Health Impact Assessment Archives

Health Impact Assessment: Guides and Tools

Apr 04, 2012

Health Impact Assessment, Publications, Publications HIA

To facilitate the work of those searching for HIA guides or tools adapted to their needs, we have listed and classified the HIA guides and tools available on the internet. This document was originally published in June 2008, and was updated in 2011-2012. The NCCHPP...

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Dialogues on HIA and Aboriginal Health

Mar 13, 2012

Health Impact Assessment, Presentations, Presentations or Webinars HIA

On March 13, 2012, the NCCHPP, in partnership with the NCC for Aboriginal Health (NCCAH), organized a dialogue session with academics and practitioners in the field of Aboriginal health. The objective of this session was to explore the potential uses of Health Impact...

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Citizen Participation in Health Impact Assessment (HIA): An Overview of the Principal Arguments Supporting It

Nov 19, 2011

Health Impact Assessment, Publications, Publications HIA

The founding documents of HIA identify citizen participation as one of its cornerstones. However, participatory practices in HIA are still limited in scope and in number. In addition, at times even the idea of citizen participation in HIA seems poorly articulated and...

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Citizen Participation in Health Impact Assessment (HIA): An Overview of the Risks and Obstacles

Nov 19, 2011

Health Impact Assessment, Publications, Publications HIA

The founding documents of HIA identify citizen participation as one of its cornerstones. However, participatory practices in HIA are still limited in scope and in number. In addition, at times even the idea of citizen participation in HIA seems poorly articulated and...

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Health Impact Assessment: Inventory of Resources

Nov 01, 2011

Health Impact Assessment, Publications, Publications HIA

Health impact assessment (HIA) is a process that makes it possible to shed light on decision-making related to proposed policies, programs or projects, and on their potential effects on the health of a population. There are many approaches to the practice of HIA, the...

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HIA Implementation in Canada: HIA Pilot Project in Montérégie, Québec

Oct 28, 2011

Health Impact Assessment, Publications, Publications HIA

Health Impact Assessment (HIA) is among the practices to consider for supporting the development and adoption of healthy public policies. In Québec, HIA has been in use by the provincial government for almost ten years, since the adoption of the Public Health Act....

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