The introduction of health impact assessment in the WHO European Healthy Cities Network

Ison, Erica

doi:10.1093/heapro/dap056

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“…This assumption is backed up by the conceptual literature that has moved away from the medical to a social model of public health (e.g. Whitehead an Dahlgren, 1991;Green et al, 2002;Barton and Tsourou, 2000;Corburn, 2010 for the US context) as well as by the long standing WHO policy advocating for the recognition of socio-economic development on health (Barton and Tsourou, 2000;Ison, 2009). Impact assessment can offer a tool ensuring that health impacts of developments are considered.…”

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Integration of health into urban spatial planning through impact assessment: Identifying governance and policy barriers and facilitators

Carmichael

Barton

Gray

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Environmental Impact Assessment Review

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Integration of health into urban spatial planning through impact assessment: Identifying governance and policy barriers and facilitators

Carmichael

Barton

Gray

et al. 2012

Environmental Impact Assessment Review

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“…This provides local, non-western, contextual support for global research showing that HIA practice requires paying attention both to the external tactical or broader institutional factors as well as the technical issues related to HIAs conduct and practice [ 7 ]. For example, in Iran the results emphasize the broad influence of economic conditions, where the focus on economic growth and development influence the perceived socio-political usefulness of HIA and whether sufficient funds can be allocated to the practice of HIAs [ 6 , 28 ]. In the public policy arena the broad context in which HIAs are undertaken have been shown to be institutional, structures (the entities and rules within organizations or systems which influence policy making), actors (the stakeholders involved in policy making) and ideas (the content of policy making) as factors which work to create policy change [ 29 ].…”

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Proposing a framework for Health Impact Assessment in Iran

2015

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BackgroundHealth impact assessments (HIA) of policies and projects are conducted differently in different contexts although there has been less HIA research to date in non-western countries. Global HIA research has however suggested that the technical conduct of HIAs is tied to broader conditions and influences to do with decision making and policy development.This study was conducted to develop a conceptual framework for progressing HIA in Iran including all factors influencing HIA planning and practice.MethodsA comprehensive review of the international HIA literature identified core characteristics and principles. Then key informant interviews (n = 14) identified Iranian perspectives about factors influencing HIAs practice. These two stages resulted in a conceptual framework for HIA planning and practice including influencing factors and HIA content that was confirmed by our participants using e-Delphi technique.Results91 HIA characteristics were organized into 20 categories. The interviews showed that four core concepts i.e. context, actors, HIA principles and policies and HIA capacities influence HIA practice in Iran. Comprehensive content of HIA considering all health dimensions and health determinants, assessing health inequalities, appropriate HIA type, quantification and participation is formed under influence of the above mentioned four factors. The study also demonstrated need to redefine the HIA principles and make decision about integration of HIA in Environmental Impact Assessment and also about the level of HIA before implementing HIA. The e-Delphi resulted in expert consensus on the variables, concepts, and their relations in proposed framework.ConclusionsProgressing HIA practice in Iran is perceived locally as subject to similar contextual conditions to those identified in the international literature. Further we have demonstrated the utility of mixed methods to progress HIA implementation in differing country contexts.

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“…In this sense, since 2002, staff of the WHO Regional Office for Europe have studied how to introduce HIA into the WHO European Healthy Cities programme. The use of HIA by four cities in the Network-Belfast, Onex-Geneve, Helsingborg, Bologna-illustrates the challenges and successes experienced in the initial stages of Phase IV (Ison, 2009). An experience which seeks to be transferred to the rural associations, institutions and areas.…”

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Reducing health inequalities: the use of Health Impact Assessment on Rural Areas

Tolosana

2015

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Health is greatly influenced by social, economic and political determinants. Accordingly, decisions influencing people's health do not concern only health services or 'health policies', but decisions in many different policy areas have their influence on these health determinants. Health Impact assessment (HIA) is a predictive tool to support decisions in policy-making. The ultimate goal of this framework is to maximize health gains and, as far as possible, to reduce health inequalities. HIA presents a commitment to ensure that the rural dimension is routinely considered as part of the making and implementing of policy. The aim of this paper is to review the use of HIA on rural areas. Conclusions: HIA shows its great potential to contribute to local authority decision making. The use of HIA was identified in 2 key areas: strategic planning (sustainable development, EU Common Agricultural Policy, Federal Farm Bill, land-use planning work); and in specific smaller scale projects (rural health service redesign proposal, accessing healthy food, transport, health care disparities, etc.).

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The introduction of health impact assessment in the WHO European Healthy Cities Network

Cited by 23 publications

References 5 publications

Integration of health into urban spatial planning through impact assessment: Identifying governance and policy barriers and facilitators

Integration of health into urban spatial planning through impact assessment: Identifying governance and policy barriers and facilitators

Proposing a framework for Health Impact Assessment in Iran

Reducing health inequalities: the use of Health Impact Assessment on Rural Areas

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