Health Impact Assessment (HIA) is an approach which is becoming more attractive to governments who wish to operationalize Health in all Policies (HiAP), a health promotion strategy that aims to improve population health. In 2002,  in order to meet this objective, the...

With the goal of sharing the various experiences that form HIA as it is practised in Canada, the NCCHPP presents information about different initiatives in the field. Among these is the PATH (People Assessing Their Health) network initiative in Nova Scotia. In 2008,...

In order to assist HIA practitioners in Canada and increase capacity in Health Impact Assessment (HIA), the National Collaborating Centre for Healthy Public Policy (NCCHPP) asked Habitat Health Impact Consulting to develop a Canadian HIA course. The first task was to...

Health impact assessment (HIA) rests on a broader definition of health and integrates the social determinants of health into the elaboration of public policy. This short document introduces the reader to the main characteristics of HIA such as its definition, its...

This study traces the history of Health Impact Assessment in Québec since 2001, paying critical attention to the implementation of section 54 of Québec’s Public Health Act and the mechanisms within the provincial government to foster its adoption. The authors of...

The NCCHPP has gathered together an expert Health Impact Assessment (HIA) reference group. In February, 2008 we hosted a Roundtable on HIA in the Canadian context. Some twenty people from Canada and abroad were invited to discuss, with members of the NCCHPP, the...