In this fourth clip, Dr. Elizabeth Harris describes the main differences between Health Impact Assessment and Equity-focused Health Impact Assessment. She also presents the main reasons for opting for an Equity-focused Health Impact Assessment, and the tools to help integrate an equity focus into the health impact assessment.
The NCCHPP conducted an interview with Dr. Harris, a pioneer in the field of Health Impact Assessment and in promoting equity focused Health Impact Assessment. Dr. Harris is an Associate Professor at the Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity at the University of New South Wales in Australia and Senior Advisor at the Health Equity Research and Development Unit in the Sydney Local Health District.
This interview is presented in four clips in which Dr. Harris presents the various dimensions of the Health in All Policies approach, the Health Impact Assessment (HIA) and the equity focused HIA.