Current Global Health Impact Assessment Practice.
- Winkler MS Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, P.O. Box, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland.
- Furu P Global Health Section, Department of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, P.O. Box 2099, 1014 Copenhagen K, Denmark.
- Viliani F International SOS, Vesterbrogade 149, 1620 København V Copenhagen, Denmark.
- Cave B BCA Insight Ltd., 5-7 St Pauls Street, Gresham House, Leeds LS1 2JG, UK.
- Divall M Shape Consulting, P.O. Box 602, St Peter Port GY1, Guernsey, UK.
- Ramesh G Geetha Ramesh, 151 Canada Olympic Rd, Calgary, AB T3B 6B7, Canada.
- Harris-Roxas B Centre for Primary Health Care and Equity, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia.
- Knoblauch AM Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, P.O. Box, CH-4002 Basel, Switzerland.
- 2020-04-30
Published in:
- International journal of environmental research and public health. - 2020
determinants of health
health impact assessment
planetary health
sustainable development goals
Health Impact Assessment
Health Policy
Humans
Policy
Policy Making
Surveys and Questionnaires
English
Health impact assessment (HIA) practice has expanded across the world, since it was established more than two decades ago. This paper presents a snapshot of current global HIA practice based on the findings of an online questionnaire survey. HIA practitioners from all world regions were invited to participate. A total of 122 HIA practitioners from 29 countries completed the survey, following a broad international outreach effort. The large variety in the types of HIAs conducted, and the application of HIA in various fields reported by respondents, demonstrates that HIA practice has evolved over the past two decades. Although differences in the use of HIA were reported across world regions, an overall increasing trend in global HIA practice can be observed. In order to sustain this upward trend, efforts are needed to address the main barriers in the utilisation of HIA. The establishment of new national and international HIA teaching and training offerings seems to be an obvious strategy to pursue along with the strengthening of policies and legal frameworks that specify the circumstances, under which HIA is required, and to what extent.
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- English
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- DOI 10.3390/ijerph17092988
- PMID 32344882
- Persistent URL
- https://folia.unifr.ch/global/documents/176450
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