A avaliação de impacto à saúde como campo de saber

Abstract

The debate on what "appraisal of health impacts" is and which its limits are have remained since the beginning of performing studies practice. In consequence, many documents have been published to elucidate these questions, based on specific premises and approaches, especially for health impacts assessments (HIA). The current expansion of studies, mainly of HIA, the adjustments for different contexts, and the aggregated knowledge which vest it with the status of field of knowledge place the debate far from over, and invigorate the need of revisiting concepts and premises of health impact appraisal constructs. This need has motivated the elaboration of this study, which aims to revive the debate of this construct as a field of knowledge with vast theoretical apparatus, and to discuss, under a wide comprehension, about studies that could belong to this field, besides the HIA ones.

Avaliação de impacto à saúde no processo de implantação de usinas hidrelétricas: contribuições metodológicas

“…A AIS tem sido recomendada como uma ferramenta para estimar os impactos socioambientais e as desigualdades na saúde na fase de planejamento dos empreendimentos. Os princípios da AIS estão calcados na democracia, equidade, desenvolvimento sustentável e o uso ético das evidências, os quais descrevem o propósito da AIS, em resposta à forma com que os desfechos de saúde decorrentes da exploração de recursos e da modificação do território possam ser tratados (PEREIRA; HACON, 2017).…”

Health impact assessment in the process of implementation of hydroelectric plants: methodological contributions

“…The HIA has been recommended as a tool to estimate socio-environmental impacts and health inequalities in the planning phase of projects. The principles of HIA are based on democracy, equity, sustainable development and the ethical use of evidence, which describe the purpose of HIA, in response to the way in which the health outcomes resulting from the exploitation of resources and the modification of the territory can be treated (PEREIRA;HACON, 2017).…”