Top-Down Policy Risk Assessment

Ádám, Balázs; Molnár, Ágnes; Guliš, Gabriel; Otorepec, Peter; Cherecheș, Răzvan Mircea; Kobza, Joanna; Kollárová, Jana; Linzalone, Nunzia; Majdán, Marek; Sierig, Sarah; Mekel, Odile; Mochungong, Peter Ikome Kuwoh; Pastuszka, Józef S.; Zurlytė, Ingrida; Fehr, Rainer

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“…IFC-CNR undertakes numerous epidemiological studies in polluted areas in Italy [ 30 ]. The HIA approach has been applied by IFC-CNR in case studies that encompass levels of assessment from desktop [ 26 ] to comprehensive [ 25 , 27 ]. Also, specific methodological issues of HIA practice have been covered to support the definition of a general best practice [ 28 , 31 ].…”

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“…Since 2008 there has been an ongoing special collaboration with regions and municipalities implementing the requirements of UN Agenda 21 [ 33 ] to raise awareness in municipalities and citizens regarding HIA foundations. Findings from HIA case studies [ 25 , 26 , 27 ] are shown in Table 2 .…”

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“…The development of HIA stages looks patchy, with major strengths in the characterization of population profiles [ 25 , 27 ], the policy context [ 26 , 27 ], the stakeholders’ involvement, political commitment in the assessment process [ 26 ], the data needed, and quantification of impact [ 25 , 26 ]. A qualitative assessment of impact was also experimented to link the determinants of health to the final outcome through risk factors, using the causal chain approach.…”

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“…A qualitative assessment of impact was also experimented to link the determinants of health to the final outcome through risk factors, using the causal chain approach. A workshop session was carried out as a means of stakeholder consultation to prioritize determinants and sectors for programming focused interventions [ 26 ].…”

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“…The experience of impact assessments presented here (both case studies done by the authors or reviews of EIA and SEA reports) were chosen because they are representative of the issues relating to the activities of health impact assessment and their effective integration with the components of environmental assessment. Three case studies of HIA were analyzed [ 25 , 26 , 27 ]; all the EIA and SEA national procedures of new projects, plans or programs were screened for the presence/absence of a health chapter within the environmental report; two EIAs concerning strategic national projects were included as relevant case studies of integration of HIA in EIA. The national mandatory EIA database was analyzed starting from 1989, when EIA was implemented in a systematic way in Italy, and the SEA database starting from 2008, when ISPRA started to support the Ministry of the Environment in the evaluation of national SEA procedures.…”

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Health Impact Assessment Practice and Potential for Integration within Environmental Impact and Strategic Environmental Assessments in Italy

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Avoiding or minimizing potential environmental impact is the driving idea behind protecting a population’s health via Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) and Strategic Environmental Assessments (SEAs). However, both are often carried out without any systematic approach. This paper describes the findings of a review of HIA, EIA and SEA experiences carried out by the authors, who act as institutional competent subjects at the national and regional levels in Italy. The analysis of how health is tackled in EIA and SEA procedures could support the definition of a protocol for the integration of HIA with EIA and SEA. Although EIA and SEA approaches include the aim of protecting health, significant technical and methodological gaps are present when assessing health systematically, and their basic principles regarding assessment are unsatisfactory for promoting and addressing healthcare concepts stated by the WHO. HIA is still poorly integrated into the decision-making process, screening and monitoring phases are only occasionally implemented, and operational details are not well-defined. The collaborative approach of institutions involved in environment and health is a core element in a systematic advancement toward supporting effective decisions and effective protection of the environment and health. At the Italian national level, the definition of guidelines and tools for HIA, also in relation with EIA and SEA, is of great interest.

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confidence: 99%