Health Impact Assessment Archives

Developing a Citizen-Participation Strategy for Health Impact Assessment: Practical Guide

Sep 12, 2013

Health Impact Assessment, Publications, Publications HIA

This practical guide looks at the relevance and the feasibility of a citizen-participation strategy in the context of a health impact assessment. Health Impact Assessment (HIA) is a practice that aims to estimate the potential impacts of policies, programs or projects...

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Workshop – Becoming Familiar with HIA as a Strategy for Health in All Policies – HIA 2012

Dec 11, 2012

Health Impact Assessment, Presentations, Presentations or Webinars HIA

As part of the 12th International Conference on HIA held in Québec City in August 2012, the NCCHPP offered an introductory workshop on the health impact assessment (HIA) approach. The three-hour workshop was given in French in the morning and in English in the...

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Workshop – HIA Practice in Aboriginal Contexts in Canada: How, to What End, and by Whom? – HIA 2012

Aug 31, 2012

Health Impact Assessment, Presentations, Presentations or Webinars HIA

Although the practice of HIA has grown up considerably in recent years in many parts of the world, it is still being developed in Canada, and its currency is even more limited in Aboriginal contexts. These contexts are characterized by cultural, geographical and...

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Implementation of Section 54 of Québec’s Public Health Act

Aug 15, 2012

Health Impact Assessment, Publications, Publications HIA

Since the 2002 adoption of the Québec Public Health Act’s section 54, Québec government bodies proposing laws or regulations must first go through a health impact assessment (HIA) process. This paper provides a brief review of section 54. It describes the...

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Interprovincial Meeting on Health Impact Assessment (HIA): Update

Jul 31, 2012

Health Impact Assessment, Publications, Publications HIA

In February 2009, the NCCHPP brought together representatives of health ministries and agencies from across the country to talk about Health Impact Assessment (HIA). The specific objectives of this meeting were to share and learn about experiences with HIA and to...

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Citizen Participation in Health Impact Assessment: Overview of Issues

May 03, 2012

Health Impact Assessment, Publications, Publications HIA

Health Impact Assessment (HIA) is a practice that aims to evaluate the potential impacts of a policy, program or project on population health so as to minimize the negative and maximize the positive effects. The founding documents of HIA identify citizen participation...

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