Publications
HIA and Inequities
This paper focuses on how HIA invites health practitioners to take not only the impacts on the health of the population into consideration, but also how these impacts could have differential effects on some groups of the population.
PATH Report – Influencing Healthy Public Policy with Community Health Impact Assessment
This report is a summary of the diverse activities documented by PATH (People Assessing Their Health) throughout the year that sheds light on the influence of community health impact assessment (CHIA) in promoting healthy public policy.
Introduction to HIA
This document offers an introdution to the practice of Health Impact Assessment (HIA).
Practice Standards for Health Impact Assessment (HIA)
A point of reference for North American Health Impact Assessment practitioners. Produced by the North American HIA Practice Standards Working Group.
Discussion Workshop on Health Impact Assessment at the Level of Provincial Governments
The results from a meeting of representatives of provincial ministries of health, discussing HIA practices and potential in Canada.
Brief History of PATH
Introductory overview of the PATH project, showing the different steps and projects that shaped the history of this movement.
Development of a Canadian HIA Course
A Review of Existing HIA Courses, Methods and Results.
What is Health Impact Assessment (HIA)?
A short introduction to Health Impact Assessment (HIA).
HIA in Québec: when the law becomes a lever for action
The NCCHPP publishes the English translation of this study of Health Impact Assessment (HIA) in Québec following the 2001 adoption of Québec’s Public Health Act.
Report on the Canadian Roundtable on Health Impact Assesment (HIA)
What is the state of HIA in Canada? The NCCHPP convened the Canadian Roundtable as an expert group on HIA, and asked questions about HIA in the Canadian context at the group’s February 22, 2008 meeting. We are publishing the report of the event here.