Health impact assessment can inform planning to promote public health

This brief introduces planning directors and staff as well as policy-makers to HIA, a process that brings public health considerations into decision-making. It describes how HIAs can add value across a range of topics and summarizes the findings from a review of 134 planning-related HIAs conducted in the USA between 2004 and 2014. The resource might be useful for planners and public health practitioners.
 

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Briefing | 2018

Language(s): EN | Geographic Scope: Country | Author/Publisher: Health Impact Project & the American Planning Association