The NCCHPP has produced a 26-minute documentary video on health impact assessment, featuring selections from interviews with international experts. Besides offering a broad picture of some of the main themes of interest in the field, this video focuses on five areas...
Understanding Policy Developments and Choices Through the “3-i” Framework: Interests, Ideas and Institutions
Analyzing Public Policies, Publications, Publications Analyzing Public Policies
This document introduces the “3-i” framework, a theoretical framework that helps explore how interests, ideas, and institutions interact to influence, and ultimately, form policy developments and choices. By bringing together three of the most common...
Series on Integrated Impact Assessment (IIA): 1- Overall situation and clarification of concepts
Health in All Policies, Publications, Publications HIAP
Integrated impact assessment (IIA) is a prospective analytical tool intended to support governmental decision-making processes. This first note in a series of 6 briefly defines IIA and describes its origins. It then provides an overview of the current state of...
Introduction to Public Health Ethics 1: Background
Public Health Ethics, Publications, Publications Ethics
This document defines public health and reviews the history and development of public health ethics, including its philosophical underpinnings. This paper, by Dr. Marjorie MacDonald of the University of Victoria, offers a brief survey of the field of public health...
Canadian Experiences in Institutionalizing Health Impact Assessment (HIA). 2013 Interprovincial-Territorial Meeting: Report
Health Impact Assessment, Publications, Publications HIA
This document presents an overview of the experiences that were shared at this interprovincial-territorial meeting on HIA. On April 18, 2013, the NCCHPP held a second interprovincial-territorial meeting to discuss the subject of HIA….This meeting had two main...
The 12th International Conference on Health Impact Assessment (HIA): New issues arising from the evolution of the practice – Summary of Discussions
Health Impact Assessment, Publications, Publications HIA
This document is a summary of the discussions carried out in August 2012 during the 12th International Conference on Health Impact Assessment. Every year, since 1998, an international conference on health impact assessment has taken place. These conferences have...