Health Impact Assessment for Healthy Policy: The Way Ahead

Keywords / Description:

This paper discusses the use of Health Impact Assessments (HIAs) for public policy.

Local jurisdictions can use this paper to understand how to use HIAs as a resource to implement Health in All Policies (HiAP).

Toolkit:

Health Equity and Social Justice Toolkit

Keyword Area:

Environmental Justice, Health Equity, Health Impact Assessment (HIA), Social Justice

Jurisdiction:

Institutional Author:

Alex Scott-Samuel and Eileen O'Keefe

Submitted:

04/27/2009

Modified:

11/08/2012

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