Publications)

Health effects are often overlooked when planning development projects ranging from new runways at major airport sites to developing water supply systems to improve sanitation. Health Impact Assessment (HIA) is the assessment of the health effects, positive or negative, of a project, programme, or policy. It is therefore concerned with the health of populations and attempts to predict the future consequences for health of decisions which have not yet been implemented. HIA is a new and growing field with numerous schools of thought and areas of controversy.This book is the first to give a comprehensive overview of the concepts, theory, techniques and applications of HIA to aid all those preparing projects or carrying out assessments. It draws on examples and thinking from many different disciplines and many parts of the world. It identifies the areas of agreement and the questions remaining unanswered. It maps a confused field and signposts possible directions for future progress.Health Impact assessment is intended to help decision makers in all areas forsee the consequences of their decisions, to ensure the consequences are considered and reduce risk of population health being damaged through some indirect and unintended consequence of a decision.This book is a practical handbook for those preparing the assessments be they epidemiologists, environmentalists, health economists or public health specialists as well as serving as a conceptual guide for policy makers, decision makers and planners at national and international levels. This book will serve both as a reference for the established HIA practitioner and as an introduction for the novice. This Book Is The First To Provide A Comprehensive Overview Of The Concepts, Theory, Techniques, And Applications Of Hia To Aid All Those Preparing Projects Or Carrying Out Assessments. It Draws On Examples And Thinking From Many Different Disciplines And Many Parts Of The World. It Identifies The Areas Of Agreement And The Questions Remaining Unanswered. It Maps A Confused Field And Signposts Possible Directions For Future Progress. Health Impact Assessment Is Intended To Help Decision Makers In All Areas Foresee The Consequences Of Their Decisions, To Ensure The Consequences Are Considered And Reduce The Risk Of Population Health Being Damaged Through Some Indirect And Unintended Consequence Of A Decision. This Book Is A Practical Handbook For Those Preparing The Assessments Be They Epidemiologists, Environmentalists, Health Economists, Or Public Health Specialists, As Well As Serving As A Conceptual Guide For Policy Makers, Decision Makers, And Planners At National And International Level.--book Jacket. 1. What Is Hia? -- Introduction And Overview -- 2. The Development Of Hia -- 3. Health Inequalities And Health Impact Assessment -- 4. Causal Mechanisms For Hia: Learning From Epidemiology -- 5. The Contribution Of The Social Sciences To Hia -- 6. Quantitative Approaches To Health Impact Assessment -- 7. Evidence And Hia -- 8. The Role Of Lay Knowledge In Hia 9. Planning An Hia -- 10. Hia: A Practitioners View -- 11. Rapid Appraisal Techniques -- 12. Lessons From Environmental Impact Assessment -- 13. Community Development: The Role Of Health Impact Assessment -- 14. Health Impact Assessment At The International Policy Making Level -- 15. Hia Of Policy In Canada -- 16. Hia And National Policy In The Netherlands -- 17. Hia In Scotland -- 18. Experience Of Hia In Wales -- 19. Hia At The Local Level In Sweden -- 20. Hia In Australia -- 21. Hia And Policy Development In London: Using Hia As A Tool To Integrate Health Considerations Into Strategy -- 22. Using Hia In Local Government -- 23. Hia: The German Perspective -- 24. Health Impact Assessment Schiphol Airport -- 25. The Finningley Airport Health Impact Assessment: A Case Study -- 26. Hia And Urban Regeneration: The Ferrier Estate, England -- 27. Impact Assessment In Canada: An Evolutionary Process -- 28. Hia And Waste Disposal -- 29. Health Impact Assessment And Fears Of Toxicity: Health Risk Assessment Of A Control Programme For The White-spotted Tussock Moth In New Zealand -- 30. The Health Impact Assessment Of Crime Prevention -- 31. Expanding The Number Of Places For Medical Student Training In England -- An Assessment Of The Impacts -- 32. Hia In Developing Countries -- 33. Hia Of Agricultural And Food Policies -- 34. Hia The National Alcohol Strategy For England -- 35. Hia In Strategic Environmental Assessment And Its Application To Policy In Europe -- 36. Futre Directions For Hia. Edited By John Kemm, Jayne Parry, Stephen Palmer. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Contents......Page 8 Abbreviations page......Page 12 Contributors page......Page 14 1 What is HIA? Introduction and overview......Page 20 2 The development of HIA......Page 34 3 Health inequalities and HIA......Page 44 4 Causal mechanisms for HIA: learning from epidemiology......Page 58 5 The contribution of the social sciences to HIA......Page 72 6 Quantitative approaches to HIA......Page 80 7 Evidence and HIA......Page 90 8 The role of lay knowledge in HIA......Page 100 9 Planning an HIA......Page 110 10 HIA: a practitioner’s view......Page 122 11 Rapid appraisal techniques......Page 134 12 Lessons from EIA......Page 150 13 Community development: the role of HIA......Page 162 14 HIA at the international policy-making level......Page 172 15 HIA of policy in Canada......Page 184 16 HIA and national policy in the Netherlands......Page 196 17 HIA in Scotland......Page 210 18 The experience of HIA in Wales......Page 220 19 HIA at the local level in Sweden......Page 232 20 HIA in Australia......Page 242 21 HIA and policy development in London: using HIA as a tool to integrate health considerations into strategy......Page 254 22 Using HIA in local government......Page 262 23 HIA: the German perspective......Page 272 24 HIA in Schiphol Airport......Page 284 25 The Finningley Airport HIA: a case study......Page 304 26 HIA and urban regeneration: the Ferrier estate, England......Page 318 27 Impact Assessment in Canada: an evolutionary process......Page 328 28 HIA and waste disposal......Page 336 29 HIA and fears of toxicity: health risk assessment of a control programme for the white-spotted tussock moth in New Zealand......Page 348 30 The HIA of crime prevention......Page 360 31 Expanding the number of places for medical student training in England: an assessment of the impacts......Page 370 32 HIA in developing countries......Page 382 33 HIA of agricultural and food policies......Page 394 34 HIA and the National Alcohol Strategy for England......Page 408 35 HIA in SEA and its application to policy in Europe......Page 422 36 Future directions for HIA......Page 430 B......Page 438 C......Page 439 D......Page 440 E......Page 441 F......Page 442 H......Page 443 L......Page 444 N......Page 445 P......Page 447 S......Page 448 T......Page 449 W......Page 450 Z......Page 451 Health effects are often overlooked when planning development projects ranging from new runways at major airport sites to developing water supply systems to improve sanitation. Health Impact Assessment (HIA) is the assessment of the health effects, positive or negative, of a project, programme, or policy. It is therefore concerned with the health of populations and attempts to predict the future consequences for health of decisions which have not yet been implemented. HIA is a new and growing field with numerous schools of thought and areas of controversy. This book is the first to give a comprehensive overview of the concepts, theory, techniques and applications of HIA to aid all those preparing projects or carrying out assessments. It draws on examples and thinking from many different disciplines and many parts of the world. It identifies the areas of agreement and the questions remaining unanswered. It maps a confused field and signposts possible directions for future progress. Health Impact assessment is intended to help decision makers in all areas forsee the consequences of their decisions, to ensure the consequences are considered and reduce risk of population health being damaged through some indirect and unintended consequence of a decision. This book is a practical handbook for those preparing the assessments be they epidemiologists, environmentalists, health economists or public health specialists as well as serving as a conceptual guide for policy makers, decision makers and planners at national and international levels. This book will serve both as a reference for the established HIA practitioner and as an introduction for the novice. Health effects are often overlooked when planning development projects ranging from new runways at major airport sites to developing water supply systems to improve sanitation. Health Impact Assessment (HIA) is the assessment of the health effects, positive or negative, of a project, programme, or policy. It is therefore concerned with the health of populations and attempts to predict the future consequences for health of decisions which have not yet been implemented. HIA is a new and growing field with numerous schools of thought and areas of controversy. This book is the first to give a comprehensive overview of the concepts, theory, techniques and applications of HIA to aid all those preparing projects or carrying out assessments. It draws on examples and thinking from many different disciplines and many parts of the world. It identifies the areas of agreement and the questions remaining unanswered. It maps a confused field and signposts possible directions for future progress. HIA is intended to help decision makers in all areas foresee the consequences of their decisions, to ensure the consequences are considered and reduce the risk of population health being damaged through some indirect and unintended consequence of a decision. This book is a practical handbook for those preparing the assessments be they epidemiologists, environmentalists, health economists or public health specialists as well as serving as a conceptual guide for policy makers, decision makers and planners at national and international level. This book will serve both as a reference for the established HIA practitioner and as an introduction for the novice. Providing a comprehensive overview of the concepts, theory, techniques and applications of Health Impact Assessment to aid all those preparing projects or carrying out assessments, this book draws on examples and thinking from many different disciplines and many parts of the world.